I know tailoring resume bullets is standard (and I do it—without making things up). But I’m curious about job titles. Has anyone ever tailored a previous title to better align with the role they’re applying for? For example, if your official title was “Organizational Change Management Consultant,” would it be okay to adjust it to “Business Analyst” when applying for BA roles? I’ve never gone that far and wanted to get others’ perspectives.

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I haven't but it makes sense to do so if you're being otherwise honest about it. Lead vs manager position might be one thing. But I have Principal Consultant and Senior Consultant on my resume and a recruiter recently stated that "it sounds like a step back" (surprised they said it instead of just thinking it, but fair enough).

Different places name positions differently, so it makes sense sometimes to adjust to avoid confusion/match the new job descriptions.

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I’m an OCM consultant and thats smart I need to do that. OCM is like HR- makes the resume stinky

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Yes, I’ve done so to where it matches the job I was actually doing. I haven’t gotten any flack for it. One example, I was officially a “systems admin manager” but on my resume, I put “IT operations manager” as I was literally handling all of IT operations and not just the managing the systems/sysadmins.

Yes, every time. My CV is pretty much a mail merge for the job

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