Early Career CV
£39
For first roles and limited experience
- CV structure guidance
- Education and project presentation
- Skills positioning
- Professional formatting
CV support for every stage
A CV that opens doors and gets you interviews.
Early career, graduate, or experienced — explore real example documents, understand what each one prioritises, and present your own experience with confidence. You stay in control of your CV.
No ghostwriting · Real example documents · You stay the author
Who is this for?
See how the same career story changes by stage
Different experience, different emphasis. Choose a stage to see a real, worked example — every document below is illustrative and fictional.
“Different experience, different emphasis.” The same care applies whatever your field — and whatever stage you’re at.
Changing direction?
Reposition experience for a new career
You don’t start from zero. A career-change CV reframes what you already have around where you’re heading.
Current experience
Six years teaching — planning, explaining complex ideas, and improving from feedback.
Transferable skills
User-centred design, clear communication, iterating on real feedback, stakeholder management.
Target role
UX designer — supported by a course and two self-directed projects that prove the switch.
Academic or specialist situation (research, publications, teaching, conferences)? A longer, detail-led academic CV works differently again — ask us about your case.
More than a CV
Your application is a set, not a single file
A strong application tells one consistent story across your CV, your cover letter and your professional profile.
The CV
Shows what you’ve done and can do — structured so a recruiter finds the key evidence in a quick skim.
The cover letter
Connects your CV to this role: why you, why them, and the one or two things you most want them to notice.
Example — Graduate Application Pack: “My live client project taught me to turn audience research into decisions — exactly what your graduate marketing role asks for.”
Priya Sharma
Head of Business Development · B2B growth & team leadership
Your CV gets you considered. Your professional profile reinforces the same story — same headline, same evidence, same voice.
Consistent with the CV aboveConceptual preview — a branded professional-profile summary, not a copy of any platform’s interface.
The essentials
What makes these CVs work
Whatever the stage, the strongest CVs get the same five things right.
Relevance
Every line maps to the role — not a list of everything you’ve ever done.
Clarity
Key information is findable in a quick skim. Clean structure beats dense text.
Evidence
Skills are backed by short, specific examples of what you did.
Structure
Sections in a sensible order so your strongest points stand out fast.
Role alignment
Wording reflects what the specific job description is asking for.
Choose the right CV support for your career stage
Whether you are starting out, entering the graduate market, or preparing for your next career move, choose support that matches your goals.
Graduate CV
£69
For students and recent graduates
- Graduate role positioning
- Degree and project presentation
- Achievement-focused improvements
- LinkedIn guidance
Experienced Professional CV
£99
For career progression and senior roles
- Achievement-focused CV structure
- Leadership positioning
- Career progression support
- Application guidance
Human support
You stay the author
Clear CV guidance
No unrealistic guarantees
CV questions students ask
Practical answers across stages — early career, graduates, academics and career changers.
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A short profile, your education (degree, grade and relevant modules), any experience described by contribution and result, a projects section, a focused skills list, and any achievements. For most graduates it fits on one page.
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Draw on what you have done: university or personal projects, part-time or voluntary roles, societies, and coursework that built real skills. Describe the contribution you made and what changed as a result, rather than only listing the activity.
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Treat a strong project like a role: give it a short title, your specific part in it, and the outcome. A group project is more convincing when it says what you did — for example the research you led — rather than just that the project happened.
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Often, yes — especially for graduate schemes and applications that ask for one. A cover letter connects your CV to the specific role: why you, why them, and the one or two points you most want noticed. It should complement the CV, not repeat it.
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An academic CV is longer and detail-led: research profile, full education, research experience, publications, teaching, conference presentations, funding or awards, and technical skills. Unlike a one-page CV, it prioritises a complete record of scholarly work.
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Lead with a profile that states the move and why your background fits, then a transferable-skills section that names each skill with a concrete example from your previous role. Reframe past experience in the language of the new field, and add any relevant projects or training that show commitment to the change.
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Applicant tracking software helps employers sort CVs before a person reads them. An ATS-conscious CV uses clear standard headings, a simple readable layout, natural role terminology, and consistent formatting — and avoids text trapped inside images. There is no magic score; the aim is simply a CV that is easy for both software and people to read.
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No. We do not send a ghostwritten, ready-to-submit CV in your name. We help you understand what a strong CV needs and support you to build and improve your own, so it genuinely reflects you.
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Yes. We can help you review and refine an existing CV — its structure, clarity, relevance and presentation — so your real experience comes across clearly. You keep authorship and make the final changes.
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No. Every example on this page is fictional and for illustration only. They show good structure and evidenced achievements — your own CV should reflect your real, truthful experience.
Present your real experience clearly.
See a sample for your stage, understand what makes it work, and build a CV that shows what you actually bring — with ethical support when you want it.
You stay the author. We help you present your experience well.