Student CV for internships and first jobs

Put education first

• List your degree or diploma, institution, and expected graduation date ("Expected Jun 2027").
• Add a grade or classification only if it helps you.
• Name two to four relevant courses or a final-year project, not the whole programme.
• Once you have a year or more of relevant work, move Work Experience above Education.

Projects count as experience

University projects, hackathons, a club website, a research poster or a business case competition all show real skills. Write them like jobs: the project name, your role, the tools you used and what came out of it.

Add a link (GitHub, portfolio, published article) where one exists, so the reader can check your work.

Internships, part-time jobs and volunteering

• Internships go under Work Experience with the word "Intern" in the title.
• Part-time and summer jobs show reliability, customer contact and time management, even if unrelated to your degree.
• Volunteering and student associations show leadership and organisation: say what you organised, for how many people, and how often.

Skills you can prove

List tools and languages you have actually used (Excel, Python, Canva, a CRM), and give language levels honestly. Avoid long lists of soft skills such as "hard-working"; show them in your bullet points instead.