By Tabitha Makumi,
Fresh out of college, no job experience and then you see a job vacancy for a graduate trainee opportunity for a particular company that you wouldn’t mind having your skills honed at and later work for but for the life of you don’t know how-to go about drafting that cv. So how do you go about it? Here’s how.
Most companies nowadays in Kenya in whatever field of career are opting to train graduates and later offer them a job. For example PwC, KRA, KPMG and even the media houses. So how do you go about drafting that resume keeping in mind that you have zero to nothing as far as experience is concerned? I have put together some of the highlights which will build up your resume.
Your Job Objective.
Why would you want to be trained at the company? Most people want to gain experience and practise what they learnt at the university or college. This is a one time opportunity, so make it count.
For example you can write; I am a business management graduate from the University of Nairobi. I am looking for trainee position in a reputed management from a reputable firm to learn, understand and enhance my skills in business management. I want to work for a company that values diversity, and believes in work-life balance, values their employees and gets involved with the community. I’m a firm believer that if your employees are happy they won’t mind working hard for you.
What’s your Professional Experience?
You may not have any profound experience to write home about but most universities and colleges now offer internship programs before their students graduate. What did you learn at that internship then? You will find that most students now days aren’t just students but part time workers which puts them at a better position when applying for the position. Sports you may have participated in, campus jobs, they all count while applying for a trainee vacancy.
For example you may write;
Management Graduate Trainee
XYZ Company
January 2012-May 2012
Managed Events
Assisted to manage the budget for the company
Was involved in branding, promotion, marketing of the company’s products
Involved in facility management and compliance, etc.
Don’t overlook little events that shows experience in accepting responsibility and demonstrate reliability. Consider the following factors to identify the experience and skills you garnered in higher institution and match your information with the job you hope to land:
When you have no track record to put in your CV.
You are a fresh graduate which means no track record that can to give some weight to your CV. Your CV should include a personal statement or career objective near the beginning for example, ‘Motivated and academically gifted business management graduate seeking to use his management experience’. Only do it if you feel comfortable with approach. The rest of the CV must contain considerable evidence to back up any such assertions.
Another common feature of this type of CV is including a list of key achievements. Only do this if you feel that it’s the most effective way to package your message. The main problem with these CVs is that they can run the risk of sounding phoney or pompous if badly composed.
Last but not least, get rid of unsupportive information; don’t fatten your portfolio with irrelevant data or pictures. Include an activity only if it reveals skills, competencies, accomplishments, results, or other qualification to support your intended job.
If an exhaustive search of your hobbies, campus activities, or community service which do not reveal any skills learnt from such activities, don’t include them.
Fresh out of college, no job experience and then you see a job vacancy for a graduate trainee opportunity for a particular company that you wouldn’t mind having your skills honed at and later work for but for the life of you don’t know how-to go about drafting that cv. So how do you go about it? Here’s how.
Most companies nowadays in Kenya in whatever field of career are opting to train graduates and later offer them a job. For example PwC, KRA, KPMG and even the media houses. So how do you go about drafting that resume keeping in mind that you have zero to nothing as far as experience is concerned? I have put together some of the highlights which will build up your resume.
Your Job Objective.
Why would you want to be trained at the company? Most people want to gain experience and practise what they learnt at the university or college. This is a one time opportunity, so make it count.
For example you can write; I am a business management graduate from the University of Nairobi. I am looking for trainee position in a reputed management from a reputable firm to learn, understand and enhance my skills in business management. I want to work for a company that values diversity, and believes in work-life balance, values their employees and gets involved with the community. I’m a firm believer that if your employees are happy they won’t mind working hard for you.
What’s your Professional Experience?You may not have any profound experience to write home about but most universities and colleges now offer internship programs before their students graduate. What did you learn at that internship then? You will find that most students now days aren’t just students but part time workers which puts them at a better position when applying for the position. Sports you may have participated in, campus jobs, they all count while applying for a trainee vacancy.
For example you may write;
Management Graduate Trainee
XYZ Company
January 2012-May 2012
Managed Events
Assisted to manage the budget for the company
Was involved in branding, promotion, marketing of the company’s products
Involved in facility management and compliance, etc.
Don’t overlook little events that shows experience in accepting responsibility and demonstrate reliability. Consider the following factors to identify the experience and skills you garnered in higher institution and match your information with the job you hope to land:
When you have no track record to put in your CV.
You are a fresh graduate which means no track record that can to give some weight to your CV. Your CV should include a personal statement or career objective near the beginning for example, ‘Motivated and academically gifted business management graduate seeking to use his management experience’. Only do it if you feel comfortable with approach. The rest of the CV must contain considerable evidence to back up any such assertions.
Another common feature of this type of CV is including a list of key achievements. Only do this if you feel that it’s the most effective way to package your message. The main problem with these CVs is that they can run the risk of sounding phoney or pompous if badly composed.
Last but not least, get rid of unsupportive information; don’t fatten your portfolio with irrelevant data or pictures. Include an activity only if it reveals skills, competencies, accomplishments, results, or other qualification to support your intended job.
If an exhaustive search of your hobbies, campus activities, or community service which do not reveal any skills learnt from such activities, don’t include them.
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