FUNCTIONAL CV - Recommended for uni students, recent graduates and those with limited

work experience

First Name Last Name

Address
Telephone
Email
Phone 1
Phone 2
Business website/social media optional, but good to include if you have it Passport size
Citizenship
Date of Birth

Personal statement (or personal summary)

Provide a summary of your abilities including detail on the skills and knowledge you have to offer
employers, including your educational achievements (especially your degree), grades, courses
and projects.

Briefly expand on industry specific knowledge and the transferable workplace skills you have
gained throughout your degree such as communication, teamwork, organization, planning, IT
skills etc. (50-200 words)

Education & Qualifications

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Start to End years Degree subject – Classification
University name, Location

Add any detail on modules, specialisms, projects, papers etc., if

necessary
 Qualification – Grade
 Qualification – Grade
 Qualification – Grade

Internships & Special Projects

To compensate for your lack of experience, fill this section with examples of skills that could be applied
in the workplace by detailing any impressive projects (from in or outside of university) or work
placements apprenticeships you have undertaken.

Start to End dates Project/placement No. 1

Your title or role in the project

Give a brief summary of the project/placement explaining the overall

goal and what your involvement was

Key responsibilities

 Detail your responsibilities and showcase as much of your skills

and knowledge as possible
 Use professional language and show how your duties impact the
business where possible
 Try to highlight skills and knowledge from your degree and show
how you apply them

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  Include subject-matter knowledge from your degree and
transferable skills, like communication, teamwork, planning etc.

Key achievements

 If possible, try to add some impressive achievements you’ve

made that have had a big impact on the employer or a
customer/client

Work Experience
Start and End years Job position | Department/Division
Company name, Location

 Detail your responsibilities and showcase as much of your skills

and knowledge as possible
 Start bullet-points with “action” verbs (see my related doc.)
 Try to highlight skills and knowledge from your degree and show
how it relates to the job position
 Generally, three to five bullet-points is sufficient

Key Skills & Knowledge

A simple list here. Be sure to include “Languages” and “Computer
Skills”. (See the presentation for more details).

Languages

Computer Skills

Office Skills

Awards and recognition (Optional and only if relevant)

Award and awarding body – Date achieved

Award and awarding body – Date achieved

Interests
List any interests that could be relevant to the roles you are applying
for, or could generally be deemed as impressive, such as competing
in contests, fund-raising, volunteering, travelling or playing sports.

Outside of Germany, your signature is

City, date normally not required on the “CV”
(definitely on the cover letter though!) -
However, if you do include it on your CV, it
will not be a problem or seen as a negative.

Your name (then, sign above - or to the right if space is limited)

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