Career and self-development

How do I write a CV with no experience?

By Mahmoud SaiedLast updated 27 October 20262 min read

The short answer

A CV without work experience is built on what you have done: your graduation project, internships, volunteer work and student activities. Keep it to one page, put the strongest of these sections first, and link each item to a skill the job ad asks for.

Step by step

  1. 1

    A three-line summary

    Your major, the field you are targeting, and two or three skills that the sections below prove.

  2. 2

    Education with useful detail

    Degree, university and graduation year, your graduation project with a line on your role and its result, and the courses related to the job.

  3. 3

    Projects and internships

    Every internship or practical project, even a short one, with what you specifically did.

  4. 4

    Volunteering and activities

    Organizing an event, leading a student team or seasonal work, which prove communication and commitment.

  5. 5

    Skills and languages

    The software and tools you genuinely know and your honest language level, without a list of generic qualities.

  6. 6

    Adjust it for each job

    Change the summary and the order of sections for each ad you apply to.

A common mistake

Filling the page with words like hardworking, ambitious and team player does not make up for experience. One situation with a clear result convinces more than ten adjectives.

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