Entry Level Resume

By Steve Burt
Certified Professional Resume Writer

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If you're a student and have related experience to include on your entry level resume, great. However, it comes as no big surprise to prospective employers when entry level applicants don't have relevant work experience to include on their resumes.

If you don't have relevant work experience in the form of internships, co-op positions, or regular employment, how about your extracurricular activities? Chaired any committees or held executive offices in a sorority or other organization? How about community service activities? For example, if you're a finance major and served as Treasurer for a campus organization, that's related experience. Remember, related experience does NOT have to be PAID experience. What matters is what you did, not whether you got paid for it or not.

Also, keep in mind that employers are looking for "attitude", "motivation", and "leadership". Even if your only job was flipping burgers, if you showed up for work on time, did your best, were cheerful to customers, and worked well with your co-workers, you can show a prospective employer you are the "type" of individual that will do a good job.

Also remember that, as tough as college seemed at times, many employers view this experience as a training ground. As a new graduate, your new employer expects to train you. What your college degree shows is that you are trainable.

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