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An HR officer's CV should show the size of the workforce you support, the casework you handle (absence, grievances, disciplinaries), the recruitment and policies you run, and your CIPD level. Handling confidential records well is part of the job, so say how you do it.

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Rachel Adeyinka
HR Officer
Bristol · 07700 900192 · rachel.adeyinka@example.com · linkedin.com/in/rachel-adeyinka-example

Profile

HR officer with five years in a 600-person logistics business, supporting managers across three sites. Handles absence, grievance and disciplinary cases from first meeting to outcome, runs recruitment for hourly roles and keeps employee records accurate and confidential. CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma. Looking for an HR advisor or senior HR officer role.

Experience

HR Officer | Severnside Freight Ltd, Avonmouth | 2022–present

Support managers on about 30 absence, grievance and disciplinary cases a year: plan meetings, take notes and draft outcome letters.

Introduced return-to-work meetings at all three sites; short-term absence fell from 4.8% to 3.6% in a year.

Run recruitment for warehouse and driver roles, about 120 hires a year, from advert to right-to-work checks and contracts.

Rewrote the absence and flexible working policies with the HR manager, and trained 25 line managers on them.

Keep employee files and the HR system up to date, and handle personal data in line with the company's data protection policy.

HR Administrator | Severnside Freight Ltd, Avonmouth | 2020–2022

Prepared contracts, letters and monthly payroll changes for the payroll provider.

Qualifications

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management | 2023

BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management, 2:1 | University of the West Vale | 2016–2019

Skills

Employee relations casework

Recruitment and right-to-work checks

Absence management and policy writing

HR systems, Excel and Microsoft 365

Fictional example for a hr officer. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What HR teams look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Help to recruit new employeesAbout 120 hires a year, advert to contract
Plan staff training and development activitiesTraining 25 line managers on new policies
Handle complaints and disciplinary proceduresAbout 30 grievance and disciplinary cases a year
Deal with work absence and staff performance issuesReturn-to-work meetings; short-term absence from 4.8% to 3.6%
Develop company HR policies and proceduresRewriting the absence and flexible working policies
Maintain confidential employee recordsEmployee files, the HR system and data protection

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a human resources officer, also called a personnel officer.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 53 words here
  • Experience: 131 words here
  • Qualifications: 26 words here
  • Skills: 22 words here

How to write yours

01

Give the size of the workforce

How many people and sites you support tells a hiring manager your level at once.

02

Show casework from start to end

Say what you do in a case, not just that you 'support employee relations'.

03

One number that moved

Absence, turnover or time to hire: one measured change shows you improve things, not only process them.

04

Keep it confidential

Describe cases without names or details that could identify anyone.

Checks for an HR CV

  • CIPD level. The National Careers Service points to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development for HR careers. Give your CIPD level and year, or the one you are studying.
  • Right-to-work checks. If you run them, say so; it is a legal duty for the employer and a skill HR adverts ask for. See the right to work guide.
  • Figures. Absence and turnover rates are internal; round them or use percentages only.

One page in a classic layout reads as careful, which suits HR. With more than seven years, go to two pages rather than cutting casework.

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