Don't know where to start with your CV? This overview shows you how to create a CV that highlights your skills and catches a recruiter's attention.

1. HR SolutionsCV Building Blocks

2. Getting Started
What Type of Career are you looking for?
• Direct Sales?
• Engineer?
• Professional Services?
Tailor your CV to showcase the skills that make you
a great candidate for the role. Recruiters want to
see relevant CVs!

3. Get Noticed
Time and Money
• Recruitment can take a long time
• Some companies only skim CVs
Time and Money are in short supply! This means
that a Recruiter may only get to look at your CV for
a few seconds.
Make sure that it stands out!

4. CV Design
Aesthetics
Keep your CV:
• Simple
• Clear
• Uncluttered
• Short

5. CV Content
Have a summary
A Human Resource professional with strengths in training
and development, strategic program design and business
partnering. Experience and skills include:
• Recruitment
• Employee Relations
• Training
• Metrics & Analysis
• HRIS Systems
• Social Media

6. CV Content
Keep it short
• Be concise
• Get to the point
• Use short sentences
• No longer than two pages

7. CV Content
Education
• Put education at the end
• Remember that it’s not what you know - it’s
what you have done with what you know!
• Note your accomplishments, not your duties

8. CV Content
So What?
Always highlight your value – don’t lead the Recruiter
to think “So What?”
Instead of:
“Created marketing plan for annual fundraiser.”
Try:
“Created marketing plan for annual fundraiser
that generated an income of over £100,000.”

9. CV Content
Your Work Experience
• Write in reverse chronological order
• Include relevant experience starting with
your most recent job first

10. CV Content
Your Work Experience
The Five Things You Need to Mention:
• Job Title
• Name of Employer
• Location
• Dates of Employment
• Description of Role/Achievements

11. Find Out More
HR Solutions
• www.hrsolutions-uk.com
• www.jobs.hrsolutions-uk.com
• @HRSolutionsUK