Improving Your CV, Chapter 19: Adding Projects to your CV

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 19 of 29 · 6 min

About this chapter

Projects can help in two situations: when you have little work experience, and when you want to show skills your job doesn't let you use.

University projects are weaker than real work, because employers want to see what you did for somebody else, but they are better than nothing for graduates.
Where possible, move them into experience or make the outcomes as concrete as you can.
Personal projects work well for technologists, for example a Python and cloud tool that tracks a stock portfolio, ideally with a link or video.
Projects rank lower for experienced readers, but they can tip someone from scanning to reading and get you called.

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