How to Write a CV With a Lack of Experience

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Everyone you ask will always emphasise the importance of presenting your experience on your CV. But there can be one minor problem – what if you don’t really have any? While we always advise trying to gain as much experience for your CV as possible, there has to be a starting point. So how can you best present your achievements with a lack of work experience?

Extract your Skills

You will have obtained skills along the road that can easily lend themselves to a work vietnam phone number library scenario. These are known in the recruitment world as transferable skills (see here). Think of anything you’ve done during coursework, extra-curricular activities, volunteering or other where you’ve put skills into place. For instance, if going for a role as an Events Co-ordinator, you can fall back on times when you perhaps arranged social events for a group at university or similar. You are going for roles that you believe you would be good at, so think about how you can prove this to the employer.

Paint Yourself in a Good Light

If you have held roles that are irrelevant to the one you are applying for now, you can still work them towards your advantage. A shop floor role is a different story to a graduate role, but you can still show a good work ethic, especially if you held the job long-term whilst studying or having other commitments alongside it. Rather than stating you are hard working or enthusiastic, show examples of this in your CV. If you’ve ever been part of a project or worked towards a long-term goal, put that in too.

Prioritise

Contrary to what you might have been told, a CV doesn’t have to go in chronological order. This is especially useful when constructing a CV with lack of experience. Put relevant skills, coursework or voluntary work first rather than less relevant roles. For example, if going for a role in marketing, make a section for ‘Marketing skills/experience’ and start with that. First impressions are crucial at this stage, so if you’re making a good one, the lack of experience becomes much less of an issue.