Here are a few CV templates for you to consider

A Skills CV Template for when you are looking to change career or returning to work.

Your full name
Your home address
Your home phone number
Your mobile phone number
Your personal email address

Profile
I am a hard working team player and I enjoy exceeding targets. I look for ways to do things better because I am motivated by being successful and achieving.

Profile explained:your profile should be about 30 words long and describe what you are like to work with, focussing on how you can help an employer to prosper. Remember, you don't need to have had a job to be able to describe yourself as a colleague.

Key skills and achievements
List up to five achievements - remember, you want to show how you would add value to a company. Define and explain the skills like this:

Customer Service

• Developed Service Level Agreements to enhance customer experience for new and existing customers, which led to a 3% increase in renewals and a 2.5% increase in value of units sold.

Systems used
List all of the systems that you have used that are relevant to the job that you are applying for, stating your competence level. For example:

• Sales Force CRM super user
• MS Excel advanced
• HTML basic

Career summary
Focus on the skills and experience that you have from previous employment that supports your key skills list above. List your employment history in reverse order, starting with your most recent job first. List you employment history like this:

Tip: If you do not want to name your current employer, describe the company instead e.g. Leading UK software house

Training and qualifications
List any recent courses that you have completed where the course or skills acquired are relevant to the job that you are applying for. State the grade or mark that you achieved where relevant.

Awards and membership of professional bodies
List all relevant awards, membership of professional bodies and also membership of 'news' groups etc. For example:

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

A Qualifications CV Template for when you are looking to show indepth skill sets such as detailed engineering qualifications and expert knowledge.

Your full name
Your home address
Your home phone number
Your mobile phone number
Your personal email address

Profile
I am a hard working team player and I enjoy exceeding targets. I look for ways to do things better because I am motivated by being successful and achieving.

Profile explained:your profile should be about 30 words long and describe what you are like to work with, focussing on how you can help an employer to prosper. Remember, you don't need to have had a job to be able to describe yourself as a colleague.

Education

Expectant grade: 2:1 Hons

Areas of study
For example: Conducting research into financial sector companies and how they attract and convert local businesses. Findings to be published in 'Marketing' magazine and the 'Scottish Herald'.

Tip: You could also list here any relevant modules that have specific relevance to the job that you're applying for.

Skills acquired
List up to five core skills, see example below:

• Advanced market research and analytical skills developed through interviewing marketing professionals in the Finance sector.

Skills acquired explained: you should not only list the skill you acquired, you should also explain briefly how or what you did to acquire it.

Key skills and achievements
List up to five achievements - remember, you want to show how you would add value to a company. Explain what you did, how you did it and what was achieved.

• Conducted desk research to identify decision makers in core market; called and emailed them and arranged interviews with 12 individuals. Designed questionnaire to benchmark marketing activity. Obtained 12 in-depth interviews giving insight into marketing activity and success metrics.

Employment history
If your employment history is relevant to the job that you are applying for, list up to 3 work histories starting with your most recent job first. If you have no employment history, list any voluntary work or team based hobbies that you have been involved in.Histories should be listed in the following way:

Tip: If you do not want to name your current employer, describe the company instead e.g. Leading UK software house

Training and awards
List any recent relevant courses that you have completed. If you have a work history, list work-related awards here. If you do not have a work history, see 'interests' below.

A Chronological CV Template for when you are staying in the same industry but are looking for promotion.

Your full name
Your home address
Your home phone number
Your mobile phone number
Your personal email address

Profile
I am a hard working team player and I enjoy exceeding targets. I look for ways to do things better because I am motivated by being successful and achieving.

Profile explained:your profile should be about 30 words long and describe what you are like to work with, focussing on how you can help an employer to prosper. Remember, you don't need to have had a job to be able to describe yourself as a colleague.

Career summary
Focus on the skills and experience that you have from previous employment that supports your key skills list above. List your employment history in reverse order, starting with your most recent job first. List you employment history like this:

Tip: If you do not want to name your current employer, describe the company instead e.g. Leading UK software house

Key skills and achievements
List up to five achievements - remember you want to show how you would add value to a company. Explain what you did, how you did it and what was achieved. Define and explain the skills like this for example:

Sales management

• Set Key performance Indicators (KPI) that were aligned to 'new business' objectives for the company. KPI were individually performance and bonus related and resulted in a 5% uplift in customer acquisition.

Public sector example:
People management

• Set up employee feedback forum in light of new Energy Saving Policy to encourage bottom up communication. Achieved policy recommended energy savings and exceeded expectations by 2%.

Systems used
List all of the systems that you have used that are relevant to the job you are applying for stating your competence level, see examples below.

• MS Excel advanced
• Sage II procurement

Training and qualifications
List any courses that you have recently completed where the course of skills acquired are relevant to the job that you are applying for. State the grade or mark that you achieve where relevant.

Awards and membership of professional bodies
List all relevant awards, membership of professional bodies and also membership of 'news' or 'lobby' groups etc. For example:

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)