What are the most common CV mistakes students make?

The most frequent ones: typos and inconsistent formatting (dates, fonts, spacing that don’t match across sections); listing duties instead of achievements (“responsible for social media” instead of “grew Instagram following by 40% over one semester”); a CV that’s either far too sparse or padded with irrelevant detail; and missing or hard-to-find contact information.

Another common one: not tailoring the CV at all — sending the exact same document to every application, when even small adjustments to match the role’s language can make a real difference to how it reads.

Quick answer: Typos, listing duties instead of achievements, inconsistent formatting, and not tailoring the CV per application.