Your First Resume

Resume Crafting - No Work Experience

If you’re looking for a waitress position and you have no work experience.

This is for you.

Just because you haven’t had a job yet, doesn’t mean you aren’t employable.  Sure you may need to start at a smaller restaurant, buy hey, you gotta start somewhere.

So how can you create your resume and get it to the top of the stack?

You need to project the right image a manager is looking for.  This is where your life skills pay off and can shift things in your favor.  Projecting yourself as a reliable, dedicated, sincere, and thoughtful person.  You could potentially out-class some applicants who actually do have experience.

Here’s a great tip.  If at all possible, personally hand your resume to the manager. But you’ll need to do some preparation prior to handing it over.  If you make a good first impression, that could be just the edge you need.

Here’s what you do.  Make it a point to have a meal there and pay attention to the staff.  Look for the person who makes the customers most happy.  What qualities do they have?  If it’s a woman and you are a woman, how are they dressed?  How did they do their hair?  How do they smile and make gestures?

Why do you want to do this?  You want to psycologically position yourself.  If you can remind him/her of their best waitress when you hand over your resume, you’ll have an edge.

So make sure when you seal the envelope, that they can quickly and easily open it.  Why? So they can right something on it right away as their first impression.  Look them in the eyes with confidence and be cheerful… just don’t over do it to a point where you may sound fake.

So getting back to your resume… sorry got side-tracked…

Your first resume will need to boast your people skills.

You’ll want to list things like:
Team oriented activities - Team sports, school projects
Activities where you were the lead - Projects, head of commitees, offices held,
Acitivies that show you are outgoing - social clubs, church groups
Activities that show you are reliable - offices held
Things that show you are courteous - convelescent homes, charity work
Things that show you learn quickly - musical instruments, mastered an art
Things where you made people happy - plays, performances, organized parties
Skills that apply to being a waitress - cooking, serving, cleaning

I’ll be showing examples of wording to help give you a better idea.  i know it’s hard when putting together a resume.

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