Make your learning useful to an employer.
A graduate CV should translate study into practical evidence: what you researched, built, presented, analysed or improved.
Lead with relevance
- Qualification, institution and completion status
- Relevant modules only where they support the role
- Practical projects with your individual contribution
- Internships, vacation work and volunteering
- Tools, systems and languages you can genuinely use
Project example
Fictional example
Analysed a fictional retail dataset in Excel for a final-year assignment, cleaned 1,200 rows, built a monthly summary and presented three stock-control recommendations.
Tailor for each programme
A finance graduate programme and a general administration internship should not receive identical profiles and project emphasis. Match truthful evidence to the advertised outcomes.
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