Career change · $7 · 5 minutes
A cover letter
for the pivot.
Career change letters fail when they apologize for the change. They land when they own it as a deliberate choice with reasons.
Example output
Dear Northpoint Team,
I'm a six-year corporate finance person applying for a product role. I want to explain why, because the resume alone won't.
The finance work taught me three things that map directly to product: structured thinking under pressure, tolerance for being the only one with a different opinion in a room, and the patience to do qualitative interviews when the data isn't decisive. I've spent the last 18 months teaching myself the missing pieces — Figma, user research methodology, basic SQL — and shipping side projects to test whether I actually enjoy this work.
I do. That's the answer to the question my resume raises.
If you'd like to talk, I'd welcome the conversation.
Best,
Alex Whitfield
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Common questions
- Will it feel template-y?
- No. The opener and the specifics come from your inputs — that's what kills the template feel.
- How long is it?
- 250-350 words. One screen. That's what recruiters actually read.