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Graduate CV example

A graduate CV example for your first full-time role: how to lead with a degree and still show evidence you can do the job.

Updated August 23, 2026

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What matters in this role

  • Your degree class and your dissertation topic, if it is relevant. Both are legitimate evidence at this stage.
  • Placements and internships, with what you actually produced rather than what you observed.
  • Technical tools you can use unsupervised.
  • Any output someone else went on to use. That is the strongest signal a graduate CV can carry.

Common mistakes

  • Listing modules instead of what you did with them.
  • Describing a placement as “gained experience in” rather than naming an output.
  • Omitting part-time work because it was not in the field.
  • A generic summary that would fit any graduate of any subject.

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