Student CV example for a part-time job

A student CV for a part-time job leads with what the employer needs this term: when you can work, the customer-facing work you have done and that you learn fast. Put your degree in one or two lines, list holiday and weekend jobs like any other job, and use university activities where you have no job yet. This example is a second-year student applying for café work.

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Kwame Mensah

Psychology student looking for part-time café work

Profile

Second-year Psychology student at Northgate University looking for 12 to 16 hours a week of café or bar work during term. Two summers of events waiting at a busy wedding venue: fast table and bar service, card payments and a clean station at the end of the night. Friendly with customers, quick to learn a menu, and happy to work early starts and weekends.

Work experience

Events Waiter (seasonal) Ashcombe Barn Weddings, Bristol · Summers 2025 and 2026

Served three-course meals and drinks at weddings of up to 160 guests as one of a team of 12.

Learned each event's menu and guests' dietary needs before service and passed them to the kitchen accurately.

Made coffees on the bean-to-cup machine and took card payments at the bar.

Set up and cleared the room to a timed running order and polished glassware before service.

Christmas Sales Assistant (temporary) Fenwright's Department Store, Bristol · November–December 2024

Served customers at the tills in the busiest weeks of the year, including returns and gift receipts.

Restocked the toy department each morning before opening.

Education

BSc (Hons) Psychology, second year Northgate University, Sheffield · 2025–2028

First-year average 64%, a 2:1 standard

A levels: Psychology A, Biology B, English Literature B Kingswood College, Bristol · 2025

University activities

Volunteer at the students' union food bank stall, one afternoon a fortnight.

Member of the university running club.

Availability

12 to 16 hours a week in term, including weekends. Full time in the Christmas, Easter and summer breaks.

Fictional example for a student. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What cafés and bars look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Prepare the premises or outlet ready for opening	Setting up the room to a running order before every wedding
Welcome customers, take orders and process payments	Card payments at the bar, and the department store tills at Christmas
Prepare and serve coffees, hot snacks, sandwiches and cakes	Coffees on the bean-to-cup machine at events; the employer trains the rest
Clean and tidy work areas, equipment and coffee machines	Polishing glassware and clearing the room after service
Work well under pressure	Weddings of up to 160 guests, and the Christmas rush
A good memory	Learning each event's menu and the guests' dietary needs before service

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a barista. It says employers train new baristas in barista skills and product knowledge, so you can apply without that training. For shop or bar work, swap in the tasks from that advert.

Inside this example

Profile: 64 words here
Work experience: 121 words here
Education: 33 words here
University activities: 20 words here
Skills: 32 words here
Availability: 19 words here

How to write yours

Lead with when you can work

A café manager filling a rota needs your hours first. Put them in the profile and again under Availability, including holidays when you go home.

Keep the degree short

For a part-time job, your course, year and university are enough, with a grade only if it helps. Save modules and dissertations for graduate applications.

Holiday jobs count fully

Seasonal and temporary jobs get the same treatment as any other job: employer, dates and what you did, with numbers such as guests served or the size of the team.

No job yet? Use university life

Volunteering, society roles, open-day helping and sports teams show you can be relied on and work with people. Give each an entry with what you did, and leave out anything that shows neither.

Things employers of students ask about

Hours during term. If you study on a Student visa, how much you may work depends on your course and on whether it is term time (GOV.UK, checked 9 October 2026). Check the conditions on your own visa before you offer hours.
Right to work. Every employer checks it before your first shift. The right to work guide explains what to say on a CV and what to show the employer.
Food hygiene. You do not need a certificate to apply for café work; many employers train you. If you have one, give the level and the year.
Term and home addresses. Give the town where you will work. If you are applying for holiday work at home, say which weeks you are there.

Keep it to one page. For part-time work, when you can work matters as much as what you have done, so the Availability line stays even when the page is full.

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