Hi everyone I'm Lara and I'm a career coach
in today's video we're going to go through how do you get that job when you have no experience
or possibly you have a gap in your experience so where I'm going to take
you through a few steps to help you bump up your resume and hopefully get that job!
A lot of times people get discouraged and they think well I don't have what's listed on there
and how do I get that job when I don't have the specific skills that they're talking about. Well,
you may actually do I'm going to show you how you can really uncover those skills and include them
in your resume. Trust me I know it's hard when you feel like you have no experience or there's
something missing to get you to that next job. You just need that little bit more time to get there.
Well let's go through some of the things that you can do with what you do have so that you can
put your resume at its best and get a chance. Ok so there's four things we want to talk about
today and the first one is about Building Your Brand now when I talk about building your brand
you want to talk about what do you have what are you capable of and what makes you stand out from
the rest of the competition. Now you want to talk about what it is that you have that you can bring
forward. My advice is for somebody who let's say is a stay-at-home parent or caregiver and let's
say you have a organized task list for everybody in the house so whether it's homework or chores
or anything like that you have that mapped out now that shows me three things. ONE that you're
motivated TWO that you have time management and of course THREE that you're organized and those
are transferable skills for any job really because those are very important skills to carry forward.
So like we said what are you capable of so what you're capable of doesn't necessarily mean
something that you already have it's something that you can do because of the other skills that
you have so like the example we talked about with time management and being motivated. Well those
are the things that you can talk about and why you can help this company so take a look at their job
description and if something stands out to you from that elaborate on it and say these are the
things that I can do based on the skills that I have now. Another thing with building your
personal brand is what makes you stand out and become a valuable asset to the company
so you know you want to really stand out something that you've done that's going to make them
want you on the team. I want to give you an example so many years ago I was working in a call
center and I didn't have leadership experience and I wanted to move into a management role.
Now I had looked at the job description and it was very specific about experience and things
that you know you've coached and you've hired and all of that kind of stuff so what I did
is I noticed that the company had a really great program with a very reputable university where
they had courses that I could take. So on the days that I would finish early or I would stay late
I would work on these courses and they were about leadership, time management, building a career,
focused coaching, different things like that well I ended up doing about 30 of these
courses now it did take me a little bit of time but every time I finished one I would print it off
and put it in a folder because that's something that I can bring forward now I’m not saying for
everybody to do this but this was something that I did at the time so when it came to me applying
for this position that's something that I put forward that I was able to stand out and I said
you know I had done all these courses I’ve you know done the research I’ve tried to educate
myself on what it is to become a leader I just need somebody to give me that chance to show that!
And I got that chance because I did the work and I wanted to get that experience somehow
to get into that role. Ok so the second thing is experience, now I know we said some people
don't have any experience and that's totally fine but for those who have some experience
and may have a gap in their experience you want to highlight some of those things that you've done so
go through that job description and take a look to see what you've done in the past even
if it's 5-10-15 years ago you still have that experience so you can still talk about that
and just list it so you know if you have anything at all definitely include it it's not wasted.
Ok so the third thing would be talking about anything that's related to volunteer work your
education if you've been on a sporting team any of those types of things extracurricular activities
you want to talk about those so if you have a sporting background you know you're on a lot of
sports or one particular sport what did you do and how are you a team member you can talk about that
stuff that does relate to a job it does not have to be a specific nine-to-five job that you did
it could be at any spectrum so whether you were on a sporting team you did volunteer work,
you were part of an event, you were part of your community involvement anything like that what did
you do what kind of skills did you bring forward were you in a group setting were you a motivator,
do you have great communication skills, do you have you know attention to detail, have you worked
with money, have you done any of those types of things did you build something, did you help
orchestrate something of that of that nature you can include all of that that does not have
to be something that you've put aside because you think it's not relevant it absolutely is relevant.
Another example is somebody who let's say is part of a team and part of a community and you know
they've dedicated a lot of time to helping their community out they're doing food banks they're
doing volunteer work those are all amazing skills that you can include in your resume and they will
definitely stand out. I know when I’m reviewing a resume I don't look just at the first five points
what does this person have how many years have they done this I mean those are all great things
but I do dive deep and I give everybody a chance because I think that's important
and I’m sure there's a lot of people out there that are recruiters and hiring managers
that are like that we just need whoever's on the other side to believe in their skills
and to put that in their resume so that they don't miss out on a chance!
So the last thing I want to talk about is qualifications - do you have any certifications
do you have any specific things that you have listed that you've done any training anything
like that that you have put them in there a certificate you received at work for example you
were a forklift driver that's a certification, let's say you were an electrician or you did
something with customer service or you did project management or you did lean six sigma
in some of the project or business analyst jobs that you've done include all of those
even if those certifications come from that employer that you have and maybe you're going
to another company it doesn't matter you did the work that's with you so keep those in your resume
even if you're fresh out of school what did you get your degree or your diploma
in and what kind of projects did you work on is there something that you did that stood out. I
know in some of the marketing courses they ask you to work with different companies and you
work on different things those are all great things that you can include in your resume.
Ok so I just want to recap the four things that we talked about that really will make your resume
stand out and give you that chance when you don't have any experience or perhaps you have a gap
in your experience so number one is building your brand and that's big one and number two
is your experience what you do have number three is your school or education volunteer work any
of that information your sports teams put that in and then number four is your qualifications
any certain certifications or diplomas degrees that you have include that in there
I hope I’ve provided you guys with some great insight as to what you need to do
to make your resume really stand out when you have no experience I know that once you follow
those four steps and you include and plug in all that great information from your past
you'll have that chance and you'll be able to get that job that you really want.
So good luck please leave me a comment below let me know how it worked out how you changed
your resume for the better and let me know what ideas and questions that you guys have
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