How should I prepare myself for a first job? How do I organize my resume, if I'm a minor, preparing to apply for my first job?

Happy belated birthday and congratulations on coming to this milestone year in your life. Employers are in need of those with a strong work ethic, who are driven, and motivated to help them achieve their business goals. Technical skills can be trained and gained over time, which it sounds like the positions that you are applying for require much technical skills i.e. experience. Not knowing what industry you're specifically looking at for jobs, I can share that in general one has to start from the bottom to gain a certain skill set and then work their way up to the top for more advanced level positions. I recommend you review the specific experience that's required for those jobs that you'd like to have, but do not meet the minimum requirements, and start seeking opportunities where you can gain that particular experience. This way, in the future, once you have worked in that industry and have gained those technical skills, you can apply for those more advanced positions. You can position your resume to showcase experiences in your secondary education (high school/home school curriculum.) For example if you were involved in any student organizations, volunteered with any social service/non profit groups like churches, homeless shelters, health care agencies as Community Service Experience. Or even any group projects that you've done with other classmates- that can be positioned as a Teamwork Experience. You can describe your passions and personality traits in a Professional Skills Summary section at the top of your resume, traits like 'Motivated and driven to succeed', 'Professional attitude and strong communication skills'. Bring any technology skills you have to the resume as well in a section called Technology Skills and include software that you know of like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel. Also take a typing test online (only the Free ones-never pay for anything online) to see what your Words Per Minute is, and list that on the resume as Ability to Type xx Words Per Minute in that technology section. Some entry level careers are in customer service which seemingly monotonous is very highly valued by recruiters as a job in retail or restaurant customer service shows that you have experience in the following: managing multiple priorities in busy environments, friendly and positive attitude, professionalism, detail oriented at handling cash transactions, and many more. Once you have a resume ready to go, stop by companies that had the job openings that you wanted to pursue, dress in interview attire, and present your resume inquiring if they have entry level careers related to those positions to help build your experience that will allow you to qualify for those jobs in the future. Best of luck to you in the search for a new career!

Here are the best resume tips for fresher:

BASIC RESUME LAYOUT FOR A FRESHER:

The layout of a usual fresher resume is quite simple:

– Header with name and contact information: Needs to be easy to read with a large standard format.

– Career objective statement: Not mandatory, if included, keep it short and sweet. Not useful always.

– Educational Qualifications: Spell out significant information. Check to ensure you’re giving all the desired information and plainly define your skill sets with respect to application prerequisites. Utilize same keywords from the job criteria to get past computer screening.

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