How to Write a Resume with No Experience

Resume is Key to success. Employers use resumes throughout the hiring process to shortlist/hire about applicants and determine whether they might be a good fit or not. Your resume should be easy to read, summarize your accomplishments and skills, and highlight relevant experience. Below are few tips to help you write a great resume.

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Start With Your Resume Header

You can start with selecting simple header which will includes your contact information and your resume statement. 

Below, we are providing you few sample for how to include them in the header section.

Put Down Your Contact Information

Just like the name suggests, the first thing you add to your header is your personal and contact information.

It’s the easiest part to get right, please keep it short and to the point. Please make sure you do mention the following:

• First and Last Name
• Phone Number
• E-mail Address
• A link to a professional profile (e.g. Linkedin ) or personal webpage (if you have one)

Also make sure to use a professional-sounding E-mail.

Emphasize Your Education

If you are an experienced candidate then first section would be work experience.

Since you don’t have any, you need to replace it with the education section.

You should include in the following in this section and try to follow this order. 

1. Name of the degree
2. Name of the institution
3. Years attended
4. Location of the institution (optional)
5. CGPA/Percentage (optional)
6. Relevant coursework (optional)

Internships/Training Details

If you have done any internship or vocational training that is relevant to the position you are applying for, you need to mention the same now.

Here is how you are going to add an internship/vocational training to your resume:

Start with the Internship section just right after the education section. 

Then, write your internship/training title and role.

Last, put down the company name, location, and duration of the internship/vocational training.

Volunteering Experience

This is optional, but this is really important to succeed. This shows dedication and passion to apply yourself.  And there’s nothing recruiters love more than a committed employee.  

If you have then list volunteering experience in the order mentioned.

1. Title of the section: Volunteering Experience
2. Name of the organization
3. Location
4. Time period
5. Relevant tasks and achievements (bullet points)

Stand out with your Skills 

Soft skills are attributes or habits that describe how you work. They are not specific to a job, but indirectly help you adapt to the work environment. 

Here are some of the most popular ones: teamwork, responsibility, leadership, creativity, etc.  

Hard skills, on the other hand, refer to specific tools, technical knowledge and training and other work-specific skills. They apply directly to the job. 

Technical writing, C++, financial accounting, etc. are all examples of hard skills.

You should focus on skills that make you stand out, and in most cases, those are hard skills.

So, how do you decide which hard skills to mention? Easy! This depends on the job description you’re applying for.

Some of the Examples are shown for your reference.

• Video editing experience (Premiere, After Effects)
• UI design experience
• Photo editing experience (Photoshop)
• Photography experience
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator