A CV layout that actually gets read

Recruiters often spend under a minute on a first look. Make that minute count.

Keep it to one page unless you have more than 10 years of relevant experience.

In this order:

1. Name and contact details. Email, phone, city. A link to a portfolio or profile if it helps.
2. Two-line summary. What you do and what you're looking for.
3. Experience, newest first. For each job: title, company, dates, then 2 to 4 bullet points.
4. Skills. Only the ones that matter for this job.
5. Education.

Write bullet points as results, not duties.
Instead of "Responsible for social media", write "Grew the shop's Instagram from 300 to 4,000 followers in a year".

Before sending: save it as a PDF, name the file Firstname-Lastname-CV.pdf, and read it out loud once to catch mistakes.