Read a graduate job description before you tailor your CV
Separate the role’s requirements, your evidence and the questions still unanswered.
Read the responsibilities first
Write a short description of the work in your own words. Notice what the person will produce, who they will work with and which tasks appear repeatedly. This gives the requirements a useful context.
Separate essential and desirable requirements
Keep the employer’s wording available. Do not automatically treat every sentence as a mandatory qualification. Where the advert is unclear, record the question rather than turning an assumption into a fact.
Map requirements to evidence
For each important requirement, note a project, task or experience that supports it. Mark genuine gaps separately from information that is simply missing from your CV. This is also a useful way to prepare examples for an interview.
Check practical details at the source
Review location, working arrangements, closing date and application instructions on the employer’s current page. If work permission or sponsorship matters to you, check the stated requirements and obtain appropriate guidance. SPP does not provide immigration advice.
Choose your next action
You might improve a CV example, ask a question, practise a relevant skill or decide not to proceed. A careful review is useful even when it saves you from preparing the wrong application.