CreativePDF
Clean Start
Minimal single-column layout for concise resumes, pivots, and calm presentation.
Use for student resumeFirst jobs, internships, campus roles
Student Resume Templates
Student resume templates for first jobs, internships, campus roles, and entry-level applications, even when you do not have much work experience yet.
How a student resume helps
- Helps employers understand what you can do, even without a long work history.
- Gives school projects, part-time work, clubs, volunteering, and coursework a clear place on the page.
- Keeps education, skills, contact details, and dates easy to find.
A student resume should make early experience feel useful
Start with where you are applying. A first job needs a simple resume. Internships need clean sections for education, skills, and projects. If you have strong coursework or portfolio work, choose a template that gives those items more space.
First job or local employer
Use Clean Start or Classic for a first job, retail role, service role, office job, or campus job. These are simple and easy to read.
Internship or campus portal
Use New Age or Spain for internships, university systems, or company portals. They keep education, skills, and projects organized.
Projects, portfolio, or clubs
Use Canvas or Aba when coursework, creative work, clubs, volunteering, or a portfolio should get more attention.
Templates for first jobs, internships, and portfolio work
Clean Start
Best first-job choice
Simple structure for students with little or no work experience.
Classic
Conservative employers
Clear one-column format for part-time jobs, office roles, and formal applications.
New Age
Tech, startup, or digital internships
Modern layout that keeps skills and projects easy to find.
Spain
Projects plus coursework
Good when education, projects, and skills all need space.
Canvas
Creative or client-facing roles
Good for portfolios, design-related work, clubs, and presentation-heavy applications.
Aba
Personality-led applications
Expressive layout for students whose activities, creative work, or communication strengths matter.
ATSPDF
Classic
Straightforward ATS-first template for broad professional, operational, and career-change resumes.
Use for student resume
ATSPDF
New Age
Modern ATS-friendly template for tech, startup, and digital-first roles.
Use for student resume
Two ColumnPDF
Spain
Student-friendly two-column template for projects, coursework, and early-career applications.
Use for student resume
CreativePDF
Canvas
Open creative layout for early-career, student, and client-facing applications.
Use for student resume
CreativePDF
Aba
Expressive creative template for students, juniors, and personality-led applications.
Use for student resumeBuild the resume from the experience you already have
A first-job resume should help a student look ready, reliable, and easy to train even without years of experience.
A good student resume does not pretend you are senior. It helps an employer see that you are reliable, can learn, and understand the job. Use the template to organize education, projects, part-time work, volunteering, clubs, awards, coursework, and skills.
Do
Put the most relevant section first: work experience, projects, education, or skills, depending on the job.
Don't
Fill space with generic soft skills, every class you took, or a design that hides the important details.
Quick FAQ
What should students put on a first-job resume?
Include education, part-time work, volunteering, projects, clubs, awards, coursework, and skills that match the job.
Should students use ATS or creative resume templates?
Use simple templates for online applications, internships, campus systems, and formal employers. Use creative templates when projects, portfolios, clubs, or presentation skills matter.
What if a student has no work experience?
Use education, class projects, volunteering, clubs, coursework, certifications, and specific skills. Write bullets around what the student built, organized, researched, improved, or presented.