The Progress Edit
First Job CV Kit, UK edition — for first jobs, school leavers and apprenticeships
Everything you need to build your first CV: guide, two editable templates, examples, cover letter and application tracker
Two editable first job CV templates with guided prompts, in Canva and Microsoft Word
No job history doesn't mean no experience — turn school, hobbies and responsibilities into CV evidence

Starting Out

First Job CV Kit

Turn school, volunteering, responsibilities and informal experience into a clear, professional first CV.

£14.99Digital download · Word · PDF · Excel · Canva
Buy First Job CV Kit — £14.99

£14.99 total — a one-off digital purchase. The Progress Edit is not VAT registered. No VAT is charged on your purchase and we cannot issue a VAT invoice.

Access is normally immediate after successful payment. Your secure download link is emailed to you, stays valid for 30 days and can be used up to five times — each use starts a new download of the ZIP. Files you save are yours to keep.

Personal-use licence for one intended user — One purchase covers one intended CV owner. The adult buyer may use the kit for their own applications, or buy it for one other person such as their child — but not both from the same purchase. This is not a team, school-wide, cohort, business or organisational licence. Read the licence.

We sell to customers purchasing from the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — only. Orders with a non-UK billing country cannot be fulfilled and are refunded in full. The person placing the order must be aged 18 or over. The one intended user the kit is bought for may be under 18 — for example a parent or carer buying it for their child.

Written for anyone applying for their first role, the First Job CV Kit starts from the assumption that you already have evidence worth presenting — school projects, sport, caring responsibilities, volunteering, part-time and informal work.

The guide PDF explains what UK employers look for in an early CV, and two editable one-page Word CV templates give you a clean professional structure so you never begin with a blank page. PDF previews show each template in use, two completed example CVs and an example cover letter show the wording in context, an Excel application tracker keeps your applications organised, and a Canva template access sheet shows you how to open and edit the templates in Canva if you prefer.

The two .docx CV templates, the Canva template access sheet and the .xlsx application tracker are editable. The guide, template previews, example CVs and example cover letter are read-only PDFs.

Instant digital download. We recommend opening the kit on a laptop or desktop with Microsoft Word and Excel, or compatible software. Files you save are yours to keep; the secure delivery link lasts 30 days and can be used up to five times (each use starts a new download of the ZIP).

Formats
Two editable Microsoft Word CV templates (.docx), an editable Microsoft Excel application tracker (.xlsx), read-only PDFs and a Canva template access sheet (.docx) if you prefer to edit in Canva (a free Canva account is needed). Instant digital download — best opened on a laptop or desktop with Microsoft Word and Excel, or compatible software.
Audience
School leavers and first-time applicants

What's included

  • First Job CV Guide (read-only PDF)
  • Clean and Modern one-page CV template (editable .docx)
  • Clean and Modern template preview (read-only PDF)
  • Classic and Professional one-page CV template (editable .docx)
  • Classic and Professional template preview (read-only PDF)
  • Oliver Smith example CV (read-only PDF)
  • Olivia Smith example CV (read-only PDF)
  • Olivia Smith example cover letter (read-only PDF)
  • CV Application Tracker (editable .xlsx)
  • Canva Template Access sheet (editable .docx)

What you can edit

  • Every heading, section and line of wording in the two .docx CV templates
  • Layout order, spacing and section emphasis
  • Fonts and colours, within the supplied styles
  • Your entries, columns and notes in the .xlsx application tracker

Who it's for

  • School leavers writing a first CV
  • College students applying for part-time or seasonal work
  • Apprenticeship and traineeship applicants
  • Parents and carers supporting one young person's first applications

How it works

  1. 01Download the kit and open the guide PDF.
  2. 02Work through the prompts to gather your evidence.
  3. 03Edit one of the two .docx CV templates in Microsoft Word, or compatible software.
  4. 04Track each application in the .xlsx tracker as you apply.

These kits help you present your experience clearly and credibly. They do not guarantee interviews, offers or employment — every application is judged on its own merits.

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