The reverse chronological CV is the most common and traditional type of CV. With this CV format, you list your relevant work experience in reverse chronological order, beginning with your most recent position and proceeding backwards. For each job, you provide dates, location and the name of your employer, and succinctly outline your key responsibilities and achievements.
The advantage of using the reverse chronological format is that it helps to highlight your upward career progression and continuous work history. Those who have had gaps in their employment, who are changing careers or who have a long work history may wish to consider using a
functional CV format or one-page career summary to better outline their skills and experience.
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Name
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Career Profile or Capability Statement
Provide a snapshot of your area of expertise, experience, most marketable/relevant skills and abilities, and unique offering.
Career Summary
Name of organisation
Role
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Month year – present
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Name of organisation
Role
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Month year – Month year
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Name of organisation
Role
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Month year – Month year
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Name of organisation
Role
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Month year – Month year
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Education
Qualification
Name of Institution
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Year
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Achievements
- Insert achievement statement
- Insert achievement statement
- Insert achievement statement
- Insert achievement statement
- Insert achievement statement
Employment History
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Name of organisation
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Month year – present
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Brief description of the organisation: what it does, its annual turnover/revenue, where it is represented, how many employees it has
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Role purpose and importance
Statement about what the role does to deliver outcomes aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives. Include the scope and size of the role, who it reports to, how many people you manage, size of budget and what your role delivers to the organisation
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Key Responsibilities
This is a tactical list of what you do using active, dynamic verbs. It needs to succinctly outline ONLY your most important responsibilities.
- Brief points about responsibilities
- Brief points about responsibilities
- Brief points about responsibilities
Achievements
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
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Name of organisation
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Month year – Month year
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Brief description of the organisation: what it does, its annual turnover/revenue, where it is represented, how many employees it has
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Role purpose and importance
Statement about what the role does to deliver outcomes aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives. Include the scope and size of the role, who it reports to, how many people you manage, size of budget and what your role delivers to the organisation
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OR
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Key Responsibilities
This is a tactical list of what you do using active, dynamic verbs. It needs to succinctly outline ONLY your most important responsibilities.
- Brief points about responsibilities
- Brief points about responsibilities
- Brief points about responsibilities
Achievements
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
- Context, action and measurable, specific result
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Follow this format to cover the last 10 years in detail. For positions prior to the last 10 years, role details and achievements are generally less relevant, so can be covered briefly.
Professional Memberships
Name of association
Name of association
Professional Development
- Insert name of courses or accreditations
- Insert name of courses or accreditations
Referees
Available upon request.
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See an example of a completed
Reverse Chronological CV.