UK CV kits and templates
CV guidance that doesn't leave you staring at a blank page.
Step-by-step workbooks, real examples and editable templates that help you work out what to say - and how to say it.
Instant download · Editable files · No subscription
The collection
Each kit pairs a clear guide with editable templates and a finishing checklist, so you know when your CV is genuinely done.
Starting Out
First Job CV Kit
School leavers and first-time applicants
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Word · PDF · Excel · Canva
Starting Out
Turn school, volunteering, responsibilities and informal experience into a clear, professional first CV.
Graduates
Graduate Career Kit
Final-year students, recent graduates and graduates changing direction
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Word · PDF · Excel
Graduates
Present your degree, projects, placements and transferable skills with clarity, then turn them into stronger applications, interviews and a focused job-search system.
Career Progression
Young Professional CV Kit
Young professionals
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Word · PDF
Career Progression
Build a polished CV that shows increasing responsibility, achievement and professional value.
Applications
CV & Cover Letter Collection
Applicants at any stage
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Word · PDF
Applications
Coordinated CV and cover-letter templates with clear guidance for adapting every application.
Professionals
Career Change CV Kit
Career changers
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Word · PDF
Professionals
Translate experience from one sector into credible evidence for another.
For your career
Kits that help you find the evidence you already have, put it in a sensible order, and present it in a way UK employers recognise.
Turn school, volunteering, responsibilities and informal experience into a clear, professional first CV.
Present your degree, projects, placements and transferable skills with clarity, then turn them into stronger applications, interviews and a focused job-search system.
Build a polished CV that shows increasing responsibility, achievement and professional value.
How it works
Pick the kit that matches where you are — first job, graduate, professional or changing direction.
Files arrive immediately in Word and PDF. Yours to keep, with no subscription.
Short, practical guidance and prompts help you gather what you actually need before you start writing.
Adapt the templates to your situation, check them against the final checklist, and go.
Why The Progress Edit
Every guide, prompt and template is shaped by practical experience of hiring, developing people and building clear working systems.
Word and print-ready PDF. Change the wording, the order, the length — nothing is locked.
Our documents give you structure and clarity. We never promise outcomes, and we say plainly where professional advice is needed.
Considered typography, generous space and a consistent house style, so what you send out looks like it was made with care.
Our approach
“Most people don't need more advice. They need a well-made starting point, and the confidence that it's been thought through.”
That is the whole brief for The Progress Edit: fewer, better documents, written plainly, formatted properly, and honest about what they can and cannot do.
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Practical tools for what comes next — clearly written, fully editable and yours to keep.
