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And now what?
If you are looking for your fist job,
either while studying or after graduating, here is the
roadmap to get your first job.
Welcome to the job market!
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There are resume structures specifically designed
for those looking for their first job.
If this is your case, we assume that: first, you are young;
second, you earned your degree recently; and third, you have
plenty of hope and motivation. Your resume, especially your
Profile, should transmit
to prospective employers this state of mind, together with
your excellent qualifications
for a starting position.
As you probably don't have a lot of work
experience related to the job you want, you will obviously
want to emphasize your recent education or training. This
might refer to specific courses you took and other activities
that most directly relate to the job you now seek.
Consider your schoolwork as the equivalent of work
because it required self-discipline, completion of a variety
of tasks similar to those required in many jobs.
First things come first
Take as much time
as you need to make a detailed and thorough account of
all your professional activities to date, even those you may
consider unimportant.
These activities may include
- part-time jobs while you were studying,
- events from your college years,
- such as short-term projects,
- periods of in-service training,
- research projects in which you have participated,
- term papers or documents you have prepared,
- presentations made at seminars, workshops, or other meetings.
You should identify skills you acquired by your participation
in these experiences and label those skills according to the
skills headings used in want ads and job descriptions; in
other words, you have to translate your duties into
the headings of the corresponding jargon.
To help you translate duties into skill headings, "EasyJob
Resume Builder" lists hundreds
of skill headings arranged under broader subjects, and
provides you with several “skill-finding”
examples.
The skill-based or functional resume format that the resume
maker will suggest
for job-seekers with no experience will allow you to more
effectively present the work you did and the skills you gained.
You should also look for anything that might be acceptable
as experience and emphasize it. Besides education, this might
include volunteer work, training, military experience, or
anything else that you might present as legitimate activities
that support your ability to do the work that you feel you
can do.
Most job seekers have far more valuable skills and experience
than they realize, and usually fail to include those 'employability
assets' in their resume. In our competitive job market, this
is a mistake you can't afford.
A job-seeker with a long and consistent
work experience might be able to overlook some of his
skills and achievements and still get away with it.
If you are looking for your fist job, you can't. No
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EasyJob's Skill Mining techniques
will help you find those skills and present them in a sharp,
focused, assertive and pro-active way with a winning resume.
If you would like to try our resume
builder, click here
to get started.
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