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Seven step-by-step guides, from your very first CV to cover letters and full applications. Every guide includes examples.
Open the Learning CentreFree CV guidance · In plain English
A clearer CV for your first job, your next step, or a new career.
Lusam is a free, English-language learning space for beginners, students, career changers and job seekers. Read clear guides, look through example CVs and check your own with our five-point self-check. No account, no sign-up and no cost.
- Completely free
- No account needed
- Written for beginners
What Lusam is
Everything you need to write a CV you’re proud of.
Writing a CV can feel like a test nobody prepared you for. Lusam explains it, step by step.
We turn the unwritten rules of CVs and job applications into clear, practical guidance. It’s for anyone writing their first CV, coming back to work, or moving into a new field, wherever in the world they’re applying.
A CV, transformed
Same person. Same experience. A much clearer story.
Most CVs don’t need more experience. They need clearer writing. Switch between the two versions and select each numbered point to see what changed.
What changed — Personal profile
Three specific facts (studies, experience, strengths) plus a clear goal. In two lines, the reader knows exactly who Jordan is and what they want.
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Jordan Ellis
Business student · Customer service
jordan.ellis@example.com · +44 7700 900123 · Leeds, United Kingdom
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Profile
Second-year business student with 18 months of part-time café experience. Calm during busy shifts, trusted with cash handling, and looking for a weekend retail role to keep developing my customer-service skills.
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Experience
Barista, Corner Bean Café, Leeds2023 – present
- Serve up to 150 customers on busy Saturday shifts, keeping queues moving.
- Trained three new team members on the till and opening routine.
- Trusted to cash up and close the café on my own.
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Skills & education
Customer serviceCash handlingExcel (stock sheets)English — nativeSpanish — B1
BSc Business Management, University of Leeds · 2023 – 2026 (expected)
Free Learning Centre
Seven guides. Zero jargon.
Short, practical guides with examples you can adapt. Read them in order, or go straight to the one you need today.
The Five-Point CV Check
Check your CV in about ten minutes. For free.
Tick off what your CV already does well, see your progress and get practical advice for the rest. It’s a self-check you do on your own. Nothing you tick is saved or sent anywhere.
Start the check- 1Contact informationCan an employer reach you easily, professionally and quickly?
- 2Personal profileDo the first lines say who you are and what you want next?
- 3ExperienceDo you show what you achieved, not only what you were asked to do?
- 4Skills & educationDo your skills match the role, and is each one backed by evidence?
- 5FormattingIs it tidy, consistent, free of errors and easy to scan?
CV Examples
See what good looks like, at every stage.
Three complete example CVs for a school leaver, a university student and a career changer, with notes on why each choice works. The people are fictional. The techniques are real.
Honest by design
What you can expect from us.
Lusam will always
- Keep the guides, examples and self-check free to use.
- Explain things in plain English, without jargon or judgement.
- Let you learn without creating an account or sharing personal details.
Lusam will never
- Promise you an interview or a job. No one honestly can.
- Encourage you to exaggerate or invent experience.
- Present a self-check as if it were a professional review.
Start today
Your next CV starts with one clear page.
Pick a guide, open an example or run the five-point check. It’s free, and you don’t need to sign up.