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UK CV Template

The British CV: two pages, no photo, a personal statement at the top. Start from the full example below: change anything, and download a PDF that looks exactly like the preview. Free, with no signup and no watermark.

  • Never stored
  • No queue, no waiting
  • No signup, no watermark
Layout
One column
Photo
No
Paper
A4 (US Letter available)
Applicant tracking systems
ATS-friendly: one column, no photo
Download
PDF, free, no watermark

How to write a UK CV

  • Open with a short personal statement.
  • Two pages is standard; no photo, no date of birth.
  • "References available on request" is optional.

UK CV example

The full example this template opens with. Everyone in it is fictional; replace each part with your own details, and delete what does not apply.

Oliver Bennett

Chartered Surveyor

oliver.bennett@example.com · 07700 900 127 · Bristol, UK · linkedin.com/in/oliverbennett

Personal Statement

MRICS chartered quantity surveyor with 8 years on commercial and education projects up to £60M. I control costs from feasibility to final account and have never brought a project in over budget.

Experience

Senior Quantity Surveyor — Hartwell Cost Consultants, BristolMar 2021 – Present

  • Lead cost management on 5 projects worth £140M, including a £60M university building
  • Negotiated final accounts saving clients £2.3M in total
  • Mentor 3 graduate surveyors through their APC

Quantity Surveyor — Stoneway Construction, CardiffSep 2016 – Feb 2021

  • Managed subcontractor packages worth £25M a year

Education

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying — University of the West of England, Bristol2013 – 2016

First Class

Certifications

Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) — RICS2019

Skills

Cost planning · NEC4 & JCT contracts · Final accounts · CostX · Value engineering · Risk management

References

References available on request

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How it works

1

Open the example

Press “Use this template” and the UK CV example opens in the editor, with the preview beside it.

2

Make it yours

Type over each part, delete what you do not need and add sections. Bold, italic and underline work in every description.

3

Download the PDF

The file is exactly the preview, with real text that applicant tracking systems can read.

Frequently asked questions

Is this UK CV template free?

Yes. Editing, every design and the PDF download are free, with no signup, no watermark and no payment step at the end.

Do I have to use the example?

No. “Use this template” opens the example ready to edit; “Start empty” keeps the UK CV design with empty fields. Either way, every section can be renamed, hidden, reordered or removed.

Can I switch to another design later?

Yes. Your details stay exactly as they are when you switch to any of the other 53 CV types, and colour, font, text size and paper size can be changed at any time.

Where is my CV kept?

On this computer only, so it is still there when you come back. It is never sent to us or stored on a server. “Save a copy” makes a file you can open on another computer.

Good to know: Text in Latin-alphabet languages only (English, Vietnamese and European languages); Bangla, Devanagari, Arabic and CJK characters are not supported yet. The download is a PDF; there is no Word version. Your details are kept on this computer until you remove them.

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