Start with a real vacancy
Save a current employer announcement and identify the tasks and must-have conditions. Make a concise core CV, then add a separate project explanation where useful. Follow a programme’s required language and file format rather than assuming that every employer wants an English CV.
Six sections you can fill in now
| Section | What to include | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Contact and direction | Name, working email, phone, target role; availability if requested. | Use necessary contact information only. Do not include an identity-card number. |
| Education | School, degree, subject, start/end months and expected or actual award date. | Separate in-progress study from an awarded degree. Dates must match documents. |
| Relevant projects | Project type, dates, your task, method and deliverable. | Label coursework, research and student activities accurately. |
| Internships and other practice | Real organisation, role, dates, responsibilities and outputs. | Separate team results from your contribution; explain the work process. |
| Skills and languages | Tools, languages and credentials you can actually use or demonstrate. | Prepare a specific example for every claimed skill. |
| Portfolio and relevant extras | Permitted reports, code, work samples or awards. | Check links and remove confidential data, client details and account keys. |
Match evidence to the role
- Finance or business analysis: genuine coursework analysing accounts, data consistency or an industry. Show reproducible calculations, the report and its limits; do not invent investment returns.
- Software or data: scripts, models, tests or modules you completed. Explain inputs, outputs and your part. Do not claim a performance improvement without a measurement record.
- Business or operations: actual research, events, student organisation, content or process work. Show schedules, communication records, survey processing and review.
A teaching example without a domestic internship
This is a fill-in framework, not a real client achievement. Replace brackets with facts you can explain, and delete anything you did not do.
[School/course] — [project topic], coursework project, [dates]
To investigate [question], I personally handled [actual task] using [real tool/method]. I delivered [report/table/code/plan] and checked [specific issue] through [review/test/demo]. The conclusion applies to [scope]; [unverified question] remains unresolved. A permitted work sample is [link].
Organising experience around a project, action and result is consistent with the linked MIT career guidance. Our framework additionally asks for the nature of the experience and the verification method. If no reliable number exists, describe a concrete output.
Ten checks before sending
- Does this version target a specific role?
- Do the degree status, dates and subject match the proof?
- Is the most relevant evidence easy to find?
- Does each paragraph explain your own responsibility?
- Can you explain every number, result and tool?
- Are coursework, research, training and internships named accurately?
- Have you removed unsupported claims such as “expert in all tools”?
- Can the PDF text be copied and read on a phone?
- Are portfolio links accessible and safe to share?
- Are the filename, contacts and required attachments correct?
Existing template pack
The current five-page pack contains a fillable structure, teaching examples, Chinese/English expression frameworks, a job-to-evidence mapping and an 18-item checklist. The pack is mainly in Chinese. Its directory and first-page preview are public on the Chinese resource page. The complete pack can be requested through the existing form or by adding the consultation WeChat contact; no English PDF is promised here.
Check your preparation gaps (Chinese self-check) · Finance roles and company checks (Chinese)
Sources and verification
MIT: writing about your skills · last checked 2026-10-03
Questions
Can I use coursework if I have no domestic internship?
Yes, where it provides relevant evidence, but identify it as coursework or research and describe your own genuine contribution.
Should I always submit my CV in English?
Use the language and format required by the employer. An English-language guide does not change the vacancy’s requirements.
Return to the official source before applying or paying. Preparation advice and translated explanations do not replace the employer’s or authority’s decision.