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How to Write Work Experience on a CV
Turn your employment history into clear evidence of what you can do.
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Your work experience section should show more than where you worked. It should help an employer understand your responsibilities, level of responsibility, relevant skills and evidence of results.
What information belongs under each job?
Give the employer name, job title and dates, followed by concise context about the role and evidence of relevant responsibilities and achievements.
How do you write stronger bullet points?
Start with the action or responsibility and add scale or outcome. 'Managed customer accounts' becomes more useful when you explain the portfolio size, type of customers, retention outcome or commercial responsibility.
How far back should you go?
Prioritise relevance. Experienced candidates can compress older roles, while someone earlier in their career may reasonably include part-time work, placements and volunteering when these demonstrate useful skills.
What if your job title is unusual?
Keep the genuine title but add brief context if necessary so an external employer can understand the function. Never change a title in a way that misrepresents the role.
This article is part of the CV Knowledge Base. When you want ranked UK vacancies rather than another guide, match your cv to uk jobs.
Related guides
- How to write a CV
Start with a clear, truthful account of your experience before formatting or tailoring.
- CV structure
Use a conventional reading order so employers can find evidence quickly.
- Personal statements
Write a short profile that explains the role you want and the evidence behind it.
- Achievements
Turn responsibilities into evidence of impact without inventing metrics.
Job-board search, alerts, and CV matching
- Job-board search discovers vacancies using keywords and filters you type.
- A job alert notifies you when new listings match those same criteria.
- CV matching compares evidence on a CV with vacancy requirements.
- Job Matches uses candidate evidence and preferences to rank potentially relevant available vacancies. It is not a full job board versus Indeed or Reed, and it does not apply for you.
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