Crafting a Standout Resume with Limited Experience - Essential Tips for Success
Enhance your resume even with limited experience by focusing on relevant keywords, volunteer work, internships, and personal attributes that align with the job. Learn how to identify and highlight your skills, research companies effectively, and showcase involvement in clubs, volunteer work, sports, and academic achievements to impress potential employers.
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What to include in resume without having a lot of experience Donnella Tilery - @careerswithdonnella
1. Resume - How Long? 1. Resume should be 1- 2 pages tops (typically government resumes are 5-8 pages 2. People do look at typos 3. Put in relevant keywords to the job 4. Volunteer and internships 5. Anything personal you mention should be related to the job 6. Yes - have a cover letter - many recruiters appreciate this
How to figure out your skills to use? I enjoy talking with people - Customer Service Always organize parties or clubs - - organized, project management, leadership Math - I enjoy reports - analytical, reports, accounting, detail-oriented Creative, teams - motivated team builder, marketing, projects Also learn what you don t like - by making this list, you can build talking points of why you are the ideal candidate for the job. 1) What I enjoy doing 2) What I don t enjoy doing. 3) Look at the job description and see if it matches your skill set
Research the Company Know about the company not just the job - may be a point you can include on the cover letter to help you stand out. 1) Who is the CEO 2) How many locations do they have? How many employees? Languages? 3) What do they sell and promote -why? What is the culture like? 4) Search their social media - have they been in the news? 5) Is it small or large?
Include clubs and volunteer work I volunteered at a food bank This shows that as a candidate that you have the following skills: 1) Team player 2) Self motivated 3) Customer service 4) organized 5) Cares about people - so probably works well with other on projects
Include sports I worked at a retail or helps managed a sport team This shows that as a candidate that you have the following skills: 1) Team player 2) Knows how to motivate others 3) Enjoy leading 4) Likes project work 5) Strategic 6) Easily adaptable and thrives under pressure
Include school /academic I worked well at school - (think what you enjoy ) This shows that as a candidate that you have the following skills: 1) Share your academic achievements 2) What classes did you excel in and why so you can show your strengths 3) Consistency and dedicated 4) Likes project work 5) Excellent verbal and written skills 6) Easily adaptable and thrives under pressure 7) Knows what type of work
Resume Key words Customer service Excellent verbal and communication skills Specify the degree or when you ll graduate The years needed for the specific experience What else do we need to know about you -related to job not your feelings.
Do not include this in your resume its ILLEGAL for the Company Religion Politics Drugs Family Issues Nationality Pronouns - our organization asks ONCE you are hired NOT before. Disabilities UNLESS you are asking for reasonable accommodations to help you attend the interview -
So lets look at the format of a cover letter and resume
