The IT resume template for people with no IT experience
One column, readable by the software, with a note in every section telling you what goes there. Plus a filled-in example and the eight fixes on one page.
Send me the template ↓My home lab got me my first IT job. On my resume, it was one line at the bottom, under “interests”.
I sent sixty-plus applications. I stopped counting. Most of them never replied. When I finally got in the room, the lab is what I talked about, and it’s what got me the job. On paper I’d filed it next to my hobbies.
This is the layout I’d use today. The lab goes in a Projects section above your work history, written like work, and your old job gets translated into words IT recognises. It’s a Word document, so you can actually edit it.
What you get
- An editable Word template: single column, standard headings, safe for applicant tracking systems
- A filled-in example: a (made-up) career changer’s resume, rewritten with all eight fixes
- The eight fixes from the video on one page, with the lab bullet formula
- A “before you send it” checklist, because the last five minutes matter
Tier 1 · Get it read
- 1Make it readable by software
- 2Kill the objective
- 3Cut the skills word-soup
- 4Be exact about certs
Tier 2 · Make the old job count
- 5Rewrite the old job
- 6Write a three-line summary
Tier 3 · Put the lab up front
- 7Move the lab upAbove your work history. The one most people skip.
- 8Write the lab like work
The lab bullet formula
“Built a single-DC domain on Windows Server 2022 with 4 OUs, 30 users and 8 security groups.”
How to apply each fix, the full worked example and the checklist are in the download.
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