For students and recent graduates
JobMentis for your first job:start from what you have already done
JobMentis helps students and recent graduates land their first professional job. Tell it you are looking for your first job, and it scores fit for entry-level roles, counts internships, co-ops, projects and part-time work as experience, and prepares you for interviews with your own examples. The first-job mode is free.
For students, recent graduates and anyone looking for a first professional job. No credit card needed.
Where are you in your career?
Career History
- BA in Business Lakeside University
- Marketing Intern ContosoInternship
- Barista Fabrikam CoffeePart-time job
- Events Lead Student Marketing SocietyVolunteering or side work
- Capstone: pricing study for a local shopSchool project
How does JobMentis know it is your first job search?
You tell it. One answer in your account switches on the first-job mode, and JobMentis never switches it on by itself.
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Create a free account
Sign up with Google, LinkedIn or your email address.
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Say where you are in your career
In your account, under Job search, answer "Where are you in your career?" with "Looking for my first professional job". If your CV reads like a student's or a recent graduate's, Career History asks you once.
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Add what you have done
Upload a CV, paste your LinkedIn profile or your notes, or answer five short questions about school, work and what you did on your own.
Do internships, part-time jobs and school projects count as experience?
Yes. JobMentis counts internships, co-ops, apprenticeships, part-time and student jobs, volunteering and school projects as experience, and labels each one for what it is, so your resume shows them honestly instead of hiding them.
- JobMentis reads your CV in six languages and labels each role: internship, co-op, apprenticeship, part-time job, student job or volunteering. Projects are marked as school, personal or work.
- Five short written questions (a school project, an internship or co-op, a part-time job, clubs or volunteering, a project of your own) help you find experience you forgot to list. You can skip any of them, and they are free.
- JobMentis drafts career history entries, stories and skills from your answers alone. Nothing is saved until you tick it.
- For a first job search, the CV check and the AI rewrite put your education first while it is your strongest evidence, and count coursework, a thesis or a capstone project.
- A rewrite never invents a figure or turns a school project into a job. If it drops an internship or a part-time job, JobMentis puts it back as it was.
- Every rewritten line says why it reads better, so you learn the pattern instead of copying it.
Question 3 of 5
Any part-time or summer job?
Two years as a weekend barista at Fabrikam Coffee, a busy café. I trained the new starters and kept the Saturday rush moving when we were short-staffed.
JobMentis only uses what you write here. Nothing is saved until you tick it on the next screen.
Draft from your answer
BaristaFabrikam CoffeePart-time job
Trained new starters and kept the Saturday rush moving when the team was short-staffed.
Will JobMentis tell me to skip jobs I lack the experience for?
Not on an entry-level job. For a first job search, years of experience count for 10% of the fit score instead of 30%, and JobMentis never tells you to skip an entry-level posting because of experience. Your skills, your stories and your direction count most.
- Each posting's requirements are split into Required, Preferred and Often learned on the job: the tools, software and processes employers usually teach new hires.
- When an entry-level posting lists a year or two of experience as a must-have, JobMentis shows it as preferred, with a note that says why.
- A posting above entry level is named as such, with a nudge to look for its junior or graduate version.
- A gap stays a gap. JobMentis names it for what it is and never pretends it is covered.
- This entry-level preset is free on every plan. With Pro you can set your own weights.
Northwind Traders · Junior Marketing Associate
Worth a shot if you tailor your CV and cover the major gaps.
An entry-level role: employers rarely expect every item on the list, so cover the required ones and say how you would learn the rest.
2 of 2 required met
Required
Degree in marketing, business or a related field
Clear written English
Preferred
1-2 years of marketing experience
Listed as a must-have, but an entry-level employer usually treats a year or two of experience as a preference.
Experience running social media campaigns
Often learned on the job
HubSpot
Google Analytics
Entry-level employers rarely expect every preferred item.
Which jobs can I apply for with my degree?
JobMentis suggests up to 8 entry-level job titles from your degree, your projects, your internships or student jobs and what you enjoy, and says why each one fits you.
- Each title comes with the words to paste into a job board, such as its graduate or junior version.
- Where JobMentis has the data, a title shows the entry-level median salary for your country and a link to what employers ask of juniors. Those figures come from JobMentis data, never from AI.
- Add a title as a target in one click. With Pro, job match alerts then look for internships, graduate programmes and entry-level roles only, and leave out junior titles that ask for five years of experience or more.
- Pathfinder, the career path planner, starts from your education and a completed WorkFive profile instead of three past jobs.
Jobs you could look for
Junior Marketing Associate
From:your studiesyour projects
Words to search
Customer Success Associate
From:your internship or student job
Words to search
What employers ask of juniors
How do I network when I don't know anyone yet?
Start with people from your school. JobMentis builds LinkedIn searches for people from your school at the companies you want, and gives you four outreach messages to copy and an informational interview script, all free.
- Each outreach example says why it works: a connection note that fits LinkedIn's limit, a request for an informational interview, a thank-you and a follow-up after an application.
- Each contact card records where the person studied. When it matches your CV, mark them as alumni and filter your list by it.
- With Pro, the message drafter writes informational interview requests that ask about the person's path, never for a job or a referral.
- You can rehearse the conversation out loud as an informational interview before the real one.
- JobMentis never sends anything for you.
