Recent Graduate ?

If you have recently graduated, you probably are competing against those with similar levels of education and more work experience.

If you don't have a lot of work experience related to the job you want, you will obviously want to emphasize your recent education or training. This might include specific mention of courses you took and other activities that most directly relate to the job you now seek.
New graduates need to look at their schoolwork as the equivalent of work. Indeed, it is work in that it required self-discipline, completion of a variety of tasks, and other activities that are similar to those required in many jobs.
You also may have learned a variety of things that are directly related to doing the job you want and you should present these in a skills resume in the same way you might present work experiences in a chronological resume. You should also play up the fact, if you can, that you are familiar with the latest trends and techniques in your field and can apply these skills right away to the new job. And, since you are experienced in studying and learning new things, you will be better able to quickly learn the new job.

A skills resume will also allow you to more effectively present skills you used in other jobs (such as waiting on tables) that don't seem to directly relate to the job you now want. These jobs were also work experiences and can provide a wealth of adaptive and transferable skills that you can use, with some thought, to support your resumes job objective.