Creating a resume without job experience?
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Apr 11th, 2010 |
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How do I create a resume without job expereince, extracuricular activities, etc.? I am a 24 year old college student.
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Use school or degrees and friends as a reference
Do some bullet points with your qualities…learn quickly, loyal, the word for always on time…punctual…etc
Honestly.. make up stories about a bunch of community service experiences! They can’t ever really check on that but it looks good on a resume
Resume is just your bio-data. If you don’t have any work experience then just provide your educational attainment. Providing anything that also interests you could be of help.
Well, you have done something. You are a college student. I am sure you have done projects in some of your classes. Maybe you did one with a group? Point out your assets in working with others. Have you been in any clubs, groups, anything? Even if it is not school related, maybe a church group or community service? If not, I suggest you do. But in the meantime, you can cite your GPA, if it is good. And also the type of curriculum you are taking. I will encourage you to make a good cover letter, since the resume will be fairly light on content. Explain why you would be a good fit for the job.
Good Luck!
1. Lie about things or people that cant be traced.
2. Castanza it! Like George from Sienfeld, clue a friend or relative into a fake previous career or contact. Give prospective employer friends #. Friend answers phone like said previous employer, and speaks favorably.
The skill-based or functional resume format is the best format for someone like you with no experience will allow you to more effectively present the work you did and the skills you gained.
Your resume, especially your Profile, should transmit to prospective employers this state of mind, together with your excellent qualifications for a starting position.
You will want to emphasize recent education or training. This might refer to specific courses you took and other activities that most directly relate to the job you now seek.
Consider your schoolwork as the equivalent of work because it required self-discipline, completion of a variety of tasks similar to those required in many jobs.
Take as much time as you need to make a detailed and thorough account of all your professional activities and associations to date, even those you may consider unimportant.
Consider part-time jobs while you were studying, events from your college years, such as short-term projects, periods of in-service training, research projects in which you have participated, term papers or documents you have prepared,
presentations made at seminars, workshops, or other meetings.
You should identify skills you acquired by your participation in these experiences and label those skills according to the skills headings used in want ads and job descriptions; in other words, you have to translate your duties into the headings of the corresponding jargon.
You should also look for anything that might be acceptable as experience and emphasize it. Besides education, this might include volunteer work, training, military experience, or anything else that you might present as legitimate activities that support your ability to do the work that you feel you can do.
You probably have far more valuable skills and experience than you realize. In our competitive job market, this is a mistake you can’t afford.