How can a high school student write a resume with no experience?

Answer 1

Listing volunteer work, positions you have held in clubs and team activities goes a long way. That you want to provide a resume is great for someone your age.

The article below has some tips that might help, too.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

we all start somewhere. What I did when I got a job at 18 was just list things I did for pay such as babysitting. I also listed missionary trips where I volunteered. I also mentioned other volunteer jobs too like helping out church. Anything where you learn a trade or job can go on a resume such as - volunteering mission trips babysitting repair work helping work & repair cars Helping with landscaping like mowing lawns, clearing out trees Helping care for & walk dogs This shows you are eager to learn trades (jobs) & also shows you do have experience. Also think of what you are go at in school. Being good at math will help you out if you want to be a cashier. You can add totals together a little faster.

Answer 4

People understand that a high school student will have little or no experience. Just write up a single-sheet resume that has all the usual information (name, address, phone, e.mail) on it. Put "resume" in the center at the top of the page. Make the resume look as attractive as possible. Maybe put a line across
the page after you show you name, address, etc.

Think of any extra curricula activities or other "work-type" experience such as babysitting or mowing lawns.

Maybe put "Education" and show you present school and the year you'll graduate. You could add previous schools if you want.

Put "Experience" and add any "sort-of" experience you have. Include first the statement, "I am a student and have not yet had employment."

You could include a couple of good character references for yourself under a "References" category.

Answer 5

If you are still in school, check with the school they might have connections to certain companies that have what is called a hipster program which lets you work for them while still in school, allowing you to start building your experience. To write a resume, start off by personal information: name, address, contact information. If you want you can include what your plans are for the future. Some employers like to know that so if they can help you they will. Next have a education section describing what schools you have been to, any skills or courses you are learning or have learned that would benefit the employer. The find 4 or 5 people unrelated to you that will willingly vouch for you and how well you do with people. Put them down as references with contact information. I hope this is helpful. You can also try and find state employment agencies (which can be found all over the place) that have the resources to help you find work. If you have a computer try finding career.com, monster.com or local places that for free assist you with those things.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

YOu can use your classes (relevant to the job you are going after), any Volunteer work you are doing, and your jobs you held in high school. Even if it is McDonald's put it down. Customer Service experience can go along way.

Answer 8

You can still list skills such as computer skills, and list clubs and activities you participate in. Community service is always good too.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I have helped many high school seniors with this, and you would be surprised at how much "experience" you may have, even if you have not had a paying job.
Have you ever served as a teacher's assistant or office helper? Done babysitting? Volunteered with anything? Participated in any extra-curricular school activities? Been a member of any clubs? Received any special honors?
The skill sets you developed from participating in many of these things are much the same as you would have received from a job -- and all you need to do is think about what skills you've developed from these things that an employer would value and then spell it out.
Also think about things like your school attendance. Never absent? Never tardy? Those things matter a lot to an employer, and they are valuable information for a young person's resume.
Some of the most important pieces of information on a young person's resume are the list of references. (Reference letters attached are even better.) Be sure to use people whose opinions would be valued and who an employer would trust. Not your mom and dad or another relative, but a teacher, a coach, a priest, a local business person who has known you your whole life, etc.
What a lot of kids fail to realize while they are in their teen years is that a lot of how they act and what they do will be come very important around age 17 or 18 when they turn to the adults around them are start asking things like, "Would you write a reference letter for me?" or "Would you consider hiring me?"
Even if you don't have a lot of what you believe are outstanding things to create a resume with, you can always write a very heartfelt letter of introduction on yourself. If you are able to communicate well and tell about yourself and what qualities you have that would make you a good hire, despite your lack of actual work experience, you will have a good chance at a job.
Think about a few other things before you start putting out those resumes and job applications, too. What is your cell phone message? If I'm a potential employer who gets your message and it says, "Dude, you know what to do at the beep! Party on!" --- I'm hanging up. You aren't going to get a second chance to make a first impression. Leave a message in which you speak clearly and slowly and say, "This is YOUR NAME. I'm sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message."
If your cell phone rings and you don't know exactly who's calling, answer it every time as if you might be speaking to your future boss. If I call you for a job interview at 2 p.m and you pick it up and mumble something that makes me think you were still asleep, you've already had strike one. Not too impressive. Sound energetic and ready to do business.
If you are lucky enough to get an interview, make eye contact, shake hands, show some confidence, speak in whole sentences instead of one word answers, thank them at the beginning and end for the opportunity to interview. You are showing up and trying to convince them that you are worth taking a big risk on, so try to come off as mature as possible.
Good luck. Don't let lack of job experience keep you out of the running for your "first" job. Everyone has one, so of course it's possible to get one. Don't be discouraged. (And don't wait until Easter to start applying for summer jobs, or you've waited too late. Get out there now.)