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Writer's pictureDavid Brodsky

Resume format - relevant education, irrelevant work experience (summary statements, skills, education, work experience, formatting, and content checking software)

Introduction


The purpose of this post is to illustrate how to write a resume when you have relevant education but no relevant work experience. I have attached a job post sample (fake company) and an example that I created specifically for that job. Below, I will explain which tips I used from which websites, and how I applied them to write my own resume. The links provided are a useful jump-off point for anyone who wants to learn how to write or improve their writing. These links often contains resume outlines, and offer lots of templates and examples that might be useful to a job candidate.


  • I need a resume written up for a position that I have the qualifications for but no relevant work experience. Something in psychology would be a good idea.


Resume Format: Headline


  • What do you write for a headline if you don't have work experience? When you have the experience it is job title + years of experience + skill/specific task/impressive achievement.


Resume Format: Objective Statement


  • Instead of a summary statement; if you are new to the field and don't have experience, you should use 1) an objective statement or 2) nothing. Consider each option's strengths/weaknesses and how to write a resume in both situation


Resume Format: Skills


  • Skills section may be the same for this resume type; not sure what to write here.


The skills section on my resume example:


Analysis


Resume Format: Education


  • I don't know if there's anything substantively different about the education section for this resume


Here is my resume example's education section:


Analysis


Resume Format: Work Experience


  • how do you write the work experience section when you don't have relevant experience?


Analysis


Resume Formatting


  • I don't think there's anything here that should be substantively different from a resume with no work expe


Resume Format: Feedback


  • I don't know what else to write here with regard to feedback


After completing the resume, I decided to test it against a resume planner (Jobscan.co). Their resume format feedback tool is free and brought up a lot of interesting results. My resume had 14 issues with it:

  • failure to include the title of the job in my resume

  • I did not properly format the dates under the work experience section. As a result, jobscan didn't recognize them

  • the resume was missing multiple hard skill keywords in the body of the resume like "lesson plans" and "assist students"

  • I was missing multiple soft skills in the body of the resume like "committed and analytical skills"


These issues are why keyword phrases, formatting, and resume software are important considerations when writing a resume. This tool helped me revise my resume format and improve the final product.


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