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Students · New graduates
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For first-time job seekers
CV templates for recent graduates
A complete CV even without much experience. These templates put your education, extracurricular activities, coursework projects and current skills first.
Education comes firstYour major, GPA and thesis topic appear at the top.Activities and clubsRoles in extracurricular activities count as experience too.Coursework projects and internshipsDescribe what you did and what you achieved, including major assignments.
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Customer service · New graduates
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Retail · Coffee shops
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Restaurants · Hotels
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Students · Internships
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Student CVs with no experience: what to write when the experience section is empty
Job posts for interns and fresh graduates attract many near-identical CVs: a stock career objective, generic skills, and an experience section left blank or marked "none". Recruiters do not expect experience from you; they look for signs that you studied seriously, what you have achieved outside class and whether you understand the job you are about to take on. Việc Hot has 5 CV templates for students that put education and projects first. The sections below explain what to write in each section.
What recruiters look for in a student CV
They look in almost the same order every time: your major and university, then what you have done on your own initiative (course projects, competitions, clubs, part-time jobs), then specific tool skills, and only at the end your grades. An accounting student who has been a club treasurer, knows the VLOOKUP function and has practised filling in a tax return in the tax authority's HTKK software will be called before a classmate with higher grades whose CV shows only the name of the university.
Section order in a student CV
| Section | What to write | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Education | What to writeUniversity, major, expected graduation year, grades if good | ExampleBachelor of Marketing, expected 06/2027, GPA 3.4/4 |
| Projects, coursework | What to writeName, team size, your part, result | ExampleRetail data project, team of 4, responsible for Python |
| Internships, part-time jobs | What to writeWhere, how long, specific tasks, figures | ExampleSales for 8 months, evening-shift sales of 6 million VND |
| Activities | What to writeRoles with responsibility, not just "member" | ExampleHead of communications, 2 events with 300 attendees |
| Skills | What to writeTools and a level you can prove | ExampleExcel (Pivot, VLOOKUP), Canva, basic SQL, TOEIC 750 |
Include an experience section only if you genuinely have experience; if not, leave the section out rather than writing "no experience yet" like an apology.
Turn projects and activities into experience
Write them exactly as a working professional would: action, figure, result. A course project has a supervisor, a deadline and a division of work, which means there is plenty of material.
Two entries from a course project and a club
Built a library management website (Software Engineering course project, team of 4): responsible for the back end in Node.js and PostgreSQL, wrote 18 APIs for borrowing and returning books; the project was graded 9/10, source code on GitHub.
Head of communications, Marketing Club (09/2024 - 06/2025): planned and wrote 60 posts for the fan page, organised two talk shows with 250 attendees, and grew the fan page from 1,800 to 4,500 followers.
Part-time jobs such as waiting tables, sales or tutoring are still worth listing if you can draw out skills that apply to the position: handling customer complaints, managing a shift, cashing up at the end of the day.
How to write the career objective
The line "hoping to work in a dynamic environment to develop myself" appears on almost every student CV and says nothing about you. Write two sentences: the first names the position you are applying for and what you have done to prepare for it, the second says what you want to learn over the next year or two. For example: "Applying for a data analyst internship; completed two course projects with Python and SQL, familiar with Power BI. I want to learn how to build reports for a sales team using real data."
Skills, certificates, language and length
For skills, list specific tools with the level you can demonstrate; for certificates, give the exact name and score: IELTS, TOEIC, MOS, Google Ads or Google Analytics certifications on Skillshop, relevant Coursera courses. Whether to write in Vietnamese or English depends on the language of the job post; for foreign companies and posts written in English, submit an English version. One page is enough; two pages from a student is usually a sign of padding.
Common mistakes in student CVs
- Writing "no experience yet" at the very top of the CV.
- Listing courses instead of projects.
- Soft skills filling the whole skills section.
- An email address from high school and a file named "CV latest (3).pdf".
Frequently asked questions
Drop the experience section and replace it with a section for projects, coursework and activities, written to the same formula: action, figure, result. Part-time jobs related to the position go here too.
It is not required, unless the job post asks for one or the role is in services or sales. If you include one, use a portrait on a plain background, in neat clothing.
There is no need. Use the space for projects, activities and tool skills; if the employer asks, answer honestly and explain what you did to make up for it.
Follow the language of the job post. For foreign companies or posts written in English, submit an English version; for posts in Vietnamese, a Vietnamese version, with an English one attached if the post favours foreign language skills.