How do I land my first job in product management? I am currently a consultant for a healthcare firm. I went back to school and I finish my Masters in IT from Virginia Tech this semester. I took some classes related to Product Management and understanding agile methodology. I think this would be a great career path for me but I am having a hard time getting interviews.

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Look at PM resumes and PM skills and job descriptions and write your resume as if the job you do now is PM, i.e. think about every bullet and every impact metric in terms of the PM function. If you’re using the same wording from when you applied to consulting, you’re doing it wrong.

Also try to get PM type experience at your current job

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I can’t say for sure but I put my title as “Consultant - specializing in Product Strategy and Design” or something to that effect. You can a form of that if it’s applicable to you

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