Find people from your school
- Alumni at Northwind Traders
- Alumni at Contoso
- Everyone from Lakeside University
Connection note to someone from your school
Hi [Name], I'm studying [subject] at [School], where you studied too. I'd love to hear how you got into [their field] at [Company]. Happy to connect!
Why this works: It fits in LinkedIn's 200 characters, opens with what you share, and asks for nothing yet.
Can I use school and part-time examples in interviews?
Yes, and JobMentis prepares you with them. For a first job search, Story Bank suggests stories from a school or group project, an internship, a part-time job, volunteering or a project of your own, each written for what it is.
- The mock interview is set so that at least half of its main questions are the ones graduates get: motivation, learning, teamwork, pressure and projects. It never asks about managing people or years you cannot have.
- The feedback names the school, internship, part-time or volunteering example an answer could have used. A short history is never counted as a weakness.
- When a posting names no level, the questions you can ask the interviewer start with the entry-level ones.
- Your stories are never given an employer or a result your own text does not have.
Stories from school, work and volunteering
What would have helped
Tell me about a time you worked under pressure.
Your Saturday rush at the café answers this well: say how many orders you handled, and what you changed so the team kept up.
No CV yet? JobMentis interviews you and writes it
First CV builds a real CV from a conversation. Talk it through out loud for about 8 minutes, or paste anything you have, such as your LinkedIn profile or your notes, and JobMentis writes your CV and your career history from it.
- The voice interview asks about you, your education, your work, your skills and where you want to go next.
- It counts part-time jobs, internships, volunteering, a family business, freelance work and side projects as experience.
- Pasting or uploading is free. The voice interview is part of Pro and of the 7-day pass.
First CV, voice interview
Have you done any paid work, even part-time or in the holidays?
I worked weekends at a café for two years and trained the new people.
Career History
BaristaFabrikam CoffeePart-time job
Weekend barista through university; trained new team members.
Where can I start without an account?
These free pages and tools are open to anyone, so you can see how JobMentis reads a CV or an interview before you sign up.
- CV check
See how your resume reads against the job you want.
- Try a mock interview
Answer a few interview questions out loud and see the feedback.
- Ghost Job Detector
Check whether a posting is still open, and whether a junior title asks for senior experience.
- Skills gap by role
What employers ask for in a role, with pages for junior level.
- Salaries
Pay by role and country, across 970+ salary benchmarks.
By the numbers
What changes for a first job search
10%
of the fit score goes to years of experience for a first job search, against 30% otherwise
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kinds of early experience JobMentis labels on your CV, from internships and co-ops to volunteering
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short questions that help you find experience you forgot to list
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entry-level job titles at most, suggested from your degree, projects and interests
Is JobMentis free for students?
Yes. The first-job mode is free on every plan: the entry-level fit score, the requirements split, the five questions, the job title ideas, the story prompts and Networking without a network. Pro adds the heavier tools.
Free
- Everything in the first-job mode
- A CV check, Story Bank and mock interview practice, with monthly limits
- The application tracker and the networking tracker
- First CV from a paste or an upload
Pro
- Unlimited CV scans, one for every job you target
- Job match alerts for internships, graduate programmes and entry-level roles
- Informational interview requests from the message drafter
- The First CV voice interview, also in the 7-day pass
Are you a career coach who works with graduates?
Coaches can set a client's career stage from the client page, so every tool your client uses treats it as a first job search.
See JobMentis for coachesFirst job: guides for students and graduates
Short, practical guides for a first job search: your first resume, school projects, informational interviews, alumni and the jobs your degree opens.
Questions students and graduates ask
Is JobMentis for students?
Yes. JobMentis works for students, recent graduates and anyone looking for their first professional job. Answer "Looking for my first professional job" in your account, under Job search, and the fit score, the CV advice, the story prompts, the mock interview and the networking tools are set for a first job search.
How are internships and projects treated?
As experience, each named for what it is. JobMentis labels internships, co-ops, apprenticeships, part-time and student jobs and volunteering on your CV, marks projects as school, personal or work, and never turns a school project into a job. If an AI rewrite drops an internship or a part-time job, JobMentis puts it back.
How is the fit score calculated for entry-level candidates?
From four parts: skills, experience, your stories and your career direction. For a first job search, experience counts for 10% instead of 30%, and skills, stories and direction share the rest. On an entry-level posting, a lack of experience never makes JobMentis tell you to skip it, and a request for up to two years of experience counts as preferred.
Can it help if I don't know what job to target?
Yes. In your account, under Job search, JobMentis suggests up to 8 entry-level job titles from your degree, projects, internships or student jobs and interests, says why each one fits and gives you the words to search for. Pathfinder can then plan a path from your education toward an entry-level role.
Is it free?
Yes. The first-job mode is free on every plan, and so are a CV check, Story Bank, mock interview practice and both trackers, with monthly limits. Pro adds unlimited CV scans, job match alerts, the informational interview drafter and the First CV voice interview, which is also in the 7-day pass.
Will JobMentis switch to the first-job mode on its own?
No. JobMentis may ask once, when your CV reads like a student's or a recent graduate's, but only your answer changes it. "No, I have experience" stops the question for good, and you can change your answer any time in your account, under Job search.
Does it work for co-ops, apprenticeships and graduate programmes?
Yes. Co-ops and apprenticeships are labelled on your CV like internships. With Pro, job match alerts for a first job search look for internships, graduate programmes and entry-level roles, and each match says which kind it is.
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