Improving Your CV, Chapter 15: The Education Section

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 15 of 29 · 7 min

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How to handle education. It matters most early in your career and less and less as you gain experience, so don't overplay it or use it to fill space.

Graduates normally start with education, in reverse chronological order, with dates on the right (including expected end dates).
Once you have a few years' experience, put experience first and education after it.
You don't need semester-by-semester detail; the degree and university are enough, particularly for graduate schemes where you'll be trained anyway.
Grades such as A levels matter for early-career roles, but become irrelevant mid-career, and you needn't state your degree classification once you're working.
If education is all you have, add societies, committee roles or part-time work to build your experience section.

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