CV and BiodataHow to read a sample CV
A sample shows structure, not content. The people in these four documents do not exist, and the journals, colleges and companies are placeholders in square brackets. What is real is the arrangement: which sections appear, in what order, what each entry contains, and how unfinished or uncertain items are labelled. Those are the things a selection committee responds to, and they carry over to your own field even if it is not botany, chemistry, medicine or manufacturing.
Read the notes under each sample before the sample itself. They say what a committee looks for in that kind of CV and where candidates commonly lose its confidence.
Which sample is nearest to you
- Applying for a teaching post, or already teaching: the academic CV.
- Finishing a master's degree and applying for a PhD or fellowship: the PhD applicant CV.
- A doctor, nurse or other clinician: the doctor's CV, for its treatment of registration, postings and procedures.
- A manager or specialist with fifteen or more years of experience: the senior manager CV.
Do not copy the facts
It should not need saying, but every year candidates submit CVs with sample text left in. Replace every bracket, check every date against your own certificates, and remove any line for which you have nothing true to write. A shorter honest CV is always stronger than a longer one with borrowed entries.
Looking for a one-page resume or a biodata?
One-page resume samples for freshers and job changers are on resume.shareyourgroup.com. Marriage and job biodata samples are in our biodata section.
General guidance. This page gives general suggestions, reviewed in November 2026. If an institution, employer or country gives its own form, format or instruction, follow that. Every person, institution and publication in our examples is invented. Nothing here is legal, immigration or professional advice.