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Student and recent graduate CV template and example
Employers hiring students and graduates read for potential: relevant coursework, projects, internships and signs that you take ownership. They know your experience is short, so they look for specifics, such as a project you finished, a team you led or a part-time job where you were trusted with more. Keep it to one page and put education first until you have a year or two of full-time work.
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How to write a student and recent graduate CV
- Put education first with your degree, graduation date and GPA if it is 3.5 or higher, followed by relevant coursework or honors.
- Treat class projects, research and volunteering like jobs, with your role, what you did and a measurable result.
- Give part-time jobs real bullets, such as customers served, shifts led or cash handled, because reliability transfers to any role.
- Tailor your skills to each posting and only list tools you have actually used in a course, project or internship.
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