Write the project like a job
Problem, what you built, tools, outcome. A final-year project written that way carries far more weight than a list of course modules.
Resume Examples
Graduate Resume Examples
Graduate hiring compares people with similar degrees and similar amounts of experience, which means the differentiator is evidence. A dissertation with a real method, an internship where you owned something, a project that shipped — these are what separate one graduate resume from the fifty underneath it.
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Quantify the internship
What you shipped, what it affected, how many people used it. The word “internship” on its own tells a reader nothing they had not already assumed.
Do not hide part-time work
Working through a degree demonstrates exactly the reliability graduate employers screen for. It belongs on the page, not in an unexplained gap.
One page, still
Graduate recruiters read a great many resumes quickly. A tight single page beats a padded second one every time.
Related resume examples
- Recent Graduate Resume ExampleGraduate hiring compares people with similar degrees and little experience, so the differentiator is evidence. A dissertation with a real method, an internship where you owned something, a project that shipped — these are what separate one graduate resume from the fifty underneath it. Write them as work, because that is what they are.
- Student Resume ExampleA student resume has to work with very little work history, and the mistake is treating that as a problem to hide. Employers hiring students expect it. What they are looking for is evidence you turn up, finish things and can be taught — which coursework, part-time jobs, societies and volunteering all demonstrate perfectly well.
- Software Engineer Resume ExampleWhat separates a software engineer's resume from any other is not the list of technologies — it is the size of the problem those technologies solved. Technical hiring usually puts a resume through an ATS scan first and a 30–60 second engineer review second. To clear both, the first half of the page has to make the stack, the scale of the system and the part you personally owned obvious.
- Accountant Resume ExampleAccounting resumes are screened on three things: qualification status, the size and type of the business you closed the books for, and which systems you know. Everything else is detail. State the qualification early, give the company scale so the numbers mean something, and write the close as a process you improved rather than a task you performed.
Frequently asked questions
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Where should education go?
Near the top for your first one or two roles. Once you have professional experience worth leading with, it moves down the page.
What if I have no internship?
Lead with project work and any part-time job. A substantial project you can discuss in depth competes well against a vague internship.
Should I include my degree classification?
Yes if it helps you. If it does not, give the course and institution and let the rest of the page do the work.