Fresher resume example for new graduates

Section by section: how this CV is built

What each part of the example does, and how to write yours.

1. 1

   Header and personal details

   Name, phone with +91, email, city, LinkedIn and GitHub for technical roles. Add date of birth and nationality on one quiet line if the employer expects them. Leave out father’s name, religion, caste, marital status and a full postal address unless the application form asks.

   From the example Date of Birth: 14/03/2004 • Nationality: Indian

2. 2

   Career objective

   A fresher objective works when it is specific: the role you want, your strongest proof and what you want to learn. Avoid "to work in a challenging environment"; every recruiter has read it thousands of times.

   From the example During a four-month internship I built and shipped a Django dashboard that a logistics team still uses every day.

3. 3

   Education with marks

   Degree first, then Class XII, then Class X, each with the institution, board, year and CGPA or percentage. Many companies set a cut-off (often 60% or 6.0 CGPA through school and college), so make these numbers easy to find. Mention "no standing arrears" only if true.

   From the example B.Tech, Information Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, CGPA 8.4 / 10

4. 4

   Internship

   Treat an internship like a job: title, company, dates and three bullets about what you built, fixed or improved. Say who used your work. If you did a short or unpaid internship, it still counts.

   From the example Wrote 60 unit tests with pytest and fixed two date-handling bugs found during testing.

5. 5

   Academic projects

   Two or three projects are enough. For each: what it does, your part in the team, the tools, and a result such as users, accuracy or time saved. Interviewers for fresher roles often spend most of the interview on your final-year project, so only write what you can explain.

   From the example Tested with 300 students in a one-week pilot, which cut the queue at the transport office from two days to none.

6. 6

   Skills, certifications and activities

   Keep technical skills to what you have actually used. NPTEL, Coursera or company certifications help when they match the role. One or two activities that show organisation or leadership are better than a long list of events attended.

   From the example Organised a 24-hour college hackathon with 180 participants.

7. 7

   Declaration

   One sentence at the end confirming the details are true, with your name and place. It is expected for many government and PSU applications and still common with private employers. Add a date when you send it.

   From the example I hereby declare that the details given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Applying in Nigeria or Ghana? What changes

The structure above works across West Africa, but graduate employers there expect a few extra details. Load the example, then make these changes.

• Open with a short profile, then education with your class of degree written in full: "B.Sc. Computer Science, Second Class Upper Division".
• Add your NYSC status and dates, for example "NYSC: completed, March 2025 to February 2026, Lagos State". Employers often require the discharge or exemption certificate.
• Include WAEC or NECO results only if the job asks for them; list your industrial training (SIWES) placement as experience.
• Date of birth, state of origin and marital status are still requested by some employers. Add them only when the advert asks.
• Two or three referees with name, position, organisation, phone and email are usually expected, often a lecturer and your SIWES or NYSC supervisor.
• Two pages is normal. Use A4.

This is general information about common practice, not legal advice. Follow the job advert.