Consider writing a statement of objective. Even so-called career switchers must attempt to leverage existing skills, and sometimes an objective statement can help clarify for the reader the relevance of your experience to date. For example, once you have your MBA, you might plan to blend your new management expertise with solid technical experiences, without abandoning a technical environment. Without an objective, the reader might conclude that you want to stay in a technical role or might wonder if you are trying to get away from a technical environment altogether with the MBA. In most cases, a move away from technical background is in steps, not all at once, so the objective statement might be useful to explain the transition intended over time with the help of an MBA. A useful objective might be: "To combine technical software development experience with an MBA in finance to become a research analyst tracking software firms."

Use the reverse-chronological format and leverage what you can from previous experience to support your career transition. Before attending b-school, you may not have any real experience in your desired new field, but you must at least show exposure to the field through some recent connection. For example, think of the work activities or experiences that helped you decide on this career change, and communicate these on your résumé. For example, in your current company, you may have worked on a team, provided support to, or shared resources with people in another department, and that may have piqued your interest in a career change. Or, you may have come into contact with people in a particular industry that you decided you want to work in. Or, you may work or have worked in the industry you plan to remain in when you pursue a new functional role. In short, in your reverse-chronological résumé, make it easy for someone reading it to see how your previous experience and education trace a clear path to your career goal. 

Emphasize experience that will help you achieve your goals, and tie your experience as much as possible to the field in which you wish to work. If some of your experience must be mentioned because it accounts for where you were at a certain point in time but is not relevant to your current goals, explain it with as few words as possible. For example, a former accountant who is pursuing an MBA to launch a career in consumer product management might describe his accounting role in one or two lines, then add that he "worked with four large consumer products clients and developed strong profit-and-loss (P & L) skills up to [a number of] dollars." This type of information on a résumé emphasizes the relevance of the accountant’s experience to a career in consumer product management.