CV for students

There comes a time for everyone, sooner or later, to have to draw up a curriculum vitae, even if you are still studying. In fact, a CV for students is essential for looking for internships or first jobs while waiting for graduation. Obviously, if you have always studied, the CV will contain few experiences and in most cases no experience. No problem: it is possible to write a CV for students even without experience. Follow our advice for your first curriculum vitae to send to the job sites or companies you have personally selected.

The preparation phase of the student CV

If a seasoned worker has the problem of having to write down all his experiences and then make a reasoned selection, a student must find what to write on the document and to do so must plan the preparation phase correctly. Calmness is essential as it is necessary to draw up a basic CV that contains all the information on one’s education, well detailed, internships if there were any, particular hobbies, activities in the voluntary sector, even seasonal jobs. The document itself must contain these details:

• What you are currently doing, for example what you are studying;
• What you are looking for;
• Why you are looking for that particular job.

Once you have all this information in writing, defining a resume that makes sense and is consistent is much easier and faster.

The best structure for a resume for students

Since you do not have a wealth of important work experience, it is good to choose the chronological CV: in this way it will be possible to order everything from the first to the last experience, starting with the training and then ending with any work experience or approach a job. In this way, a recruiter will immediately know everything about the candidate’s education and then have information about his or her work experiences. Small note: if you do not have relevant professional experience, it is better not to create the appropriate section, which would remain empty and would not make sense.

The inevitable sections in a student CV

Also if it seems that you have little information to communicate, in reality you can come up with a complete and interesting CV by betting everything on the data you have available. For this reason, it is good to consider filling in all the following sections of a CV:

Personal data

In the upper part of the CV it is always good to enter personal data or name and surname and contact details or email and telephone number. Since it is a particular CV, the date of birth should always be added: in fact it is precisely this that justifies the absence of experience and for this reason it should be among the first things to add.

Personal profile

Immediately after the personal data, it is good to add a personal profile or summary of the CV. In this part of the document, you will enter your aspirations, your skills and the position you are applying for or are looking for.

Education

The time has come to show your studies in detail: we start from the most recent course to get to the oldest, without exaggerating but reaching at the most the high school diploma. For each certificate received, it is advisable to specify as much as possible the subjects of study, any awards and marks obtained. A student’s CV must be very careful to correctly specify all information about education, which are the first things a recruiter will go to check.

Professional experience

If you are students, it is difficult to have relevant professional experience. However, it is true that all started as students and therefore in this section all work experiences must be included, even minor ones, which must be listed specifying the start and end date, company name and position held. Do not forget the details on the tasks performed and the skills acquired.

Internships play a fundamental role: not only the above should be indicated but, if possible, also the name of the project manager and where possible specific projects to which one took part during the internship experience.

Minor professional experiences, the “jobs” done during the study and which have contributed to their training should also be included in this section: from seasonal jobs to livelihood jobs, these jobs show how much and how the candidate has had the opportunity to get involved to be able to achieve his goals by counting on his strength.

Foreign languages ​​

Knowledge of languages is important, and if you are a student, you probably know one or more languages. In this case it is good to specify which languages ​​you know well and the levels of knowledge without lying, to avoid making a bad impression during the cognitive interview.

Interests and hobbies

In the case of a CV of students, adding interests and hobbies helps to make yourself known better: however, be careful to add only those that actually have a connection, even indirectly, with the position for which you are applying or with school skills and professionals acquired over time. For example, if you want to work in the human resources sector and one of your interests is volunteering you must absolutely include this interest in the CV because the two things are extremely related: a good HR officer has patience, an interest in listening to others and knows how to relate to people of different types … all qualities that volunteering certainly helps to develop.

Skills

In addition to school and professional experiences, all the additional skills that are relevant to job search are important: knowing how to use the Office suite, for example, is essential for those applying for office positions of various types as well as knowing how to use travel booking programs is essential for those applying for a position as a travel agent.

Preparing for the job interview

If after following all the advice you manage to get to the job interview stage, it is good to prepare just as well is. Read your CV well, prepare a mini speech for each of the sections you have included in the document, show freshness and desire to do: companies, when they open research for junior candidates or those who are still studying, are not looking for experience but motivation!

In summary

• In case you need to prepare a student CV, you need to pay the same attention as if the CV were for an experienced candidate;
• Never forget that a student also has experiences to tell and relevant ones should be added in CV;
• Once you have obtained a job interview after sending the CV, you need to prepare to show that you have desire and motivation.