Career change CV template

Use this targeted example to translate achievements from an established career into evidence for a different role.

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Hannah Price

Project Support Officer

Manchester · 07700 900105 · [email protected]

Profile

Hospitality manager moving into project support after seven years coordinating people, suppliers, budgets and time-critical openings. Experienced in maintaining action plans, briefing varied teams and resolving delivery risks before deadlines. Looking for a project support officer role in a programme or operations team.

Transferable strengths

Planning: coordinated three venue refurbishments, sequencing contractors, stock moves, staff training and reopening checks.

Budget administration: tracked monthly operating costs and investigated invoice differences against purchase orders.

Stakeholder communication: produced daily updates for owners, suppliers and team leaders during high-pressure changes.

Risk and issue management: kept logs for maintenance, food safety and events, and chased each open item with the person responsible before its deadline.

Employment

Restaurant Manager | Alder Table Group, Manchester | July 2021–present

Lead a 28-person team and coordinate rotas, training, suppliers and service plans for a 120-cover venue.

Built a weekly action tracker for a six-week refurbishment; all mandatory checks were completed before reopening.

Reduced agency staffing spend by 14% over 12 months through earlier rota planning and cross-training.

Prepare concise performance and incident summaries for the regional manager.

Assistant Manager | North Quay Dining, Salford | April 2019–June 2021

Coordinated private events for up to 160 guests, confirming requirements, timings and who was responsible for each task.

Checked deliveries and invoices and resolved shortages without disrupting service.

Team Member | Copper Spoon Café, Stockport | August 2017–March 2019

Delivered friendly service, trained four new starters and completed opening checks.

Professional development

APM Project Fundamentals Qualification | 2026

Excel: Intermediate formulas and reporting | Open Learning North | 2025

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Hospitality Supervision | Pennine College | 2019

A levels: English Language, Business and Sociology | 2017

Additional information

Available with four weeks' notice.

Fictional example for a project support officer. Every person and employer in it is invented; replace every detail with your own. Select the page to zoom in.

Before you use it

Keep one brief line of sector-specific hospitality context when it explains the scale of your responsibility.

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From the old job to the new one

A project support job needs	Where this hospitality CV shows it
Plans and schedules kept up to date	Three venue refurbishments sequenced: contractors, stock moves, training and reopening checks
Budgets and costs tracked	Monthly operating costs tracked; agency spend cut by 14% in 12 months
Clear updates for the people involved	Daily updates for owners, suppliers and team leaders; summaries for the regional manager
Risks and issues logged and chased	Maintenance, food safety and event logs, each open item chased before its deadline
Training or a qualification in the new field	APM Project Fundamentals Qualification, 2026

Make the same table for your own move: the advert’s duties down the left, your evidence from the old job on the right. Where a row stays empty, a course or a volunteer project can fill it before you apply. Compare your CV with a real advert

Inside this example

Profile: 43 words here
Transferable strengths: 65 words here
Employment: 122 words here
Professional development: 14 words here
Education: 17 words here
Additional information: 5 words here

How to use this template

Name the destination

State the target function clearly so the reader does not have to infer why you are applying.

Explain your old job in the new job’s words

Keep real job titles, then describe achievements using plain terms that make sense in the new sector.

Say what you’re learning

Include relevant recent training or projects, but avoid presenting a short course as equivalent to practical experience.

Lead with problems both jobs share

Emphasise planning, records, budgets, communication and risk where those duties genuinely overlap the new role.

If the employer asks for a particular file type, a page limit or an application form, do what they ask, even where this page suggests otherwise. CV format and file types explains the choices.

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