Free ATS Checker for Graduate & Entry-Level CVs
With little or no work history, every keyword on a graduate CV has to earn its place. Check your CV against a real graduate job description below to see what's missing.
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Tips for this field
- +Treat your degree modules, dissertation topic, and coursework projects as legitimate experience — name the tools and skills they involved explicitly.
- +Reframe society roles, part-time jobs, and volunteering using the same skill language the job description uses (teamwork, stakeholder communication, project delivery).
- +Include any tools, software, or languages from coursework or personal projects by name, even at a beginner level — many are still scanned keywords.
- +Don't bury your degree classification or expected grade — it's one of the first things graduate-scheme ATS filters check.
Keywords ATS commonly looks for
teamworkcommunicationproject managementproblem solvingMicrosoft Excelstakeholder engagementtime managementresearchpresentation skillsdata analysis
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