[Anonymous]

From what I understand an entry level resume should provide a basis for an employer to assume that I can do the work.

What is the best way to do that?

Any other resume help is appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Good grades, activities, volunteering and internships are a good place to start.

[Anonymous]

Do you have any relevant experience? If not, highlight your education and internships. Also, any work experience, highlight tasks/duties that show initiative, growth and responsibility. It will be obvious that you are entry level but if you work it right they will see that you are someone who wants to work hard, learn the position and grow with the company.

[Anonymous]

Try to put yourself in the interviewer's shoes and think “What would convince me that this guy could show up for work, work hard, and go home without stealing from me (clients, paper, etc.)?” Any job or internship will help to answer these questions. Let's say you worked at the fast-food joint through summers. That shows you showed up for work and that you probably didn't steal or you wouldn't have been brought back the next year. It also shows that you have some experience working around people so the concept of having a boss won't be completely foreign to you. Of course a job more related to accounting (whether an internship or something else) will be more valuable, but *all* work experience is valuable.

If you haven't had a job, have you been part of my clubs or volunteering opportunities that still required some of the above elements – showing up, working with people, etc? If so, list them. Or maybe a group project that required a particularly great amount of work. (Like, my Calculus class assigned all homework as group projects, but that's just weekly homework so not really worth listing…however, if you had a semester-long project in a capstone course or something else that was more intensive, it could be valuable.)

At the end of the day, if I asked you “Why should I hire you? What can you offer?”, that is what should be in your resume and cover letter.

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