How to write a CV as a fresh graduate with no work experience
No work experience does not mean an empty CV: use coursework projects, internships, part-time jobs and club activities as proof, one or two lines each, following the formula of what you did + how you did it + a measurable result. Pick the template for your industry, fill in proof instead of experience, then verify your email before you can download the CV.
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Recruiters read a graduate CV to find signs that you “can do the job”, not to count years of experience. Four kinds of proof work right away: coursework or thesis projects (topic, your role in the team, tools used, results such as grade, a working product or number of trial users); internships or part-time work (employer, dates, specific tasks, results such as orders processed, time saved or errors reduced); club or volunteer work (role, event scale such as attendees or budget, results); certificates and skills (only those directly relevant to the role, no long lists). Write each proof in 1–2 lines: what you did + how you did it + a measurable result. Example: “Ran the club fanpage (3 months): posted 12 times a week, grew interactions from 300 to 900 per week” — better than “have media experience”.
3 steps to create a CV in 10 minutes
Step 1, pick the template for your industry — from the 5 groups (accounting, sales, IT, marketing, general/industrial work). Step 2, fill in proof instead of experience — use the formula from the previous section for every item, and drop all generic sentences. Step 3, verify your email, then download the CV — per the candidate-funnel QA (experiment 22/10-C), an account with an unverified email cannot download the CV or receive selection emails. Verification is mandatory, not optional.
3 mistakes that get a graduate CV rejected at once
Writing vaguely: only adjectives (“dynamic, creative, works well under pressure”) with no concrete work to prove them. Listing your studies: subjects and grades per subject — recruiters only need to know what you can do, not your transcript. Using one CV for every industry: an IT CV sent for a sales role (and vice versa) is skipped within the first 10 seconds.
After your CV is ready: selection emails
Once the CV is ready and the email is verified, candidates receive selection emails when a matching recruiter appears on the system. Keep the verified email active so you do not miss an invitation.
Do this next
- No work experience does not mean an empty CV: projects, internships, part-time work and club activities are proof of ability if written the right way.
- One-line formula: what you did + how you did it + a measurable result (quantity, time, rate).
- 3 steps: pick the template for your industry → fill in proof instead of experience → verify your email before downloading the CV.
Common questions
- Can I create a CV with no experience?
- Yes — use coursework projects, internships, part-time work and club activities as proof, written as what you did + how you did it + a measurable result.
- Is creating a CV on Timviecde.vn free?
- It follows the Timviecde.vn free-CV campaign direction.
- Can I download the CV without verifying my email?
- No — according to the candidate-funnel QA, an unverified email cannot download the CV or receive selection emails.
- Which CV template should a student choose?
- Pick the template for the industry you are applying to, not a generic template for every industry.
- Can I edit the CV after creating it?
- Yes — go back to the CV creation page to edit it before sending it to a recruiter.
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