Graduate CV template and example

A complete graduate CV example to adapt: use this education-led layout when your degree, placement and university projects are your strongest evidence for an entry-level or graduate scheme role.

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Graduate CV template: fictional example in the Modern design, page 1. Full text is available below.

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Sofia Patel

Graduate Environmental Consultant

Profile

Environmental Science graduate with field sampling, data analysis and report-writing experience gained through a placement and final-year research. Comfortable translating technical findings into clear recommendations and working outdoors in mixed teams. Seeking a graduate consultancy role focused on evidence-based environmental improvement.

Education

BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, First Class Trent Valley University · 2022–2025

Dissertation: assessed nitrate levels at 18 urban stream sites; cleaned and analysed 540 samples in R and presented practical monitoring recommendations.

Relevant modules: environmental impact assessment, GIS, ecology, statistics and environmental law.

Student representative for a cohort of 72; gathered feedback and agreed two timetable changes with teaching staff.

A levels: Geography (A), Biology (B), Mathematics (B) Oakfield Sixth Form · 2022

Relevant experience

Environmental Placement Student Blue Fen Ecology, Lincoln · June–August 2024

Assisted with habitat surveys, water sampling and accurate field-note recording across 14 sites.

Entered and checked survey data, raising three inconsistencies before client reports were drafted.

Produced map layers in QGIS and summarised site constraints for the project ecologist.

Sustainability Volunteer Green Steps Nottingham · October 2023–May 2025

Helped run repair events and measured attendance, waste diverted and participant feedback.

Created a simple results dashboard for quarterly trustee updates.

Customer Assistant Rowan Grocers, Nottingham · September 2022–May 2024

Balanced weekend work with full-time study and responded helpfully to customer queries.

Additional information

Member, student category, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

Fictional example for a graduate environmental consultant. Every person and employer in it is invented; replace every detail with your own. Select the page to zoom in.

Before you use it

Remove module detail first when a strong placement already proves the same technical skills.

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Inside this example

Profile: 41 words here
Education: 71 words here
Relevant experience: 97 words here
Technical and professional skills: 31 words here
Additional information: 10 words here

How to use this template

Move education up

Place education before employment while your degree is your strongest evidence, then switch the order as your relevant career grows.

Select relevant modules

List only modules, projects or methods that help answer the vacancy criteria.

Treat projects as evidence

Describe the question, method, scale and useful output of a dissertation or group project.

Keep part-time jobs short

Include concise evidence of reliability, service or responsibility without letting it crowd out relevant experience.

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