Best CV templates

[8-P]

Time to brush up my cv and I’ve been advised it should be achievement based.

There seem to be loads of good free templates out there but does anyone have any favourites please? Perhaps you are in recruitment and know of one that is particularly successful?

Thanks all

[ALPandy90]

What industry are you in? What 'level' are we talking here?

An engineering CV will look very different to a teaching CV, for example. The higher you go, the more I would tend to focus on achievements and what you delivered.

I'd avoid the online templates as they give off a whiff of style over substance. By all means make sure it looks nice and presentable, but don't fall for the fancy graphics and styles that many of the online templates offer. (Unless your applying for a job in CV template design, perhaps!)

[SuffolkDefender]

there's a google docs cv template called 'spearmint' which is clean, efficient and easy on the eye.

Ignore the BS about CVs needing to be one page unless you don't have much work history. If you need 2-3 pages to tell your career history, achievements etc, have 2 pages.