CV resources

How to write a CV

This is a free guide, written by the LSE careers consultants and available only to LSE students. Come to the LSE Careers resource centre (5th Floor, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre) to pick up your free copy or download the PDF version: How to write CVs and cover letters [pdf].

Or have a look through it online below:

Useful links

• 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work | JobMob

  Lots of 1-page examples, but most relate to careers in design.

• Alec's free CV writing advice & tips

  General advice and example CVs

• BBC News - How to write a successful CV before applying for a job

  Details the basics for CV writing and links to other career-related websites

• Effective Resume Writing Tips (Infographic)

  Urgent: These tips can get you hired! Find out why resumes are so important and discover the most common resume writing mistakes, useful tips, and much more.

• eFinancial Careers - Applications and CVs

  Great advice and tips. Blogs by employers on how to get a job in the financial industry.

• eFinancial careers - Boost your career with an interesting CV

  Gives information about how to construct an interesting CV for the financial sector.

• eResumes.com

  Information on writing and distributing CVs and cover letters

• Fish4jobs

  UK job site with careers advice and interview, CV and cover letter tips

• Fractured Atlas Blog - Why Resumes Get Deleted

  Job Application Basics for Artists & Arts Professionals

• Gradplus.com

  Vacancies, courses and careers advice for graduates

• Guardian careers - CVs

  Lots of articles and advice on CV writing 

• Guardian Jobs - careers advice

  Comprehensive general careers advice from the Guardian. Covers choosing a career, making applications and succeeding at interviews and assessments.

• Hloom - 413 Free Resume Templates

  413 Free Resume Templates in Word: download, customize, print, email. Chronological, functional, combination formats. Traditional, modern, creative designs.

• Huxley Associates - Career Advice

  Career guides on writing the perfect CV, interview preparation and managing your online reputation.

• Inside Careers: Careers Advice

  Lots of articles giving information on applications and CVs, work experience, graduate schemes and post-graduate study. It also includes information on assessment centers (verbal reasoning and numerical tests) with some useful timed practice tests too.

• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

  UK’s leading trade and professional body for advertising, media and marketing communications agencies. Good section outlining advertising careers, and good list of agencies. Job vacancies in advertising, although many may require prior experience.

• International Curriculum Vitae Resume Format for Overseas Jobs - For Dummies

  Explains the 'Do's and Don't's' of CV applications for international jobs

• International graduate

  Graduate course search worldwide. Also contains useful general careers advice.

• iWork - Job Search Advice

  Tips on how to write CVs and cover letters for jobs in various countries.

• JobMob - 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work

  Lots of one page CV design and layout ideas

• LiveCareer

  UK based job site with application and interview tips

• LiveCareer - CVs

  Search example CVs by industry and region.

• Prezi - The Prezumé Tutorial

  A guide to using the presentation software, Prezi, to build an online CV

• Prospects.ac.uk

  Information on CVs and covering letters by graduate website Prospects.

• ScottishJobs.com - Career Centre

  Advice on CVs, Cover letters & Interviews

• StandOut CV - 7 CV formatting tips that will get you more interviews

  If you are struggling to land interviews with your current CV it may not be it's content that's letting you down.

• Standout CV - How to write a CV

  Comprehensive CV writing guide.

• Target Jobs - Applications and CVs

  Advice on writing different kinds of CVs and applications

• The Careers Group - CVs for PhD Students

  Information on writing CVs for PhD students.

• The Careers Group - How to Write a CV

  Downloadable guide published by the Careers Group.

• The Interview Guys - How To Write a Killer Objective For Your Resume

  Advice and examples for writing an effective objective or summary statement on your CV.

• The ONLY Resume Writing Guide You Will Need [Examples]

• Times Online advice - How to put together a great CV

  CV advice from the Times online Lynn Williams, careers expert and author of Readymade CVs and The Ultimate Interview Book answers your questions about how to put together a job-winning CV

• University of Manchester - An Academic Career

  Designed to help all levels of students, alumni and researchers who might be considering a career in academia

• What will they ask you - CV / resume writing

  General advice and some example CVs

• WikiJob - How to write a CV

  Information about CV writing from WikiJob.