resume tips on applying for a job at flower shop?
I just finished some flower design course and I want to look for a job at a flower shop. I don’t have any relevant experience so what I can say in the resume is just about the flower design course i took. I don’t know what to write on my resume. I tried to look for some samples on the internet but couldn’t find any. Can anyone give me some tips?
Thank you~
If you don’t have any experience then your best best is to use a resume that highlights your skills and recent education considered a "functional" resume vs a chronological resume that highlights your experience.
Check these sites out for more info on functional resumes:
http://www.talentweave.com/functionalresumesamples.html
http://www.job-winning-resumes.com/functional-resume-format.html
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Write a cover letter specifically to this job and the course you just took – and add your personal resume perhaps it doesn’t have relevant past experience but if you were a loyal employee that says a lot.
Good Luck
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If you don’t have any experience then your best best is to use a resume that highlights your skills and recent education considered a "functional" resume vs a chronological resume that highlights your experience.
Check these sites out for more info on functional resumes:
http://www.talentweave.com/functionalresumesamples.html
http://www.job-winning-resumes.com/functional-resume-format.html
References :
Your most attractive credential is, in fact, your recent course of study that you completed in flower design. Start with a listing the various course titles and then go into some details regarding the skills taught, i.e., particular set of flower arrangements and what’s it called, i.e., from simple to the complex, etc.
Nevertheless, the following discussion may provide an outline for the actual layout of a "scanable" resume.
Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:
1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.
In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.
Good luck!
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