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What Counts as Work Experience on a UK CV?
A precise guide to describing employment, placements, volunteering and practical projects without weakening your credibility.
Read note↗The evidence issue · No. 01
Your CV
is a claim.
Evidence
makes it true.
Career advice has too much polish and not enough proof. We are here to change that.
Start with the evidence↓THE CLAIM“I have practical experience.”Sounds good.
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THE PROOFTask. Tool.
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VERIFIABLE
Accurate labels✳Stronger interviews✳Proof over polish✳Claims that hold up✳
A small manifesto
Most people try to make their experience sound bigger.
We help you make it sound true.
Because truth, explained well, is persuasive.
Five field notes
Read less advice.
Keep better evidence.
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How to Record Evidence During a Work Placement
A practical evidence log for turning day-to-day placement tasks into credible CV and interview examples.
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Training, Placement and Employment: The Differences
Understand what each stage offers, what it does not promise and what to check before joining a programme.
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How Employers Verify Practical Experience
Prepare for date checks, references, portfolio review and detailed competency questions.
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A Graduate's Placement Evidence Checklist
A before, during and after checklist for collecting useful evidence while respecting confidentiality.
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POSITION
POSITION
The useful difference
Accuracy is not modesty.
It is strategy.
Training, projects, placements and paid employment can all be valuable. They do not become more valuable when they are mislabelled.
Specific evidence gives an employer something far more useful than hype: a reason to believe you.