How To Write A Resume With No Work Experience?
January 15, 2010 by career
Filed under Resume Questions
Well, the other day I went in to apply at the hair salon and they wanted me to create a resume instead of fill out a job application. I have no idea what I should do with this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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You need to exude confidence and potential when you write your resume, this is what you have going for you. Keep in mind that you will not be able to put in years of experience but just the promise of potential.
Your entry level resume should be function oriented, by this I mean that you should concentrate more on showing your capabilities, skills and specific abilities. You cannot yet boast about accomplishments so try to balance that out with other aspects. Like your ability to adapt, you capability to work as in a team environment, and other traits that you think will be of benefit to the company if they hire you.
Place your educational background, certificates, academic achievement somewhere on the top of your resume. Followed by your skills and knowledge, like the program languages you know how to use or specific mechanical skills you know. You can also include anything that you learned outside of school, like knowing how to speak other languages, or self taught technical skills. It is important that your format your resume so that these thing will easily be noticed.
And lastly is to create a convincing and encouraging cover letter. This will be the most important part of your resume; no amount of entry level resume tips can help you more that writing a compelling cover letter. You have to show that you have initiative and potential, most employers will put more weight on character more than experience, and this is where you want to put your effort into. Convince the reader that you are worth hiring, that you are willing to do the work, and learn anything that needs to be learned for your specific position. If you pull this off then you’re a shoe-in for that position.
most states / countries you need to have a certification of some sort to work in a hair salon (assuming you want to cut hair etc).
If that’s the case, you’d need to get a certification.
If you have a certification, most schools can help you create a resume. With no work experience, most of it would center around listing classes you took and info about the school and your certification.
Otherwise you need to highlight schooling in general and extra-curricular activities / references.
This is the basic format of a resume:
Name
Contact Information
Work Experience (Since you don’t have any, substitute this for “Extracurricular Activities” and/or “Volunteer Work”)
Education
Skills (make sure they pertain to the job you are applying for)
How to write an excellent resume if you have no or little experiencehttp://hubpages.com/_Y18/hub/Write_an_ex…
How to write a job winning resumehttp://hubpages.com/_Y18/hub/resumehelp
How to structure your first resumehttp://hubpages.com/_Y18/hub/First_Resum…
Follow the guide of the link below, just leave out the “CAREER SUMMARY”. If you have done any volunteer work add that to your resume.
Write a type of resume that does not highlight your work experience. Instead list experience you have cutting hair and any schooling you might have relating to that.