What to put on a resume? (First resume/first job)?
The personal information should be limited to Name, Address, Contact Information (phone & email address). Since you don't have any employment history, you can make a new section: Skills. Put in the various things that you can do that would be of interest to an employer. What computer skills do you have? Do you know MS Word or Excel? Are you good with a calculator? Under education, you may want to list math courses, since doing calculations of discounts is important for retail. For any resume, think about what the job would require and try to address these things with something in your background. Do you have a friendly personality? That would be important for greeting customers. Other things that they would look for are reliability. Will you show up for work on time every day? A job history would help with this You might try to put something in about how you showed responsibility in some way. Have you taken on any tasks at school such as student government? planning committee for dance or some other activity? Any of these would show that you do more than the bare minimum of what's expected of you. If you get an interview or even when you hand your resume to your prospective boss, make sure that you are dressed professionally (as if you were working there). That will make a good impression. You're right, don't put the old job in. Since you weren't there for very long, it really doesn't count. Concentrate on your skills. Can you calculate a 5% discount, for example? Just say that you've done well in math (if that's true). The other thing is to put in your grade point average in the education section (if it's good, say better than 2.8). Calculate this by counting all your A's as 4's, B's as 3's, C's as 2's, D's as 1's, and F's as 0's. Add them all up and divide by the number of grades. This is your GPA.
How do I write my first resume?
I am finally getting a job ,I want to work at McDonald's but have no Idea even what to put on a resume, Please DO NOT send me ANY links. I don't want them I just want to know how to outline my resume, what to put in order, from top to bottom because I am clueless and have checked out ever websight the internet has provided me with and non work. Also Please dont tell me to look at family or friends Resume, dont ask why ,I just wont.
Do I still need a resume for my first job?
It's a good idea to bring a resume to every job interview. Include your educational background, any awards, honor societies, service clubs, hobbies, etc. It should only be one page. Make sure it is neatly typed and there are no misspelled words. Here's a website that shows formatting for a simple resume: http://www.ehow.com/how_2179126_format-s... You will probably be asked to fill out an application form. Your resume is a good source of information for filling out the application.
What do I put on my resume if I'm in my first year of college and haven't done anything yet?
School experiences. Focus on projects and activities related to your intended field.1) Class projects. Have you taken on projects similar to work experiences in your field2) Student activities. Have you taken leadership roles? Administrative function that can show useful skills? Hard-core achievements that show your drive?3) Service activities. Have you been active with a church/mosque/synagogue? Have you done volunteer work that requires heavy determination or skills related to your intended job?4) Awards. Have you been outstanding at anything? Especially important: haver you won awards in your major field?5) Sports/Clubs. Have you been really good at something? Have you shown leadership skills or charisma? Have you started anything?Remember you are applying for an internship not a senior level job. Use your resume to show you are a fast learner, a hard worker, and have high potential down the road.Thanks for the A2A.
What to put under skills on my resume?????
Computer skills are pretty much essential these days. Even if you won't be working on a computer, it's better to hire someone who you know is not afraid of computers because many cash registers are small computers these days. Being bilingual is great. Make sure it's clear if you are fluent in just speaking or both speaking and writing Spanish. For computer skills put what operating system(s) you are fluent in using (most likely windows, but maybe mac too/instead), and if you know the applications that most businesses use - Excel, MS Word, etc. If you've used HTML to create your own webpages then you can include that too. May not be applicable to a job at McDonalds, but it at least shows you're very smart. Try to keep about half of these skills as real, verifiable skills (like knowing how to use a computer, bilingual, etc) but the other half can be things like "organized", "works well under pressure", etc. I hate seeing Skills/profile sections which have just these fluffy ones but a few are ok. Another option is to call the section "profile", then you can put in practically anything you want to help them get to know you quickly, like saying you're a high school grad, what your average was, and awesome school awards you have received, your computer skills, etc. Gives you a bit more latitude to include different things instead of just filling it with fluff.
What should I include on a resume for a first job?
In any resume, place the most relevant information first. This is how I would order my resume:Name and contact information. No need full address, just name of city you are located, email, and phone number should be sufficient.Objective. One or two sentences that describe your intentions. i.e. “I am a recent graduate seeking an entry level or internship position as a software engineer.” This is very important as it is the first information that hiring managers will see if your intentions match theirs’.Skills. A break down of skills you can perform in a job can be listed here.Education. In your case and others who graduated recently, would put their education ahead of their work experience.Work experience should only include work that is relevant to the job you are applying for. If you don’t have a lot of relevant work experience, I would add in any recent jobs just so that you can show that you are reliable in a professional setting.Additional information. Anything work related but not in a professional setting such as a hobby, can be added here. Awards can be a separate section if you have a lot of them.No need anything else like “references provided upon request.” It’s obvious and adding needless information on.Keep information minimal.My style is to keep the resume short minimal from 1–2 pages long. The first page will have basically everything a hiring manager needs to know. The first half may be all they read given that hiring managers may have a huge stack to go through.I hear people recommend writing long multi-paged resumes. I think it’s a waste of paper and time. If they want to know more about you, they will not want to read it in a 5-paged resume, they will probably want to interview you at that point.One big point is remember is that you don’t want to waste time on a job you don’t really want and neither does any company. So determining that quickly through a resume is beneficial for both parties.
What should I put in my resume, if I'm applying for my first job whilst in school?
Apart from your personal particulars like date of birth and your education etc.You can say that you are willing to work hard in any suitable jobs, and you are a quick learner and interested in joining a team of young people.The jobs you like are supermarket checkout, staking shelves, working in fast food outlets, letter box deliveries, and you like to provide any kind of customer service with a smile.Good luck.
What should my resume look like after my first job out of college? I've done a lot in the past year, but I'm not sure what to focus on. What should my resume highlight? What should or shouldn't it list?
Now that you're in the work world following graduation, your resume should include as much detail as possible about this first job. It's now no longer necessary to include your stint at insert_name_of_restaurant/coffee shop_here to illustrate that you have had a job before. I agree that you should make an effort to include accomplishments, but as an entry level worker (at least when you started) chances are you haven't cured cancer or built a new piece of critical infrastructure that will now allow your company to become the next Google or Facebook. If you have - great! You might want to save a bullet point for that.As a recruiter, I'd like to be able to scan your resume and make a pretty quick judgment about:- what you were actually doing ('software engineer' is a generic title with a huge variance of responsibilities - be specific about what that meant for you)- who you were actually working with (include details of team size, how your team fit into the org structure)- why the work was important to the company (was this the company's core product you were asked to work on, or some other piece to enable things to happen)A lot of this stuff overlaps so I'll spare the 'how' and 'when' bullets but the most important thing is to give a clear and literal picture of this first job. You don't want recruiters or hiring managers guessing or assuming the details because at best it leads to confusion, and at worst they will convince themselves of your flaws before ever deciding to interview you.