3 CLEVER WAYS TO WRITE A CV WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE:
land your dream job. He wrote about how you can still write a good CV,
even if you dont have work experience.
And this is what he shared:
As soon as we finish our studies, if not sooner, we search for our
dream job. However, we often stumble upon unjustified requirements
from potential employers regarding past working experience.
It seems like a dilemma: how are you expected to get a job when
everyone demands that in order to get one you must already have had
one? These people fail to acknowledge the fact that – unfortunately as
it is – nobody is actually born with a working experience. It is
something we are to gain when we already have the job, and not before,
right? Well, yes, but…
It is important to realize what exactly the hiring manager want to
read in a candidate's CV. When they state that they are looking for
someone with working experience, the key word here is "experience,"
and not "working." Basically, the potential employer is interested to
know what makes you the ultimate candidate for the job in terms of
your past experiences that are relevant to the position.
Surely, you did have a lot of different experiences in your life. It
is hard to imagine a person in their 20s that has been doing literally
nothing up to this point and gained absolutely no experiences in any
field whatsoever.
Moreover, there must be a reason why you want this particular job.
You believe that this is the perfect job for you because of your
wonderful personal traits, the set of skills that you possess, and –
most importantly – your zeal and enthusiasm. These are the things that
need to be clearly presented in your killer CV, so that your employer
had no doubts about your qualification for the position. Let's go into
more detail on that:
1. Terminology
According to Eduregard.com, if you apply for a certain job, then
surely you must deem yourself fit it and you are fluent in this
field's professional language which every trade has. So, you should
demonstrate it by using this terminology all through the text of your
CV.
A wise use of job-specific terminology will reveal your competence in
the topic, and the good command of professional language is a good
means to substantiate your qualification for the job.
2. Skills upfront
There are no strict rules telling you to list your skills at the end
of your CV, thus hiding them from the reader's attention. Yet, this is
exactly what many people do with their CV, for unknown reasons.
If you don't have so much working experience, then this is your weak
point, this is something you would not like to attract too much
attention to. Your stronger point here, something that you should
attract the reader's attention to, is your set of skills. List them
upfront, at the beginning of your CV.
Focus on why these skills make you the perfect candidate.
If you are still not sure on how to write your CV skill-based, you are
welcome to google it and find examples of such CV online.
3. Personal traits
Motivation and enthusiasm are good things, but merely listing them
will look trivial and generic on your CV. It will not convince
anybody. What you can do here is illustrate these traits with examples
from your life.
For example, you have come up with some creative ways to cut your use
of electricity, water, gas, etc., thus saving on communal payments.
Then, you have gathered some of your neighbors at the table and told
them thereof (which means that you have shared an experience in an
organized way). Why not write about it to highlight both your skill to
optimize costs and to share experiences with a group of people? It
does show how enthusiastic you are, how well you get along with people
in your community, and how you can attract attention when you need to
be listened to.
For many positions, the possession of such skills is quite a bonus.
You can even give a detailed view on the amount of saved resource.
If you prove that you can present yourself and your skills in an
irresistible way, you will not only convince the reader of your
possession of your skills but also about your ability to present
yourself, which is a valuable skill too.
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