A worked CV sample for your profession
16 professions, each with an example CV and a section-by-section guide to writing your own: what belongs in every part, the keywords that field is screened on, and the mistakes that get a file filtered out.
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Tech & engineering3
Software Engineers & IT
Stack, projects and GitHub arranged so a keyword filter finds your technologies before a hiring manager reads your code.
Engineering
A worked mechanical, civil and electrical sample covering project scale, CAD and analysis tools, chartership and design standards.
Startup & Product
Show what you shipped and the metrics you moved, and describe cross-functional work without inflating your title.
Business & finance3
Sales & Business Development
Quota attainment, revenue and pipeline written as evidence, so "responsible for sales" never appears on your CV.
Banking & Finance
An annotated credit, corporate banking and audit sample built around benchmarked numbers and the credentials screeners check first.
Management & MBA
Team size, budget and P&L impact framed for senior recruiters, with the leadership keywords they filter on.
Marketing & creative2
Healthcare & education3
Teaching & Academic
Qualifications, classroom impact and research ordered the way schools, colleges and universities read them.
Doctors, Nurses & Healthcare
A worked medical sample covering registration, college membership, audit and publications, and when a post wants a form instead.
Nurse
An annotated US registered nurse resume: license and state, BLS and ACLS dates, unit ratios, and the EMR hospitals filter by name.
Operations & public sector3
Customer Service & Support
Service metrics, tools and the soft skills a recruiter can verify, instead of one line claiming good communication.
Administrative & Office
Executive assistant, office manager and front-desk CVs built on concrete examples of what you kept running.
Government & NGO
The formal structure these employers expect: education first, the required personal details, and every circular requirement matched.
Three steps from sample to finished CV
Find your field
Pick the sample closest to the job you are applying for. Adjacent roles share most of the same advice, so an exact title match is not required.
Read the section breakdown
Each guide covers the header, summary, experience, skills and education in that profession's terms, along with the keywords its recruiters screen on.
Write your own
Open the matching template in the editor and draft your version with a live ATS score beside it, then export a PDF that parses cleanly.
Every sample, A to Z
- Administrative & Office CV sample
- Banking & Finance CV sample
- Best ATS Resume Template CV sample
- Customer Service & Support CV sample
- Doctors, Nurses & Healthcare CV sample
- Engineering CV sample
- Freshers & Fresh Graduates CV sample
- Government & NGO CV sample
- Graphic Design & Creative CV sample
- Management & MBA CV sample
- Marketing & Digital Marketing CV sample
- Nurse resume sample
- Sales & Business Development CV sample
- Software Engineers & IT CV sample
- Startup & Product CV sample
- Teaching & Academic CV sample
Your profession is not on the list?
The editor works the same for any role. Start from the closest sample, or open a blank template and let the ATS score guide what you write.
About these samples
Are these resume samples free?
Yes. Every sample and its guide is free to read, with no account needed. Building your CV in the editor is free too; downloading the finished PDF without a watermark needs a plan, which starts at $4.99 for a 7-day pass.
My exact job title is not listed. Which sample should I use?
Pick the closest field. Most of the advice in a sample carries over to adjacent roles, because ATS parsers and recruiters read the same sections in the same order regardless of title. A data analyst, for example, gets most of what they need from the software engineering sample plus the metrics advice in the marketing one.
Can I copy the wording from a sample?
Use the structure and the phrasing patterns, not the sentences. Every bullet in these samples pairs an action with a number from a fictional candidate's record. Copying those numbers into your own CV would misrepresent your experience, and recruiters check.
Will a CV built from these samples pass an ATS?
The layouts are single-column, table-free and export as selectable text, which is what applicant tracking systems parse most reliably. Passing also depends on your content matching the job posting, so each guide lists the keywords that field is screened on, and the editor scores your draft as you write.
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