CV Creation & Writing
Your service year is more than a certificate at the end. The place you were posted to, the work you did there and your community project are experience, and your CV should say so.
What you can get
01Overview
Many corps members describe service in one line: “Served at a secondary school.” The employer learns where you were, not what you did. Your Place of Primary Assignment (PPA) is a workplace. Whether you taught, supported a clinic, handled bank customers or worked with an NGO, you can describe the real tasks.
Community Development Service (CDS) belongs on the CV too. If you led a CDS group, ran a sensitisation campaign or took part in skills and entrepreneurship training, those entries show initiative and teamwork. We write only what you tell us you did, and ask questions until the real work is clear.
NYSC sets its own rules, and they can change. Check the current position with NYSC officials, because you remain responsible for following them. We write only the facts you give us. For the basics of a first CV, see our graduate CV page.
02What is included
Your service set out like a job: state, PPA, role, dates and the tasks you really handle or handled.
Everyday work such as teaching, record keeping or customer handling, written as specific examples.
Your CDS group, any post you held and the projects you joined, shown as initiative and teamwork.
Any SAED or other skills training you completed during service, listed with what you can now do.
Service shown as ongoing until complete, and your discharge certificate added only after you hold it.
A short opening saying you are a graduate in service, what you studied and the work you want.
03How it works
Send your state, PPA, department, role and tasks. Add your CDS group, projects and any training you took.
We turn your notes into a clear experience entry and decide where it sits for the jobs you want.
Check each date, title and task. Anything not yet true, such as a certificate you have not received, stays out.
When service ends, send the final dates and any new achievements and we will update your CV.
Where we work
Awka & Anambra State
Corps members serving in Anambra State are posted to schools, clinics, banks, government offices and NGOs in Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and smaller towns. After work or at the weekend, send your PPA details on WhatsApp and we turn them into a clear CV entry, without you travelling anywhere.
Across Nigeria
Corps members are posted all over Nigeria, often far from where they studied. Whether your PPA is in a city or a small town, you can brief us by WhatsApp and check each draft after work. Tell us what file type an employer asks for.
FAQ
Still have a question? Message us on WhatsApp and we will answer it.
Yes. Your service year is real, structured experience. List it like a job: state, PPA, role, dates and tasks, marked as ongoing while you serve. Name the work, not just “NYSC”.
Describe tasks, not just the title. If you teach, name the subjects and classes. In an office, mention the records, reports or customers you handle. A line such as “assisted the manager” says little alone.
NYSC and each employer set their own rules, and these can change, so check both. On your CV, show service as ongoing until complete, and list the certificate only after you hold it.
Most PPAs involve real tasks: dealing with people, records, deadlines and rules. Describe a normal working day in your own words and we ask follow-up questions until the work is clear.
Usually the same CV is updated: the service entry becomes completed and your latest duties are added. Send us the new details and we will confirm what to change.
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Start on WhatsApp
Message us on WhatsApp, tell us what you need and we will reply with a clear plan and a quote.