Harvard-style CV template

A Harvard-style CV follows the one-page format that Harvard College’s careers service teaches its students: education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then one short section of skills and interests, with no profile, photo or “I”.

This is our own Word file in that style, with UK details such as a degree class and A levels; Harvard has no connection with this site.

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Harvard-style CV template: fictional example in the Professional design, page 1. Full text is available below.

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Oliver Bramley

Economics Student

Leeds · 07700 900279 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/oliver-bramley-example

Education

BSc (Hons) Economics, on track for a First, Ainsty University, Leeds 2024–2027

Relevant modules: Econometrics, Public Economics and Behavioural Economics.

Dissertation: how a bus fare cap changed journeys in West Yorkshire, using open transport data.

A levels: Maths A*, Economics A, History A, Wetherby Road Sixth Form, Leeds 2024

Experience

Summer Analyst, Marlow Ridge Advisory, Manchester June–August 2026

Built a model of office demand for a property client from 12 years of lettings data and presented it to the client team.

Interviewed 15 tenants and summarised the findings in a 20-page report.

Customer Assistant, part time, Moorgate Fresh Supermarket, Leeds 2023–present

Work 12 hours a week on the tills and service counter; trained six new starters.

Leadership and activities

Treasurer, Ainsty University Economics Society 2025–2026

Managed a £14,000 budget and won £6,000 of sponsorship from three firms for the society’s careers week.

Volunteer Maths Tutor, Leeds Learning Link (charity) 2024–present

Tutor two Year 11 pupils a week for GCSE maths.

Skills and interests

Technical: Excel (pivot tables and lookups), Stata, Power BI, basic Python

Languages: Spanish (conversational)

Interests: fell running, chess (club captain), economic history podcasts

Fictional example for an economics student. Every person and employer in it is invented; replace every detail with your own. Select the page to zoom in.

Before you use it

A Harvard-style CV has no profile, so the reader goes straight to your evidence. If you need to explain a change of direction or a gap, the graduate or career change templates give you a profile to do it in.

See the Professional design on its own page or compare one CV in all eight designs.

Inside this example

Education: 49 words here
Experience: 66 words here
Leadership and activities: 41 words here
Skills and interests: 23 words here

How to use this template

Education first while you study

Put your degree, with its predicted or final class, and your A levels at the top until your work experience is the stronger evidence.

Start each line with what you did

No “I” and no long sentences: begin with a verb and end with a number or a result, as the Harvard guide asks.

Give leadership its own section

A society role, a team captaincy, tutoring or volunteering shows you can lead before you have a job title that says so.

Leave out the photo and personal details

The Harvard guide says not to include a picture, age, gender or references; UK employers expect the same.

If the employer asks for a particular file type, a page limit or an application form, do what they ask, even where this page suggests otherwise. CV format and file types explains the choices.

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