Answer a few easy questions and we turn your answers into a proper CV you can send. Made for Saturday jobs, apprenticeships, work experience and college.
CV is short for curriculum vitae. It’s a short document, one page for your first one, that tells an employer who you are, what you’ve done and what you’re good at. You send it when you apply for a job, an apprenticeship or a college place.
Your name, your town, a phone number and an email address. That’s all the contact detail an employer needs.
Two or three sentences about you and what you’re looking for. We write a first version from your answers.
Where you study, or studied, and your GCSEs or other courses. Predicted grades are fine if you don’t have your results yet.
Part-time jobs, volunteering, clubs, sport, helping out at home. Anything where you were trusted to do something counts.
Five to eight things you’re good at, and a few things you enjoy. They help an employer picture you in the job.
No job yet? That’s normal. All of these belong on a first CV, and each one tells an employer something good about you.
Shows Responsible and trusted
Shows Teamwork and turning up every week
Shows Caring about your community
Shows Leadership and confidence
Shows Customer service and handling money
Shows Organised, patient and reliable
Shows Planning and sticking at it
Shows Ideas, and seeing things through
Employers don’t need your age or a photo. Your town is enough, not your full address.
One question at a time, with an example under every question. Your answers are saved as you go.
What it’s for, your school, things you’ve done and what you’re good at. Skip anything you’re not sure about.
Your answers become a proper CV, with a short profile written for you. Change any of it.
Save it as a PDF to send with applications, or print it and hand it in.
Free to start, honestly. Making, saving and downloading your CV is free with a free account. It also comes with 3 free uses if you want help polishing your profile, but you never need them.
Yes. Most people making their first CV haven’t had a job yet. School, volunteering, clubs, sport, helping out at home and things you’ve made all show an employer what you can do.
Put your predicted grades and say they’re predicted. Employers and colleges see this all the time. You can update your CV when your results come in.
One page is perfect. Short and clear is better than long.
No. Employers don’t need your age or a photo on your CV, so we never ask for them. If an employer needs to check your age, for example for the hours you can work, they’ll ask you separately.
Download it as a PDF and attach it when you apply online. For shops and cafes, you can also print a copy and hand it in.
About 10 minutes, one question at a time. Free to start, and you can change everything later.