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I am professionally a Software Engineer. I used to work as an associate software engineer for a company two years. And Since three months I am working as a software engineer for another company. Now I want to move to academics, as in another words, I want to be a lecturer for a higher education institute or a university as I have complete my post graduate studies with good grades. But I do not have professional experience in the academics field as a lecturer. Recently I saw few advertisements which are mentioning that candidates are welcome to apply with industry expertise too. Therefore I am planning to apply so. I have designed my resume like in the below image with name and last position title. and also with a picture.



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My question is, when I apply for a different position, do I need to change the title according to the position that I am applying or do I need to keep it according to the profession that I am currently possessing professional experience for..? Or should I create the resume without a title?










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  • 1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
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  • @scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
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I am professionally a Software Engineer. I used to work as an associate software engineer for a company two years. And Since three months I am working as a software engineer for another company. Now I want to move to academics, as in another words, I want to be a lecturer for a higher education institute or a university as I have complete my post graduate studies with good grades. But I do not have professional experience in the academics field as a lecturer. Recently I saw few advertisements which are mentioning that candidates are welcome to apply with industry expertise too. Therefore I am planning to apply so. I have designed my resume like in the below image with name and last position title. and also with a picture.



enter image description here



My question is, when I apply for a different position, do I need to change the title according to the position that I am applying or do I need to keep it according to the profession that I am currently possessing professional experience for..? Or should I create the resume without a title?










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  • 1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
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  • @scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
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I am professionally a Software Engineer. I used to work as an associate software engineer for a company two years. And Since three months I am working as a software engineer for another company. Now I want to move to academics, as in another words, I want to be a lecturer for a higher education institute or a university as I have complete my post graduate studies with good grades. But I do not have professional experience in the academics field as a lecturer. Recently I saw few advertisements which are mentioning that candidates are welcome to apply with industry expertise too. Therefore I am planning to apply so. I have designed my resume like in the below image with name and last position title. and also with a picture.



enter image description here



My question is, when I apply for a different position, do I need to change the title according to the position that I am applying or do I need to keep it according to the profession that I am currently possessing professional experience for..? Or should I create the resume without a title?










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I am professionally a Software Engineer. I used to work as an associate software engineer for a company two years. And Since three months I am working as a software engineer for another company. Now I want to move to academics, as in another words, I want to be a lecturer for a higher education institute or a university as I have complete my post graduate studies with good grades. But I do not have professional experience in the academics field as a lecturer. Recently I saw few advertisements which are mentioning that candidates are welcome to apply with industry expertise too. Therefore I am planning to apply so. I have designed my resume like in the below image with name and last position title. and also with a picture.



enter image description here



My question is, when I apply for a different position, do I need to change the title according to the position that I am applying or do I need to keep it according to the profession that I am currently possessing professional experience for..? Or should I create the resume without a title?







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  • 1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
    – scaaahu
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  • @scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
    – chathwind
    1 hour ago


















  • 1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
    – scaaahu
    1 hour ago












  • @scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
    – chathwind
    1 hour ago
















1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
– scaaahu
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1. What degree do you have? Master's? Bachelor's? Or PhD? 2. Two years industry experience may not be enough for teaching. I would advise you to have more experience and take more courses before you teach. 3. Your CV does not look appropriate for an academic CV. Schools are looking for academic experience, not your web or figurative design.
– scaaahu
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@scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
– chathwind
1 hour ago




@scaaahu I have completed my masters and have completed almost 3 months in the second company..
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Your title should be your Current professional title. You can change your title as it pertains to the profession you are applying to but I would balance that with how laughable it sounds.



For instance if I wanted to switch careers to a role as a professional speed skater it would be appropriate to call myself:



Speed Skating Enthusiast



or



Amateur Speed Skater



It would definitely be inappropriate to call myself even:



Speed Skater



Because I am not and never have been.



Leaving a title off is never wrong. At worst you are missing a chance to say something (possibly positive) about yourself.



Using your old title is best unless it will raise huge red flags. A software engineer applying for a dishwasher job isn't likely to even get an interview with me. It just seems too incongruous. However a transition from Engineer to Academics doesn't come off as nearly as unintelligible.






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  • Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
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To answer your question directly,




Put your current official job title on your resume.




You are who you are. Do not change your title and you should not change the job title because it is what your current employer gave you.



When schools are hiring lecturers, they are looking for people who has the knowledge and experience to teach the students what they need to know when they take courses.



If you intend to teach them how to do some sort of designs like web design, you probably should demonstrate your design capabilities in your resume. Otherwise, please get rid of those figurative stuff.



Instead, you should emphasize what high education you have received, how much industry experience you have, what kind of thing you feel that you can teach the students so that they have the necessary skills when they enter the job market after graduation.






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    Your title should be your Current professional title. You can change your title as it pertains to the profession you are applying to but I would balance that with how laughable it sounds.



    For instance if I wanted to switch careers to a role as a professional speed skater it would be appropriate to call myself:



    Speed Skating Enthusiast



    or



    Amateur Speed Skater



    It would definitely be inappropriate to call myself even:



    Speed Skater



    Because I am not and never have been.



