Building Your CV - Young Enterprise & Young Money

Our Mission & Vision

We believe that the potential of the UK’s young people is unlimited. Through our work we help them discover, develop & celebrate their skills

Find your local YE

Young Enterprise and Young Money work across the UK delivering enterprise and financial education programmes. Find us in your local area

Enterprise Education

Young Enterprise helps young people develop the life skills, knowledge & confidence they need to succeed in the changing world of work.

Financial Education

Young Money (part of Young Enterprise) is a trusted and valued provider of knowledge, resources & training to anyone teaching young people how to manage money.

Alumni Network

Over 7.2 million young people have taken part in Young Enterprise. Join our alumni network to continue learning, growing and supporting YE

Become a Corporate Partner

Working with Young Enterprise and Young Money gives you the opportunity to directly support and inspire young people

Policy Hub

We aim to make sure every young person is given the opportunity to develop crucial financial management and employability skills.

Our Impact Reports

We are committed to evaluating the impact of our programmes, helping us to build our thought leadership in both Financial and Enterprise education

BUILDING YOUR CV

You’ve planned out what you want to say, you’ve listed all your qualifications, you’ve got an award-winning personal statement, now you just need a show-stopping CV template.

Look no further – we’ve brought together some of the best CV and Cover Letter templates and guidance to help you show employers what you can do.

CVs

Microsoft Office provide a whole load of templates that you can use if you have Microsoft Office or Word on your computer. They’re free to download and are easy to edit to put in your own information. Just so you know, in America CVs are called ‘Resumes’ so look out for these!
Both Wix and WordPress provide free website and blog templates, that you can set up and edit easily on their sites. This can be a great way to add other media to your CV. For instance if you’re applying for a job in media, you could have video footage in an online portfolio.
Canva have a huge range of templates for different documents, but not all of them are free to download. You edit them on the site (so you don’t need Microsoft Office on your computer) and then download them as a PDF. You can save your document on Canva’s website so you can edit it there later.
Lastly, the job search website, Reed, have got lots of hints and tips about writing your CV. Check them out for even more help!

Cover Letters

CV Library, a job search website, have some helpful tips about writing a Cover Letter, including a short video and a downloadable template.
Monster also has a load of templates specifically for different jobs (eg: marketing or customer service) that you can download for free.
The templates available from Microsoft Office include both Cover Letters and normal letters. You can download them for free and edit in Microsoft Word on your computer.
Lastly, if you want to go for something really different, Loom is a website that lets you record what’s happening on your screen, along with a video of yourself speaking. You could use this to talk a potential employer through things you’ve made on the computer (like videos or websites), basically creating a video Cover Letter.

Download Examples

PREPARING FOR INTERVIEWS

We’ve put together a list of some of the most common interview questions, alongside some of our team’s top tips and resources.