(1)Full Name << big font

email address – contact number (mobile is best)

full postal address including post code

(2) Professional OR Personal Profile

This is a very important part of your CV and can be one or two paragraphs long. This will set the whole tone of who
you are, what you can do, how close your experience is to that required, why someone should hire you. Your profile
can be quite personal and if you have been successful in previous roles this is your chance to shout it out. For
example – “A highly successful Project Manager with over 15 completed projects in the past 10 years and totalling
£350 million” is a great way of getting a recruiter’s attention - provided it is true!

Here is an example of a job winning profile.

(3) CV body – Work Experience

NHS Organisation, Location

Medical Secretary – Paediatric Department
November 2015 – Present Time

Always start with the most current job and make sure you include the Month as well as the Year. If you are still there
simply state “To Present or Present Time”. If you have recently left then be truthful and state the month you left the
job. Your new employer will find out anyway if they hire you. If you are a freelance contractor or a temp then you
can also include such things as “extended 5 times during this period”.

Duties – bullet point your key duties, highlighting ones that are particularly relevant to the new job for which you are
applying.

* Providing secretarial duties to three senior medical consultants

* Attending weekly meetings of the consultants and junior staff and taking minutes
* Ordering supplies and stationery for the Department

If you have had a number of different job titles in the same organisation then separate these out as shown below
and write a paragraph about each different role.

NHS Organisation, Location

Admin Support
January 2014 – November 2015

Remember, the NHS in particular is looking for a full employment history which can be traced all the way back to
your schooling. If you have had periods of no work then do not try to hide this but simply fill the gaps with whatever
you were doing at the time – it may be a good conversation starter and help you get the job – for example “being a
helper at the Rio Olympics”
 (1)Full Name << big font
email address – contact number (mobile is best)
full postal address including post code

NHS Organisation, Location

Web Developer
June 2013 - January 2014

For technical skills simply list them in order of level of skill – the highest first and so on – for example

* 5 years’ experience of HTML and CSS

* 2 years’ experience of JavaScript
* Recently completed the NHS foundation course in PHP

(4) Skills List and Education

If you are from a technical background - computer technician, software developer, specialist NHS trainer etc. then
you need to list down all relevant skills and number of years’ experience or other method of highlighting your skill
level – “Advanced”, “Level 1” etc.

If you are recently graduated then put more detail in here naming the University, Qualification(s) gained and of
course Dates – make sure there are no gaps. For the more experienced job-seeker this section can simply be a one
line summary unless your qualification is directly related to the line of work you are in then it’s a good idea to add
more specific detail here.

Make sure you show a clear progression between your secondary school qualifications and subsequent degree if you
went on to university.

(5) Hobbies

This is optional. Some people like to keep their hobbies private especially if they worry that their hobby / hobbies
may put a recruiter off hiring them – for example “Star Wars Reenactor” but we have known some hobbies can make
the difference between getting or not getting the job. If you are worried then simply leave this section out BUT
perhaps do some research once you know who will be interviewing you – you never know you just might have
something in common.

(6) References

The NHS currently require a full 3 years’ worth of references for all types of employment including temporary
assignments. If you have recently left school / university they will usually accept personal references. Do try and get
good references from each of your jobs – it can make all the difference. You do not usually have to disclose
references until your application has progressed to interview stage then you will be offered the position “subject to
satisfactory references”. It is always a good idea to take your best references with you to the interview.