Many career changers miss the opportunity provided by creating a narrative to support their potential opportunities. Those of us with rhetorical understanding recognize that stories are the most primitive and the most highly successful verbal means for communicating.
In a spot-on article, my friend Alexandra Levit reveals the process and potential for selling yourself into a new career with a well-developed story.
Aside from the fact that stories and how they persuade others were the stuff of my own graduate scholarship, one of my daughters recently got a superb management position with a salary most would die for--supported by her narratives. After being hired, she made the rounds of the firm's interviewers to check in and find out why she got the position. The responses were unanimous: she had a superb education, unusual depth of experience, and "great stories." That's a not too shabby recommendation for the persuasive power of stories.
Check out Alexandra's informative article.