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Resume for Beginners

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When you lack work experience, your resume should look slightly different from a resume written by an experienced job seeker. Download our free resume for beginners and read our writing tips before you begin making your resume.

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OBJECTIVE

Recent Visual Communication Design graduate with over 1 year of internship and volunteer experience in graphic design. Proficient in using Adobe Creative Suite to create captivating visual content. Eager to leverage my creative abilities and hands-on experience to contribute innovative design solutions as a graphic designer at Socialfly.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Graphic Design Volunteer
Cat Depot, Sarasota, FL | December 2022–Present

  • Used Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Illustrator, to enhance the shelter’s branding materials, resulting in a consistent visual identity
  • Developed visually compelling designs for social media campaigns and promotional materials, increasing adoption inquiries by 20% and donations by 15% over a period of 6 months
  • Created visuals for the organization’s monthly newsletter reaching 5,000+ subscribers, receiving consistently positive feedback for its engaging content and layout
  • Collaborated with the events team to create eye-catching posters and banners for fundraising events, contributing to a record-breaking event attendance and a total of $30,000+ raised

Graphic Design Intern
Seam, Sarasota, FL | May 2022–November 2022

  • Collaborated with the marketing team to create a series of social media animations, resulting in a 12% increase in video shares
  • Contributed to the development of a successful product packaging design that increased sales by 17% within the first quarter of its launch
  • Implemented A/B testing for email campaigns, optimizing design elements and achieving an 8% increase in CTR
  • Coordinated with vendors to oversee the production of marketing materials, ensuring timely delivery

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL | June 2023
Honors: cum laude (GPA: 3.8/4.0)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Typography
  • Color theory
  • Digital & print production
  • Design principles
  • Collaboration
  • Time management

How to write a resume for beginners

Writing a resume for the first time isn’t easy. To help you put together a compelling application for your first job, we provide three helpful tips on how to write a resume for beginners.

1. Write an eye-catching resume objective

A well-written resume introduction will help you grab the attention of hiring managers. As someone writing a resume for the first time, the best resume introduction for you is a resume objective.

A resume objective focuses on your skills, education, and goals rather than your professional accomplishments.

Here’s an example of a resume objective on a resume for a beginner:

An objective on a resume for beginners written by a candidate with internship experience.

This resume objective communicates the candidate’s passion for the job while showcasing their relevant skills.

2. Highlight relevant volunteer or internship experience

When you’re a beginner in the job market, you’ll have to take a different approach to resume writing than your more experienced counterparts. While experienced job seekers should focus on career highlights, you can replace the “work experience” section with a “relevant experience” section.

Making this section allows you to emphasize your best selling points — non-work related experience that’s taught you skills you’ll need to succeed in your chosen field. Usually, this experience will be internships or volunteer positions, but it can also be leadership roles in school clubs or student government.

3. Emphasize your transferable skills

Transferable skills are abilities you’ve developed in school or elsewhere that’ll help you perform the duties of the role you’re applying for. They’re skills that aren’t specific to a particular position, but rather general skills that make you qualified for the job.

Here’s a list of transferable skills you’ve probably picked up in your academic career that many employers look for:

  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Computer skills
  • Research skills
  • Time management
  • Teamwork
  • Analytical skills
  • Writing
  • Multitasking
  • Public speaking
  • Data analysis
  • Attention to detail

Look through the job ad and check if any of these skills appear in the job description. If they do, add them to your beginner resume to show hiring managers that although you lack work experience, you’re a good fit for the role.

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