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Graduate CV Template

A new graduate's CV: degree and dissertation, placements, and transferable skills. Start from the full example below: change anything, and download a PDF that looks exactly like the preview. Free, with no signup and no watermark.

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How to write a Graduate CV

  • Mention your dissertation or final-year project and what you found.
  • Show transferable skills with evidence from placements, societies or part-time work.
  • Tailor the profile to each graduate scheme.

Graduate CV example

The full example this template opens with. Everyone in it is fictional; replace each part with your own details, and delete what does not apply.

Hannah Price

Economics Graduate

hannah.price@example.com · +44 7700 900412 · Manchester, UK · linkedin.com/in/hannahprice

Personal Statement

First-class economics graduate applying for graduate analyst schemes. My dissertation used public health data to model the cost of NHS waiting lists, and a summer placement taught me to turn analysis into client-ready slides.

Education

BSc Economics — University of Manchester, Manchester2022 – 2025

First Class Honours

Dissertation: “The economic cost of elective-care waiting lists in England” (78%)

Experience

Summer Analyst (placement) — Northgate Advisory, LondonJun 2024 – Aug 2024

  • Built a market-sizing model for a £30M acquisition target
  • Presented findings to the client’s board alongside the engagement manager

Sales Assistant (part-time) — Waterstones, ManchesterSep 2022 – May 2025

  • Trained 6 new starters; ran the store’s social-media book club

Societies and Volunteering

Treasurer — Economics Society2023 – 2024

  • Managed a £12,000 budget and secured 3 new sponsors

Skills

Stata · R · Excel · PowerPoint · Data visualisation · Report writing

Languages

English (Native) · Spanish (B1)

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How it works

1

Open the example

Press “Use this template” and the Graduate CV example opens in the editor, with the preview beside it.

2

Make it yours

Type over each part, delete what you do not need and add sections. Bold, italic and underline work in every description.

3

Download the PDF

The file is exactly the preview, with real text that applicant tracking systems can read.

Frequently asked questions

Is this Graduate CV template free?

Yes. Editing, every design and the PDF download are free, with no signup, no watermark and no payment step at the end.

Do I have to use the example?

No. “Use this template” opens the example ready to edit; “Start empty” keeps the Graduate CV design with empty fields. Either way, every section can be renamed, hidden, reordered or removed.

Can I switch to another design later?

Yes. Your details stay exactly as they are when you switch to any of the other 53 CV types, and colour, font, text size and paper size can be changed at any time.

Where is my CV kept?

On this computer only, so it is still there when you come back. It is never sent to us or stored on a server. “Save a copy” makes a file you can open on another computer.

Good to know: Text in Latin-alphabet languages only (English, Vietnamese and European languages); Bangla, Devanagari, Arabic and CJK characters are not supported yet. The download is a PDF; there is no Word version. Your details are kept on this computer until you remove them.

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