Download – Career change CV template
YOUR NAME
CORE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
This is where you can give a brief overview of your career history. You can either write it as a short paragraph or as bullet points.
This is also the place to briefly talk about why you’re making a career change and explain why you’d be good in a new role.
Look at the job ad and what skills/experience the employer wants and briefly use examples from your old career to showcase why you’d be good in the new one. Transferable skills are key to this!
PERSONAL DETAILS
ADDRESS Current address
EMAIL Best email to reach you on
TELEPHONE Mobile and/or home phone
NOTE: You do not need to include information on your gender or date of birth but you may want to state your nationality in this section if you are British or your right to work in the UK if not.
EMPLOYMENT
NOTE: If you quit your job to change careers and have been studying for new qualifications, mention this at the top of this section with details about your courses.
DATES: Start date of your most recent job – when you left your job
JOB TITLE: Your full job title
COMPANY: Full business name of your company
A sentence briefly explaining what the company does.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Add bullet points briefly highlighting your key responsibilities here
Read the job description of the job you’re applying for and keep it relevant. This is even more important for you as you need to showcase why a possibly completely unrelated job has prepared you for this new role.
You don’t want to put too many bullet points here – certainly no more than 10 as a general rule.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Did you win an award? Maybe you consistently beat targets? Perhaps you were commended by your boss for a particular skill? Brag about it here!
[Repeat for all of the jobs you have had]
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES
Here you can add in any additional personality attributes like being punctual, a team player, motivational or ambitious.
Also add in any extra qualifications or skills you have, from Microsoft Excel skills through to the ability to speak another language.
EDUCATION
UNI dates (if applicable): UNI NAME
QUALIFICATIONS: List any qualifications gained.
College/Sixth Form dates (if applicable): COLLEGE NAME
QUALIFICATIONS: List any qualifications gained.
School dates: SCHOOL NAME
QUALIFICATIONS: List any qualifications gained.
(NOTE: if you have no qualifications, include details of your school attended but leave out the qualifications section)
REFERENCES
Available on request
NB:- You can also visit my comprehensive online CV at this address (Your CV Website Address) and enter the code (if password protected) to view my references.
I can also be contacted at this address, should you deem my skills worthy of utilising in other areas of your organisation; to discuss any relevant positions you may have other than the one I am currently applying for.