What is the best way to brush up a resume for someone who has a degree but no prof. experience?
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Always list everything in reverse chronological order, most recent first.
List your education first, emphazing the degree.
Then, create a category called Work Related Experience. Here you can list all professional and non paying jobs you’ve worked
After that Interests. Various hobbies, etc that might be useful for the kind of job you’re looking for.
After that, References. You probably don’t have much, but at least one reference that is not a family member would be good. Could be anyone, even an old teacher.
Good luck 🙂
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/preparing%20resumes.PDF
Be sure to include any volunteer work you have done that has helped you develop skills that are pertinent to the position you are seeking. And, life experience does count, so include that. Many employers prefer to hire people who are more mature than the typical new college graduate.
Get someone who knows absolutely nothing about your prior experience to review your resume to see if it makes sense to them. The simpler and clearer the resume, the better your chances are of getting an interview.
This site will give you examples of resumes:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/sampleresume2.htm
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