#careerchange

I would suggest leaving the title on, but add some information to your resume, cover letter, or both. On your resume, explain - in a line or two - what you're interested in doing next, why you want to take a new direction and how you can contribute to the new role/industry. A summary at the top of your resume would work - you can even use some of the same language in the subject line of your email (it should be THAT short). Provide a longer and more thorough explanation in your cover letter. Don't change your title, as you don't want to be seen as someone who misrepresents herself.

Good luck & let us know if you have any other questions! Marijoy

I wouldn't drop the title although some employers will want to know why your interested in the change. Titles are immediate skill indicators and as a VP your a leader and that's a transferrable skill into any industry.

Have you considered family planning or counseling. Rehabilitation counselors are in high demand.

Hi Pamela, i got this information online for a National Association of Social Workers Virtual Career Fair on Feb 9th. This is the link with more information, https://www.socialworkhelper.com/2016/01/12/national-association-of-social-workers-offering-virtual-career-fair/

Hi Robin, I think there are lots of options. But would be good to understand why you want the change. Do you want to get away from working with kids and see how those skills translate, or do you like working with kids but just don't want to be in a daycare setting? If its moving away from kids, then I think caregiving of many different ages works really easy (big new career paths in elder care as the Boomers get older fyi). What you'll want to do is think about the skills that you put to use on a given day. I am sure you deal with parents as well so that would suggest conflict resolution, planning, communication, etc. I presume you have to be organized as well. There are lots of administrative jobs that would require those skills and experience. You would just want to help an interviewer translate. (fyi: my wife used to manage a bunch of brokers/traders on wall street then decided to be a stay-at-home mom. Her view was there was VERY little difference in the two jobs...).

If you are looking to stay involved with kids, but just a different venue then you might want to think about school related jobs. Even if you don't want to be a teacher there are a ton of other aspects in administration or librarians, or the like. Heres an interest take also from our friends at CareerBuilder. Some of these might require some schooling but that isn't as hard to get done these days as you might think:
http://advice.careerbuilder.com/posts/10-jobs-for-people-who-want-to-work-with-children

Hope this helps your thinking. great question - I'll look forward to what better informed Jobcasers than I might suggest.... Good luck, Fred

The hospital or healthcare always need people with special skills dealing with kids in the peds department or for a children hospital..... Good luck