CV checklist
Tick through the conventions UK finance recruiters expect, one section at a time
Layout
Education
Experience and leadership
Skills and interests
Personal details
Language
Example layout
A one-page structure built from placeholders, with what each part should do
[Town or city] · [Mobile number] · [Professional email] · [LinkedIn address]
One line of contact details, with no photo, date of birth or full address
Education
[BSc Economics], [predicted 2:1 or first-year average of 68%]
Relevant modules: [module], [module], [module]
Awards: [scholarship or prize, if you have one]
A levels: [Subject (A*)], [Subject (A)], [Subject (A)]
GCSEs: [number] including [Maths (9)] and [English (8)]
Grades up front, most recent first, and modules on one line
Experience
- [Action verb] [what you did] for [who it was for], [result with a number, such as cutting errors by X%]
- [Action verb] [a task that shows a skill the role needs], [scale, such as X clients or £X a week]
- [Action verb] [responsibility], [result or scale, such as X customers a shift]
Two or three bullets for your best entry, each ending in a result
Leadership and activities
- [Action verb] [initiative you led], [result, such as growing membership from X to Y]
What changed because of you, not just the title
Skills and interests
Languages: [Language (fluent or conversational)]
Technical: [Software and what you can do with it, such as Excel lookups and pivot tables]
Interests: [A specific interest with a detail, such as completing X half marathons]
Specific and true, because each line can become an interview question
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Spot US spellings, personal details, mixed date styles and entries without figures
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