    Leaving a title off is never wrong. At worst you are missing a chance to say something (possibly positive) about yourself.



    Using your old title is best unless it will raise huge red flags. A software engineer applying for a dishwasher job isn't likely to even get an interview with me. It just seems too incongruous. However a transition from Engineer to Academics doesn't come off as nearly as unintelligible.






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    • Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
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      @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    Your title should be your Current professional title. You can change your title as it pertains to the profession you are applying to but I would balance that with how laughable it sounds.



    For instance if I wanted to switch careers to a role as a professional speed skater it would be appropriate to call myself:



    Speed Skating Enthusiast



    or



    Amateur Speed Skater



    It would definitely be inappropriate to call myself even:



    Speed Skater



    Because I am not and never have been.



    Leaving a title off is never wrong. At worst you are missing a chance to say something (possibly positive) about yourself.



    Using your old title is best unless it will raise huge red flags. A software engineer applying for a dishwasher job isn't likely to even get an interview with me. It just seems too incongruous. However a transition from Engineer to Academics doesn't come off as nearly as unintelligible.






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    • Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
      – chathwind
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      @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    Your title should be your Current professional title. You can change your title as it pertains to the profession you are applying to but I would balance that with how laughable it sounds.



    For instance if I wanted to switch careers to a role as a professional speed skater it would be appropriate to call myself:



    Speed Skating Enthusiast



    or



    Amateur Speed Skater



    It would definitely be inappropriate to call myself even:



    Speed Skater



    Because I am not and never have been.



    Leaving a title off is never wrong. At worst you are missing a chance to say something (possibly positive) about yourself.



    Using your old title is best unless it will raise huge red flags. A software engineer applying for a dishwasher job isn't likely to even get an interview with me. It just seems too incongruous. However a transition from Engineer to Academics doesn't come off as nearly as unintelligible.






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    Your title should be your Current professional title. You can change your title as it pertains to the profession you are applying to but I would balance that with how laughable it sounds.



    For instance if I wanted to switch careers to a role as a professional speed skater it would be appropriate to call myself:



    Speed Skating Enthusiast



    or



    Amateur Speed Skater



    It would definitely be inappropriate to call myself even:



    Speed Skater



    Because I am not and never have been.



    Leaving a title off is never wrong. At worst you are missing a chance to say something (possibly positive) about yourself.



    Using your old title is best unless it will raise huge red flags. A software engineer applying for a dishwasher job isn't likely to even get an interview with me. It just seems too incongruous. However a transition from Engineer to Academics doesn't come off as nearly as unintelligible.







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    • Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
      – chathwind
      2 hours ago






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      @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    • Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
      – chathwind
      2 hours ago






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      @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
    – chathwind
    2 hours ago




    Is it ok to create a resume for this without including the current title at the beginning like in this image, as I don't have experience...
    – chathwind
    2 hours ago




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    @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    @chathwind I expanded my answer
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    To answer your question directly,




    Put your current official job title on your resume.




    You are who you are. Do not change your title and you should not change the job title because it is what your current employer gave you.



    When schools are hiring lecturers, they are looking for people who has the knowledge and experience to teach the students what they need to know when they take courses.



    If you intend to teach them how to do some sort of designs like web design, you probably should demonstrate your design capabilities in your resume. Otherwise, please get rid of those figurative stuff.



    Instead, you should emphasize what high education you have received, how much industry experience you have, what kind of thing you feel that you can teach the students so that they have the necessary skills when they enter the job market after graduation.






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      To answer your question directly,




      Put your current official job title on your resume.




      You are who you are. Do not change your title and you should not change the job title because it is what your current employer gave you.



      When schools are hiring lecturers, they are looking for people who has the knowledge and experience to teach the students what they need to know when they take courses.



      If you intend to teach them how to do some sort of designs like web design, you probably should demonstrate your design capabilities in your resume. Otherwise, please get rid of those figurative stuff.



      Instead, you should emphasize what high education you have received, how much industry experience you have, what kind of thing you feel that you can teach the students so that they have the necessary skills when they enter the job market after graduation.






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        To answer your question directly,




        Put your current official job title on your resume.




        You are who you are. Do not change your title and you should not change the job title because it is what your current employer gave you.



        When schools are hiring lecturers, they are looking for people who has the knowledge and experience to teach the students what they need to know when they take courses.



        If you intend to teach them how to do some sort of designs like web design, you probably should demonstrate your design capabilities in your resume. Otherwise, please get rid of those figurative stuff.



        Instead, you should emphasize what high education you have received, how much industry experience you have, what kind of thing you feel that you can teach the students so that they have the necessary skills when they enter the job market after graduation.






        share|improve this answer












        To answer your question directly,




        Put your current official job title on your resume.




        You are who you are. Do not change your title and you should not change the job title because it is what your current employer gave you.



        When schools are hiring lecturers, they are looking for people who has the knowledge and experience to teach the students what they need to know when they take courses.



        If you intend to teach them how to do some sort of designs like web design, you probably should demonstrate your design capabilities in your resume. Otherwise, please get rid of those figurative stuff.



        Instead, you should emphasize what high education you have received, how much industry experience you have, what kind of thing you feel that you can teach the students so that they have the necessary skills when they enter the job market after graduation.







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