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Resume- No Work Experience

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starlightgemini said:
And no offense but... how old are you that you've NEVER had a job yet? I'm really thankful that my mother forced me to get a job when I was 15. I learned a lot about responsibility, independence, and work ethic, just by starting so young.
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my dad was forced to go to work when he was 12 to help out my grandparents, he didn't want that life for me.

He wouldn't let me work when I was in school, he said "keep your head in the books" Which I never did, but oh well.

I already have a strong understanding of responsibility, independence and work ethic even though I have never worked a "proper" job. Every job I've ever worked has been "under the table" So I can't really put that down on an application.


and I agree with everyone, I would never lie about experience, that will only bite you in the ass in the future.
 
lacey k said:
Well make sure you hype yourself like "i may not have that much experience but im serious, ambitous, a quick learner, and willing to work hard"
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A resume is not a document to "hype" yourself up. Trust me I look at potential employees and if they wrote something like that it would just show lack of experience.
 
^ I presume lacey was talking about in the interview.

Also, a resume *is* a sales document...it's just phrased differently. If you don't have any experience, that's just the way it is. Your dad's inadvertently done you a disservice by not letting you work in school though, IMO.
 
A solid resume is your meal ticket.

In my experience, employers tend to look for hard facts first. Work experience, college, volunteer work <-- in that order.

If you pass that test, they'll glaze over the fluff - ie, your writing style, quality of parchment, font stylings, and shameless self-promotion <--- in that order, too.

After that, it's all in the interview process.
 
i'm not sure i agree with you, DD.

i've hired and fired many people in my time and i can see through a stylish resume in a split second.

i would argue that way too much emphasis is placed on resume building. if you spend an equivalent amount of time mining your network of contacts to, say, get a personal recommendation or introduction, that will pay much larger dividends than any time spent on a resume...

in my opinion.

alasdair
 
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