Fresh leaf
Retail · Coffee shops
Soft sage green, a handwritten name and a wavy photo frame.
Accent colour
Waiting staff, cafés, retail
Part-time CV templates
One-page CVs for students looking for part-time work: café and restaurant service, retail, cashier and reception. Your shifts and people skills come first, even without experience.
Your free shifts up frontStore managers build the rota from the shifts on your CV.Skills instead of experienceActivities, clubs and seasonal jobs all count.One page, sent from your phoneA light PDF to send by chat or email.
Peach & jade
Restaurants · Hotels
Bright peach and jade with friendly rounded blocks.
Accent colour
Barista
Bartending · Barista
Coffee brown on cream paper with soft lettering.
Accent colour
Culinary
Culinary · F&B
Warm brick red with brush strokes at the top.
Accent colour
Retail
Retail · Store management
Busy orange with section cards stacked like store shelves.
Accent colour
Customer care
Customer service
Light sky blue with faint speech bubbles.
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Reception
Reception · Front desk
Gentle lavender with concentric circles.
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Fresh start
Students · Internships
Fresh green, rounded type and skills shown as tags.
Accent colour
Blue ink
Students · New graduates
Ink-blue serif type and thin rules, neat for first-time job seekers.
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Slate
Customer service · New graduates
Slate-grey header, rounded blocks and a soft wave at the bottom.
Accent colour
Part-time CV template for students: write your free shifts and short experience so you get the call
Cafés, restaurants, convenience stores and supermarkets hire part-time staff all year, and the store manager usually decides within minutes: which shifts you can work, whether you live nearby, whether you have served or sold before, whether you can work weekends. A part-time CV only needs one page that answers those questions. This guide shows how to write it, even if you have never had a job, and how to choose among the 10 templates.
How store managers read a part-time CV
A part-time hire fills shifts. The first thing a manager looks for is your availability and how far you live, then experience and attitude. A line like "Free 6 pm to 10 pm Monday to Friday and all day Sunday, 2 km from the café" is worth more than a long career objective.
| Employer | Looked at first | Deciding factor |
|---|---|---|
| Café, bubble tea shop | Looked at firstFree shifts, weekends | Deciding factorBasic drink making, talking with customers |
| Restaurant, waiting staff | Looked at firstEvening shifts, holidays | Deciding factorHandling rush hours, taking orders accurately |
| Convenience store, supermarket | Looked at firstRotating and night shifts | Deciding factorCheckout, stock counts, honesty with cash |
| Fashion or cosmetics retail | Looked at firstNeat appearance, weekends | Deciding factorAdvising customers, sales |
Listing free shifts and working hours
Add a separate "Availability" section listing days of the week and time slots, plus how long you plan to stay (for example at least 6 months). If your class schedule changes each semester, write "schedule may change each semester, with 2 weeks’ notice". Managers prefer people who can work weekends and holidays.
What to write with no experience
Drop the experience section and replace it with things that show you work hard and can talk to people: helping in a family shop, volunteering at events, a logistics role in a club, a small online shop. One line each, with a number.
Example part-time CV of a first-year student
Helped at the family grocery every evening for 2 years: checkout, shelving, closing the daily ledger.
Volunteer at the city book fair 2025: guided about 300 visitors a day over 3 days.
Add one line of practical skills: using a cash register, taking QR bank transfers, enough English to greet customers and describe menu items.
Already worked part time: use numbers
Short shifts still produce measurable work: customers per shift, menu items, sales, compliments received. Give the exact dates, even if it was only 3 months.
Example for a café server
Server and barista, X Café, District 3, 06/2024 - 05/2025
Worked evening and weekend shifts, serving about 120 customers per peak shift. Made 20 drinks on the menu, opened and closed shifts, and balanced the till with no discrepancies over 11 months. Trained 2 new staff members.
Common mistakes on part-time CVs
- No free shifts listed, so the manager has to message you to ask.
- A long career objective for an evening waiting job.
- Opening with "no experience yet".
- A blurry or group photo when applying to a fashion or cosmetics store.
- A phone number that does not match your Zalo.
Choosing among the 10 part-time CV templates
This group has 10 one-page templates. For cafés and fashion stores, choose a bright template with a photo; for supermarkets and convenience stores, a simple template with availability at the top. Each template offers 10 layouts, 36 backgrounds and 69 fonts, filled in from your Việc Hot profile. For restaurants with foreign customers, add an English version or a bilingual CV.
Most shops take CVs via Zalo or message, so a PDF download or a share link is the easiest option. If a chain’s recruitment portal requires a Word file, click "Download Word". Before signing a side-job contract, read the part-time employment contract template.
Frequently asked questions
Many shops accept a message, but a one-page CV helps the manager compare several applicants and remember you. The clearer your free shifts, the more likely you are to be called.
Yes. The Labour Code 2019 recognises part-time work; both sides sign an employment contract and the worker has the same rights as full-time staff, in proportion to hours worked.
Not needed unless you are applying as a tutor or teaching assistant. Use the space for free shifts, serving or sales experience, and skills such as checkout and languages.