CV example
Fresh graduate CV example
By the JobberNest team · Reviewed 3 November 2026
Writing a CV with no full-time experience feels impossible until you notice what you do have: a degree, your industrial training (SIWES), final-year project, NYSC, student leadership, volunteering and part-time work. Each of these shows a skill an employer wants, if you describe it properly.
Keep it to one page. Lead with education, because it's your strongest asset right now, and describe everything else the way you would describe a job: what you did, and what came of it.
Fresh graduate CV sample
Zainab Musa
Graduate, B.Sc. Business Administration
Kaduna · zainab.musa@example.com · 0810 000 0000
Profile
Business Administration graduate (Second Class Upper) completing NYSC in 2026. I organised a 400-guest departmental conference, handled stock records during SIWES at a distribution company, and want to start my career in operations or supply chain.
Experience
Corps Member, Admin and Stores · A state hospital, Kaduna (NYSC)
Mar 2025 – present
- Keep stock records for the pharmacy store in Excel and reconcile them with physical counts every month.
- Reduced expired drugs written off by flagging items within three months of expiry to the pharmacist.
SIWES Intern, Warehouse · A drinks distributor, Kaduna
Jun – Nov 2023
- Recorded goods in and out for about 30 deliveries a week.
- Helped run the year-end stock count across two warehouses.
Conference Lead · Business Administration Students' Association, ABU
2024
- Led a team of 12 to run a 400-guest conference with four speakers, raising ₦1.2m in sponsorship from local businesses.
Education
B.Sc. Business Administration, Second Class Upper · Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
2020 – 2024
Final-year project: inventory practices in small retail shops in Zaria (survey of 60 shops).
Skills
Inventory records · Microsoft Excel · Event planning · Report writing · Teamwork · Hausa and English (fluent)
What recruiters look for
- Your degree, class and graduation year at the top.
- NYSC status: completed, in progress (with end date) or exempted.
- SIWES or internships described with real tasks.
- Evidence of responsibility: leadership, projects, part-time work.
- A clean, one-page layout with no spelling errors.
Profile examples
Business Administration graduate (Second Class Upper) serving NYSC, with SIWES warehouse experience and a track record of organising large student events.
Microbiology graduate with lab experience from SIWES at a food-processing company, where I ran routine quality tests on 20 samples a day.
English graduate who edited the faculty magazine and wrote for a campus news site; looking for a first role in communications or content.
Achievement bullets you can adapt
Change the numbers and details to match what you actually did. If you don't have a number, describe the result plainly.
- Kept monthly stock records for a hospital pharmacy store and reconciled them with physical counts.
- Recorded goods in and out for about 30 deliveries a week during SIWES.
- Led 12 students to run a 400-guest conference and raised ₦1.2m in sponsorship.
- Surveyed 60 shops for a final-year project on inventory practices.
- Tutored eight first-year students in statistics each semester.
Skills to include
Practical
- Excel
- Google Workspace
- Report writing
- Data entry
- Presentations
Personal
- Organisation
- Teamwork
- Learning quickly
- Languages you speak
Tips for a stronger fresh graduate CV
- 1
Make SIWES and NYSC work for you
Describe them like jobs, with real tasks and results. "Did my IT at a bank" says nothing; "processed account-opening forms for 15 customers a day" says a lot.
- 2
Use your project
A final-year project shows research, analysis and writing. One line under education is enough.
- 3
Skip the objective statement
"To work in a challenging environment..." wastes space. Write a short profile about what you have done and the role you want.
- 4
No hobbies unless they show something
"Reading and travelling" adds nothing. Running a club, coaching a team or building something does.
Questions people ask
Should I include my secondary school?
Only if you have very little else, and then just one line. Your degree matters more.
Do I put my state of origin, religion or age?
No. They aren't needed, and some employers would rather not see them. Some Nigerian graduate schemes ask for date of birth in the application form instead.
One page or two?
One page for most fresh graduates.