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How to write a CV without work experience

You can demonstrate your abilities without a long employment history. Use education, projects, part-time work and activities to give an employer a concrete picture of what you can do.

Start with a short, honest profile

Explain your interests, the kind of role you want and what you can already do. Avoid claims without examples. You do not need to apologise for experience you have not yet gained.

Recent logistics graduate seeking a first role in planning. Prepared a delivery schedule for a college project and checked stock information with two fellow students.

Give education and projects room

Include your qualification, institution and dates. Add a relevant project, dissertation or placement and explain your own contribution.

Describe how you gathered information, worked with others or solved a problem. Mention a known result without exaggerating it.

Part-time work and volunteering count

A role in a shop, sports club or restaurant can demonstrate responsibility and communication. Name the task and explain its relevance.

You may also explain caring responsibilities or other periods if you wish. You decide what personal information to share.

Support skills and language levels

List skills you can actually use. Instead of “good with computers”, name software you have used and the tasks you completed with it.

Assess languages honestly. A number or slider value should reflect your ability in conversations, email and work situations.

Keep it clear and check the details

One readable page is often enough when you have little experience. Avoid filling space with repetition. Ask someone to check the text and contact information.

Start with an empty data profile or template in Vitaevia. Add your education and activities, review the result and download the format requested for the application.

Turn the advice into your own CV

Choose a design, add your own information and review the version you want to send.

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