For a college graduate, a resume is an important aspect for a successful career.  It showcases your talent, relevant skills, and experience.  You have to concentrate on various aspects such as highlighting your transferable skills rather than your work summary.

If you have not done this already, I suggest that you think about your career focus before writing a resume.  Besides your work experience, employers are interested in knowing your skills that will make you suitable for a particular position.

The next step is to identify the skills and attributes that will be relevant to the positions you have applied for.  You can easily judge this by taking a glance at the job description or the job specification.  You will gather more insights of their expectations in terms of practical and professional abilities.

Now, I understand that college graduates are mostly inexperienced.  Indeed, writing a resume becomes a big challenge because you do not have much to talk about. Right? Wrong.  Even if you have little or no work experience, a college nurtures you and equips you with many skills that a company seeks:

• Leadership skills
• Time Management
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Computer Skills

The key of a resume is to talk about these traits so that you can showcase them during an interview.  The same thumb rule applies to any job or internship that you may apply for during your college years.  Add any transferable skills in your resume even if it isn’t directly related to your job position.

Believe me everything counts!  Do not forget to include your unpaid work experience.  You may not realize its relevance but employers do.  You can also include volunteer work, internships, fraternity, sorority, and campus club positions.

Education is your biggest selling point as a college graduate.  You can include the extensive education section that will nurture your resume.  Don’t forget to include your GPA (if it is high) because it adds value to your qualification.  You can also include a summary of your completed courses.

Finally, choose a format for your resume.  A hybrid format is most apt if you have limited or no work experience.  It includes a combination of both chronological and functional formats.  This gives you an opportunity to highlight your transferable skills and make it more significant than your limited professional experience.

The Internet has played a huge role in taking resume writing to a higher level.  Instead of writing a generic resume, video resumes have revolutionized the way recruitment is done.  Though it is still in its infancy, UGrowU is promoting a free service to assist college graduates so that they can cover every milestone of success in terms of their career.