Every year thousands of graduates in Pakistan open a blank document, type their name, and freeze. "I have no experience. What do I even write?" The honest answer is that you have more than you think — you just have not learned to present it yet.
Start with the job, not with yourself
Before writing a single line, read three or four job ads for the kind of role you want. Note the words that keep repeating: "MS Excel", "communication skills", "Flutter", "customer handling". Those words are what the recruiter is scanning for. Your CV should use the same language.
The one-page rule
A fresh graduate's CV should fit on one page. Recruiters spend under ten seconds on a first look. A two-page CV with padding tells them you could not decide what mattered. One tight page tells them you can.
What goes at the top
Your name, a job title you are aiming for (not "Fresh graduate" — write "Junior accountant" or "Trainee software developer"), your phone number, email and city. A professional email matters: firstname.lastname@gmail.com, not your gaming handle from 2017.
Then a short profile of two or three lines. Say what you studied, what you can do, and what you want. For example:
BS Computer Science graduate (Punjab University, 2026) with hands-on Flutter and Firebase projects. Looking for a junior mobile developer role where I can ship real features from day one.
Turn projects into experience
This is the section most graduates skip, and it is the most important one. Your final-year project, a hackathon, a freelance gig for a cousin's shop, a college society you helped run — these are experience. Write each one like a job:
- What you built or did, in one line
- How you did it (tools, methods)
- Result, ideally with a number: "used by 200 students", "reduced marking time by half", "raised Rs 40,000 for the society"
Numbers are not bragging. They are proof.
Education, briefly
Degree, university, year, and CGPA if it is 3.0 or above. You can add two or three relevant courses if the job is technical. Leave out your matric marks unless you are applying for a role that specifically asks.
Skills that mean something
Split them into two short lists: technical (software, tools, languages) and general (presentation, report writing, customer handling). Avoid "hard-working" and "team player" — everyone writes those, so they carry no information.
Internships and part-time work
Even a two-week internship at a local firm belongs here. So does the summer you spent helping at a relative's business. Describe what you actually did, not just the title.
What to leave out
- Your father's name, religion and marital status are optional. Add them only if the employer asks or if you are applying to a government department that expects them.
- Long lists of hobbies. One line is enough, and only if it says something about you.
- "References available on request." Everyone knows this.
Before you send it
Read it aloud once. Ask one person who has a job in that field to read it. Export it as a PDF so the layout does not break on the recruiter's screen. Name the file sensibly: Ayesha-Rahman-CV.pdf, not final final CV (2).pdf.
You can build all of this in a few minutes with the free CV maker on this site. Pick the "Fresh graduate" template, fill in the form, and download the PDF.