LCF Grad Futures: Writing CVs and Cover Letters That Stand Out

LCF Grad Futures: Writing CVs and Cover Letters That Stand Out

Join this session for expert advice on how to create a strong CV and master writing cover letters that will stand out to recruiters!

By LCF Graduate Futures

Date and time

Tue, 20 May 2025 15:00 - 16:00 GMT+1

Location

London College of Fashion, EB M01 (Lecture Theatre)

105 Carpenters Road London E20 2AR United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

This session is only for London College of Fashion students and graduates. It is aligned to your Graduate Futures professional development journey.

Feeling lost when it comes to building your CV from scratch or writing cover letters? Are you unsure on what to include? This session will focus on the essentials so you can start to create a CV and cover letters that effectively showcase your skills, experience and qualifications.

We’ll show you how to craft, layout and format your CV using effective examples and guide you through the process of creating compelling cover letters that grab the attention of hiring managers and sets you apart from the competition.

Your CV and cover letter are your first chance to make a lasting impression and we’re going to share just what recruiters are looking for from potential candidates and how to you can tailor your documents to suit different roles and brands within the creative industries and stand out to employers.


Speakers

  • Melanie Mitchell, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant: Leveraging over 30 years of experience as a Buyer, Headhunter and now Consultant, Melanie has worked with a number of brands including Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, AllSaints, Threads Styling and Sweaty Betty on projects relating to talent acquisition and executive search. Passionate about helping to build both brands and careers through putting the right people, in the right place at the right time she continues to use her industry expertise to coach and inspire the next generation looking to pursue careers in fashion.


Useful resources

In this webinar, you will develop the key skills of resilience, communication, storytelling, and self-efficacy as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF). Before attending this activity, we suggest you:


If there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have access requirements you wish to discuss, please contact graduate.futures@fashion.arts.ac.uk in advance, we'd be happy to talk with you. If you can't sign-up as the tickets have run out or expired, please email and see if you are still able to attend.




Image credit: Clara Finnigan in the Studio, Fashion Media Practice and Criticism, UAL | Photograph: Alys Tomlinson

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Frequently asked questions

When will I receive the event joining information?

For all our events and activities, you will receive a reminder email with joining instructions 1-2 days before the event. If the session is running virtually, you will receive all of the joining links with this reminder and the day before the activity.

This event is in person, how can I find your building in East Bank?

Follow our guide who walks you through the route from Stratford tube station, through Westfields, onto the Park, and to our East Bank campus entrance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWQX2k41YOw

Do I need any specific equipment to participate?

If you are joining our virtual sessions, you will need a device to access the session through Microsoft Teams (online or desktop app). For in-person events we recommend bringing notebooks and pens, as well as a device to be able to access any digital elements of the activity and network.

I don’t go London College of Fashion, can I still attend the event?

Our events are for LCF students, graduates and alumni only. If you are not a student or graduate with London College of Fashion you will be removed from the event access lists. This is because Graduate Futures is a bespoke LCF service department and we only have capacity to support our own students.

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Supporting your professional ambitions

Studying at LCF gives you access to the focused careers and enterprise services, events and resources from the Graduate Futures team. Whatever your career, freelancer or business start-up ambitions, Graduate Futures works to provide current students and alumni with advice direct from industry thought leaders. We provide a safe place to encourage you to be comfortable with risk, ambiguity and experimentation. Graduate Futures supports the whole of your LCF journey and beyond, to enable you to innovate, create and achieve.

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Our support is free and accessible to all LCF students, graduates and alumni. Most of our opportunities are open to all, but some might be limited to specific groups - we'll make it clear when this is the case.