Currently looking to transition from a PD engineer role at a Pharma/life science company into life science consulting. Any advice on how to properly tailor my resume to facilitate this switch?

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I’d focus the resume bullets points on how you worked in client facing interactions, led projects, put structure to ambiguous problems, took initiative to solve some issue that you identified, etc. Aside from the resume, I’d also recommend prepare doing case interviews. Not just for the interview prep, but case interviews help you get a sense of how consulting companies like you to think.

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Thanks!

Focus on client interactions/PM work/implementations and don’t focus on technical skills/jargon specific to engineering

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Would also try to make sure bullets don’t just read as a list of your responsibilities, rather focus on problem solving and outcomes. E.g., performed x analysis because of y problem which led to z result

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In addition to what everyone else is mentioning, highlight teamwork, collaboration, leadership, and people management

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