CV EXAMPLES · FIRST JOBS
CV examples, taken apart
Each one is a complete CV for a fictional applicant, with notes on what every part is doing and why. Borrow the thinking, not the words.
- RetailRead a full first-job retail CV, see why each part is there, then write your own version of the two lines that matter most.
- HospitalitySee how a student turns a summer job outside hospitality and a bit of volunteering into a CV a café manager can say yes to.
- ApprenticeshipFollow a school leaver's CV for an electrical apprenticeship, see why grades and projects lead, and write your own project entry.
- Office and adminSee how someone with takeaway work and a volunteer role writes a CV that proves they can be accurate, organised and good on email.
Why these people are made up
The applicants in these examples are fictional, and so are their contact details. Their situations are deliberately ordinary: school, college, volunteering, a few shifts. That is the point. You do not need an impressive past to write a clear CV, and none of these examples invents one.