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CV tips for: HR professionals

Your CV is likely to be reviewed by individuals in other business areas as well as HR decision makers, who tend to be focused on process.

People in other business areas will be more concerned with what the role might mean to them and the value it may bring to them in their business function.

HR decision makers will be curious to know the scope of your responsibilities and your familiarity with process and best practice. It is important to communicate these in your CV, particularly if you do not have formal HR qualifications.

They will want to know how you have performed in the role, and how you have lived up to key performance metrics.

Don’t be shy about stating your contribution to any positive business outcomes which will add weight to your application. Things like:

Reducing times to hire, increasing offer acceptance ratios, improving on-boarding processes, implementing performance management systems, re-designing learning and development programmes, introducing new flexible benefits programmes, reducing cost and increasing retention rates. Try to back this up with facts and figures.

Hot topics for hiring senior HR people include change management, mergers, acquisitions, international operations, reward experience, industrial relations experience – these are all very relevant right now. If you have it, mention it.

Increasingly, decision makers are keen to hire HR professionals with business acumen and personality!

A simple way to stand out from the crowd is to include a couple of lines outlining the nature of your employers’ line of business. Few people do this. AND 'humanising' your CV with some punchy phrases and interesting hobbies will bring your personality to life.