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what should i put on my resume as a first time job seeker?

I'm starting to look for jobs, but I don't know what employers want to see from me, given I have not held a career before.

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Natalie’s Answer

Highlight your passions, your involvement in the community, education and your interests. Having a goal and objective will help set the tone of what you're trying to accomplish. Find a way to differentiate yourself. And show your willingness to learn.
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Hanleigh’s Answer

Hi! First, you do not need to include a summary or an objective. Your experiences should include 3-5 robust descriptions about relevant skills and accomplishments acquired on the job. I think any experience like internships, organizational leadership, jobs, and many other positions can be great experiences to include on your resume. Remember, not all of your experiences have to be a traditional job. You also have an opportunity to include any volunteer, awards, and education.
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Kate’s Answer

Hi Annalisa,


Great question! I know it can be daunting to write a resume for the first time, but it's exciting you're thinking about this important job search step. :-)


I'd suggest that you first brainstorm a list of the following areas, as relevant for you: jobs (babysitting? retail? any jobs you've held!); volunteer activities (short- and long-term), school activities/clubs, and classes or school projects that you think might be most relevant to a job, or are particularly proud of. For example, when I was in high school I had volunteered on some political campaigns, babysat in my neighborhood, participated in several school clubs, and taken classes in computer programming and Spanish (two areas of particular interest to me at the time). You can then think about ways to group these items, depending on what they are. For example, you might have a section called "Job and Volunteer Experience." You can have a section called "Relevant Coursework" that focuses on classes in whatever areas are most related to the type of job you're seeking. If you've done a large project in school that can show your skills and/or understanding of a particular topic, you might include a few sentences about that. (That type of project could go under your education section or in a separate section, if you have a few projects that you want to describe.) A summary (bulleted list, typically) at the top of your resume can be a great way to pull out the top skills you've gained from diverse experiences in class, after school, and in the community. Try googling "resume format example" (maybe under image search) to see some possible layouts you might use.


As you apply to specific jobs, look at the qualifications they're seeking, and think about how to showcase those areas on your resume. You can change what you include on different versions of a resume, depending on the job. If you don't have much to list yet, you might want to always include all of your key content for now, and just focus on editing your summary at the top to highlight your most relevant skills and your interest in the particular position/field.


A few other notes:

  • Be sure to keep your resume to one page or less.
  • You do not have to have every single skill listed on a job description to apply for that job. Just be ready to describe how you'd learn the necessary skills and do the job well.
  • Be sure to ask someone to review or at least proofread your resume. You might consider asking a relative, teacher, or other mentor. It's important not to have any typos.


Good luck!


Kate

Kate recommends the following next steps:

Brainstorm past and current jobs, volunteer activities, classes, and school activities/clubs
Group your content under headings based on what type of experiences you've had
Google resume format examples to get some ideas of potential formats
Ask someone to edit your resume, at least for typos
Thank you comment icon thank you so much but i have nothing to put on my resume what should i do now i only have my b tech marks i should have some project and some other activities what should i do now Namratha Chennuri
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Duncan’s Answer

A resume helps you to get an interview and showcases your experience, skills and qualifications to hiring managers, recruiters and employers.


Items to Include on a Resume:


1. Your Name – this will be written at the very top of the resume usually in large bold font.


2. Contact Details – at a minimum include your telephone number and email address. Other items to include are physical address and a link to a professional social media profile such as LinkedIn.


3. Resume Headline – this is the position or job that you are applying for.


4. Summary – this summarizes and captures the key information on your resume such as your top skills, important accomplishments and experience.


5. Work Experience – list jobs or internships held showing job title, start and end date, organization name/company, city and state of the company and your major achievements in the role.


6. Educational Qualifications – in this section list academic qualifications showing college attended, location of college (city & state), start and end year/graduation year and degree major. You can include your minor as an option.


7. Relevant Skills – this section is optional, you can list outstanding work-related skills that you possess.


For more detailed information on writing a resume, please see this article:

35 Terrific Tips on How to Write a Resume


>> Simply jump to section 28 on the article which discusses “Resume Tips for Recent College Graduates” – which is specific to help someone preparing a resume with little to no prior work experience.


I wish you the very best wishes as you start your career. Thank you.


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Duncan recommends the following next steps:

To customize resume to match a specific job opening.
To customize resume to match a specific job opening.
Suggested next step - To prepare a draft resume.
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Carole’s Answer

1.The first job I got my self a good resume book in which you can see how many ways you can make your a good resume. Try and find one that has high school and college selection that would fit into your first resume.2.You can make an objective for your resumewhich will tell the reader why you are appling for the job. then you make your list of your Qualifications, and skills, education and any job you had either volunteer or otherwise with dates and what put name and company or school you were in 3.if you volunteered you add that. to the resume under experience. usually when you set up a resume you put your name, address or email on the right hand of the paper and then your 4.first entry would be a short 2to 3 lines about you and your skills and maybe why you would like the job 5. and why this job is perfect for you. The next entry should be Qualification or skills to show the reader what you have done or maybe doing right now even if it was volunteer work! 6. This next entry is important so that the reader can look at what you have already done within all of your school life and make sure they see those skills in the employment part where you have to give date and what job you held and what skills you used. 7 Instead of giving
a company name, classes that you took that would be beneficial to the job you are trying to get and any kind of internship or voluntary work or part time work. The last part of the resume you can put down the extra curricula, and if you have any awards that you received and tell what you did to get the award you are athletic or you won something for your creativity or science projects and have won a trophy or other award, you would tell them what you did and why. It is important that they know about you classes and any awards that you might have earned. You can also give cover letter: this letter tells the reader what you might looking for in the job and little bit about your personality! Best of luck!
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