Student and first job resume template (Canada, free PDF)
A first-resume layout with larger type and generous spacing so a genuinely short history still fills a page honestly. Volunteer hours are treated as experience and availability is stated in the opening, because that is what a manager hiring a student needs to know.
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Section order
About me → Skills → Experience → Volunteer → Certificates → Education
Design
Centered header, large type, generous spacing
Best for
High school and first-year post-secondary students applying for a first paid job.
What makes this template work
- Volunteer hours count as experience
- Availability stated in the opening
How to fill it in
- 1State your availability — weeknights, weekends, summer full-time — in the opening lines.
- 2Count school teams, tutoring, babysitting and community hours as experience.
- 3Ask a teacher or coach before listing them as a reference.
- 4Replace every bracketed placeholder, save as a text-based PDF named Firstname-Lastname-Resume, then check it against a real posting before you apply.
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