Transitioning from freelance to full-time employment can be a daunting task. Your resume, a testament to your freelance journey, can be your strongest ally. Let's explore how to effectively leverage your freelance experience when applying for full-time positions.
As a freelancer, applying for a full-time position might feel like squeezing a varied body of experiences into small, neat boxes
How might you list your most recent positions?
- Many job application processes are designed for applicants with a history of full time positions: a reasonable pacing to career growth, title changes every two to three years, established company names.
- Compare that to freelancers who are self-employed, changing titles per job, juggling various clients.
Highlight your strengths
As a freelancer, you can’t hide your work, so own it
- This process is about highlighting the strengths of your freelance career while also making it utterly transparent that you’re ready for the full-time position that aligns with your skill set
Rework your resume, rework your vocabulary
Sometimes, the specifics of roles can change between gigs, though functions of these roles remain similar in terms of one “title.”
- Place a rough range of dates on when you’ve booked work under one title and describe the title’s responsibilities.
- Label your experience with a label that best describes your situation.
Single out a success story
As a freelancer, you are more likely to have unique, varied experiences that will help you stick in the minds of interviewers as someone who is qualified and ready for a challenge
- Tell them about a time when you both coordinated an event and filled in the gaps to make sure everything ran smoothly
