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    This document provides guidance on how to structure a CV for a recent graduate. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by a short personal statement introducing the applicant and the types of roles they are seeking. The main body should include sections on education, technical skills if relevant, work experience, other skills, extracurricular activities, and interests. For each experience, the applicant should provide brief details on their responsibilities and achievements. The document emphasizes tailoring each section to the specific positions being applied for. It also notes that references are available upon request and the CV should be kept to two pages.

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure a CV for a recent graduate. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by a short personal statement introducing the applicant and the types of roles they are seeking. The main body should include sections on education, technical skills if relevant, work experience, other skills, extracurricular activities, and interests. For each experience, the applicant should provide brief details on their responsibilities and achievements. The document emphasizes tailoring each section to the specific positions being applied for. It also notes that references are available upon request and the CV should be kept to two pages.

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure a CV for a recent graduate. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by a short personal statement introducing the applicant and the types of roles they are seeking. The main body should include sections on education, technical skills if relevant, work experience, other skills, extracurricular activities, and interests. For each experience, the applicant should provide brief details on their responsibilities and achievements. The document emphasizes tailoring each section to the specific positions being applied for. It also notes that references are available upon request and the CV should be kept to two pages.

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    Your Name Here: Personal Statement

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure a CV for a recent graduate. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by a short personal statement introducing the applicant and the types of roles they are seeking. The main body should include sections on education, technical skills if relevant, work experience, other skills, extracurricular activities, and interests. For each experience, the applicant should provide brief details on their responsibilities and achievements. The document emphasizes tailoring each section to the specific positions being applied for. It also notes that references are available upon request and the CV should be kept to two pages.

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    YOUR NAME HERE

    15 Parents’ Road, Home Town, PST CDE 123 Student Road, Term Town, PST CDE
    (+44) Home number (+44) Mobile number
    Email address (e.g. [email protected])

    PERSONAL STATEMENT

    This section tells the recruiter what type(s) of position you are looking for and should also include a bit about what you bring to the
    employment situation. Keep it short, focused and to the point. Treat it like a mini cover letter that introduces the reader to your CV.
    NB: From here on, keep in mind the position(s) you are applying to. Your CV should be targeted towards these in every section.

    “As a recent graduate with a 2:1 in English Literature, I am looking to utilise my excellent communication skills within a fast-paced
    PR agency. I believe that my meticulous written and verbal abilities, alongside my essay-based degree, will prepare me for a role
    within this exciting and challenging industry.”

    EDUCATION

    date/started – date/finished Your degree/diploma/certificate and grade (or expected)


    The college or university you attended
    Relevant/final year/core modules:
    ● Module/project name: explain a bit about why it’s relevant (optional), what you learned about, and why you can use this
    module/project in the role in question. Include any strong grades too.
    ● If you did a technical degree, mention any modules that involved specific software or programming languages that might
    be impressive to the industry you’re applying too.
    Final year project/dissertation:
    ● If relevant to the job, go into detail. It is the largest project you have done during university, so show it off.

    Other modules: Module name – 73%; Module name – 78% - if your best grade of your degree is not even remotely relevant to your
    industry, but you want to show it off, present it like this.

    date/started – date/finished A Level/IB/Highers/HND subject/s or equivalent and grades


    The sixth form or college you attended (you can do the same for strong
    GCSEs)

    TECHNICAL SKILLS

    This section is optional, but very important for sectors that require specific skills (i.e. IT, analytics, engineering etc.). If previously
    mentioned in education or work experience, mention here too; if self-taught, mention in brackets.
    Proficient in:
    • Excel: pivot tables, macros.
    • SQL: created a database for the poker society.

    Intermediate level:
    ● HTML & CSS (self-taught): built a website using WordPress for my sister’s fitness classes.

    RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

    If you have more than one year of full-time work experience you might want to put your work experience before your education.
    Put the most recent first. However, if you’ve done a placement, add it first in the list and list the remaining jobs under “Other”.

    date/started – date/finished Old employer name, Job title, location (optional)

    In this first, short paragraph introduce the reader to the company and the department/product/area you worked on/with, being
    sure to mention why it’s relevant. Use no more than two to three sentences.
    ● If possible, the first bullet point for each position should contain a “success.” Employers are looking for a situation where
    you’ve gone above and beyond in a work situation; grew revenues, saved time and money, won an award, or consistently
    performed at a superior level. Try to quantify the achievement as much as possible.
    ● Think about your most important job responsibilities and how they relate to the types of positions you will be applying to.
    ● Write down four or five of your key job responsibilities.
    ● Employers are looking for these main things: Can you do the job? In other words, do you have the skills?; Are you
    motivated to do the job and do you get along with people? i.e. Are you the right fit for the company? Can you work in a
    team?

    Key achievements/projects:
    An optional section in which you can mention achievements for the first time, or just summarise. Only use this section if your work
    experience is very relevant to the job you’re applying for. Also, if it’s this important, it should be on the first page, so you could put
    this at the beginning of this job.
    ● Bullet points
    ● Bullet points

    date/started – date/finished Old employer name, Job title, location (optional)

    The less recent and the less relevant the work experience is, the further down the CV it should go. Mention less about the role to
    reflect the diminishing importance. Don’t forget to keep it relevant, and capitalise on why this previous employment has, in some
    way, prepared you for the job you’re applying to.
    ● Bullet points (if needed)

    OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

    This section is optional, in case you have work experience in non-sector relevant areas, such as part-time jobs. Make sure to
    present them in a way that shows off why you’re employable/what you learned that will prepare you for a graduate job. For
    example, worked in a team, worked towards sales targets, had impressive responsibilities etc.

    date/started – date/finished Old employer name, Job title, location (optional)


    Just mention the core aspects of the role, and as many of your past roles as you can fit in (retail, bar work etc.)

    date/started – date/finished Old employer name, Job title, location (optional)


    Remember that it’s all about balance. Do you need to waste 25% on irrelevant work experience? You can save space here if
    possible.

    (OTHER) SKILLS

    If the job/industry requires technical skills, see above, and then change this to OTHER SKILLS.
    • If not essential for your sector, include your skills here. Start with the skills most relevant for the role.
    • Use no more than six bullet points as each new line has less chance of getting read.
    • Use this section to mention any languages you speak and if you have a driving licence.
    • If you don’t have a technical skills section, list which software packages you can use here (Word, Excel).
    • If you’ve won awards related to your career or jobs you’re applying for, consider putting them here.
    • If you have taken professional development and training courses here’s where they’ll be listed.

    EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

    Use this optional section (could also be split into two and moved further up the CV if very relevant to the job) to speak about any
    achievements/positions you’ve held within societies, clubs, sports teams and even volunteer projects. They can be mentioned
    briefly to give an outline of your personality, or if relevant to the job/sector, write some brief bullets on each position held:
    ● Leadership experience: two years as captain of seven-a-side football team, during which time we won the league twice.

    INTERESTS

    This section just shows the reader you have a life. But don’t just say “socialising with friends”, use this chance to explain why your
    interests make you more employable:
    ● Use bullet points to briefly cover things you do outside of studying or work.
    ● Don’t simply list things: If you like swimming, say you love swimming because you like to keep fit.
    ● Present your hobbies differently: instead of saying you like shopping, say you have an interest in fashion.
    ● Remember to mention achievements, then try and relate them to the job you are applying for.

    References available upon request

    Remember: make sure your CV is two pages and relevant for the job you’re applying to.

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