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CV Templates

Professional CV Templates

A look at how a Winning CV is crafted - strategic, ATS-friendly and easy on the eye. These examples show the approach, not real client documents.

*These are not real clients' CVs but show largely how it's done by Winning CVs.

Premium CV

Our most used template is perfect for senior (and junior) appeal:

Clarity

Recruiters/employers spend just seconds scanning CVs - so:

  • Gill Sans Nova Light (the font) is a modern, easy-to-read typeface, ideal for CVs
  • The entire CV aligns perfectly with employers' expectations
  • Clear-cut sections with no tables, text boxes, columns or pictures that confuse ATS (CV scanning software)
  • We make the person's value obvious from the start, with zero 'fluff'
  • Two pages maximum - this is what recruiters say they want, so this is what we do!
  • Our signature elevated section on page one for achievements or stand-out points - yielding direct and immediate results

    "I immediately noticed good responses - a lot personally written which meant that my CV had got in front of someone. I had responses from some large Blue Chips - who had over 100 applications. Becky's version really punched through - and at interviews some of the elements pulled out from career and placed front and centre were mentioned. My CV seemed to be getting through and past AI and I can only put that down to Becky and the approach taken to laying out my CV."

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  • Strategically created to mitigate negative impact and amplify the positive

Backed Up by Sense

  • We minimise use of colour on CVs, because colour is subjective and evokes immediate positive/negative feelings. What if your potential new boss hates the colour and it impacts your application? Best to keep it demure.
  • Short role introduction paragraphs which help the reader picture your role, highlight scope and scale, and reduce the space given to 'boring' responsibilities which can be amalgamated rather than separately bullet pointed.

These are just some of the things Winning CVs does that ensures you are a top, if not the top, candidate.

Page one of the Winning CVs Premium CV template - professional profile, core competencies and a Key Deliverables section highlighting achievements above the career history

Alternative Aesthetic

This look and some variations were used for 4-5 years for almost all clients, and proved incredibly popular. You may have this template, adjusting the colouring as per your preference.

It fits the expectations of a senior and mid-level CV, passes through CV-scanning software (ATS) due to using a colour block rather than an image or text box, and has delivered many feet through the door, so to speak!

Example of the Alternative Aesthetic CV template by Winning CVs - a colour-block header design suited to senior and mid-level roles

College Leaver CV

For those people who have little or no work experience - maximise what you have! Can be with or without a picture.

Inclusion of a picture is generally seen as bad practice in the UK, in particular due to subconscious bias, however, just as usual (maximising all available, relevant details), when a youngster has very little else to put on the CV, we need to work with and maximise what we do have.

This little darling does not have much, but what he does have is maximised to the hilt. Winning CVs, through an in-depth consultation with your little darling (possibly with you listening in and answering some questions), will do the same for them!

Example of a college leaver CV template by Winning CVs - maximising limited experience with skills, achievements and education

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