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A CV for an older worker shows depth without showing age.

Give the last 15 years in detail, sum up earlier roles in a line, name the software you use now, and leave out your date of birth and the dates of old qualifications. This example is a bookkeeper with 30 years' experience looking for a part-time post.

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Pauline Archer
Bookkeeper
Swindon · 07700 900243 · [email protected]

Profile

Bookkeeper with 30 years' experience keeping the accounts of small businesses, from invoices and bank reconciliations to VAT returns and payroll. Works in Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, and moved three clients onto digital VAT records. Looking for a part-time bookkeeping post of 20 to 25 hours a week.

Experience

Bookkeeper, Archway Accounting Services, Swindon 2014–present

Keep the books for 22 small business clients: purchase and sales invoices, bank reconciliations and expenses.

Prepare quarterly VAT returns for 15 clients and monthly payroll for six, up to 40 staff each.

Prepare year-end figures for the accountants, with every client's bank balance reconciled.

Moved three clients from spreadsheets to Xero and trained their staff to record sales.

Accounts Supervisor, Kennet Builders Merchants, Swindon 2009–2014

Ran the purchase and sales ledgers for two branches and supervised two accounts clerks.

Earlier roles in accounts and payroll at two Swindon firms, 1994–2009.

Qualifications and training

AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

Xero Advisor certification (renewed 2026)

Making Tax Digital for VAT, practical course (2025)

Skills

Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50

VAT returns and payroll

Bank reconciliations and year-end preparation

Training clients' staff on new software

Fictional example for an older worker. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What small businesses and accountancy practices look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Process purchasing and sales invoicesInvoices for 22 small business clients
Make sure bank statements match income and payment recordsBank reconciliations; every balance reconciled at year end
Prepare VAT returnsQuarterly VAT returns for 15 clients
Prepare wages and manage claims for expensesMonthly payroll for six clients; expenses
Help to prepare annual accountsYear-end figures for the accountants
Use computerised accounting systemsXero, QuickBooks and Sage 50; three clients moved to Xero

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a bookkeeper.

Average pay: £24,000 a year for a starter and £35,000 for an experienced bookkeeper, working 37 to 40 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against GOV.UK: Discrimination: your rights on and National Careers Service: Bookkeeper on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a bookkeeper, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Maths
  • Administration
  • Customer service
  • Working well with others
  • Using initiative
  • Flexible and open to change
  • Clear spoken communication
  • Confident with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 48 words here
  • Experience: 97 words here
  • Qualifications and training: 19 words here
  • Skills: 20 words here

How to write yours

01

Detail the last 15 years

Recent work is what an employer weighs most. Give it in full and sum up earlier roles in one line with the years.

02

Name current software

Xero, QuickBooks and digital VAT records show you work the way employers work now, which answers an unspoken worry better than saying you are adaptable.

03

Drop dates that only show age

Leave out your date of birth and the years of school or early qualifications. The qualification itself is what counts.

04

Say the hours you want

If you want part-time work, say so in the profile, so the right employers keep reading.

Rules and checks for an experienced worker's CV

Should I put my age or date of birth on my CV?

Age is a protected characteristic: it is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of it, including at work (GOV.UK, Equality Act 2010). A UK CV does not need your date of birth.

Which training bodies should I name?

The National Careers Service names the Association of Accounting Technicians, the Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers and the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. Give any membership with its level.

Should I list every software version I have used?

Employers usually train you on the system they use, so name the ones you know without listing every version (National Careers Service).

Compact and one page: a long career fits on one page at 10.5 pt, and the reader sees recent work first without turning over.

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