For applicants, colleges and careers advisers
First job preparation kit
A sample resume, a checklist to review before sending and an exercise linking your projects to a job posting. Use the resources without signing up, on your own or in a careers workshop.
The sample resume
It is a fictional case of a business administration student who has not worked yet. It shows how to present a class project and volunteering without passing them off as jobs, and how to state a language level without a certificate.
What's in the kit
- Sample resume PDF
The complete result in the classic layout, to see how it looks printed or sent.
- The same resume as editable text (.txt)
Copy it into your document editor and adapt it without creating an account.
- Application tracking sheet (.csv)
Open it in Excel, LibreOffice or Google Sheets and log the company, role, date, status and next step. It includes a sample row you should delete.
- Checklist and exercise (on this page)
The checklist and the 45-minute exercise are below; you can print this page to use them on paper.
A 45-minute exercise
- 10 minutes: choose a real job posting and highlight tasks, tools and requirements. Separate essential criteria from desirable ones.
- 15 minutes: find two related examples from your classes, projects or activities. Write the context, task and result without inventing experience.
- 10 minutes: adapt the model and check that the profile and opening sections reflect those examples.
- 10 minutes: swap resumes with another person. Ask them to identify the target role and one concrete piece of evidence; note what is unclear and fix it.
Timings are indicative. This exercise has not yet been validated with external institutions and does not promise a job.
Checklist before sending your resume
- I have stated the job or type of internship I am applying for.
- Each project, internship or volunteering activity is labelled as such.
- Dates and language levels reflect my current situation.
- I have included a professional email address and checked that it works.
- I can explain each skill on my resume with an example.
- I have followed the format the job posting asks for.
- The PDF has selectable text and reads in the intended order.
- I have replaced every detail from the example and checked spelling and the file name.
- I have logged the posting and the date I applied so I can follow up.
Next steps
For advisers and organisations
You may adapt the models for a workshop and share the resources. Keep the Keyverta credit when redistributing the original material and explain that the identities and experience are fictional. Do not collect students' resumes in a shared account: each person should control their own data.
To report a correction or share questions that come up while using the kit, write to OnruTech. There is no need to send resumes or identifying details about participants.