Chronological CV template

Use this reverse-chronological example when your recent jobs are relevant to the one you want, whether you have been promoted or have done steady work in the same kind of role.

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Maya Thompson
Operations Coordinator
Bristol · 07700 900101 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/maya-thompson-example

Profile

Operations coordinator with six years' experience keeping busy service teams organised. Confident managing schedules, suppliers, records and day-to-day queries, with a record of improving simple processes and communicating calmly across departments. Looking for a senior coordinator role running rotas, suppliers and compliance records for a property or facilities team.

Employment

Operations Coordinator | Harbour Lane Services, Bristol | March 2023–present

Coordinate rotas, meeting rooms and weekly workflow for a 24-person property services team across three locations.

Introduced a shared supplier tracker that cut overdue renewals from 18 to 4 within six months.

Prepare monthly purchase summaries, check invoices against orders and resolve discrepancies with suppliers.

Handle escalated customer enquiries and maintain accurate action logs for managers.

Operations Assistant | Westmere Facilities, Bath | June 2020–February 2023

Scheduled engineer visits and gave customers clear updates when priorities changed.

Maintained compliance records for 300 client sites and flagged documents before expiry.

Created a new starter checklist used across the operations team.

Reception Administrator | Cedar & Finch Offices, Bath | September 2018–May 2020

Managed a multi-line telephone system, visitor bookings, post and meeting-room requests.

Supported quarterly events for up to 80 tenants and suppliers.

Education and training

Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration | Severn City College | 2018

A levels: Business, English Language and Geography | Northbank Sixth Form | 2016

Skills

Scheduling and workload coordination

Supplier and purchase-order administration

Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams

Accurate record keeping and customer communication

Additional information

Volunteer shift coordinator, Bristol Community Pantry | 2022–present

Fictional example for an operations coordinator. Every person and employer in it is invented; replace every detail with your own. Select the page to zoom in.

Before you use it

Trim the oldest role to two bullets before shrinking the font or margins.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 49 words here
  • Employment: 135 words here
  • Education and training: 21 words here
  • Skills: 20 words here
  • Additional information: 7 words here

How to use this template

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Put your latest job first

Give your current or most recent job the most space. Older jobs can be shorter: their titles and dates are enough to show where you have been.

02

Show scale and results

Replace broad duties with truthful detail: team size, number of sites, frequency, volume or a before-and-after result.

03

Match the advert

Reuse relevant language from the person specification where it accurately describes your work, especially in the profile and recent role.

04

Account for dates clearly

Use one date style throughout and check that roles do not overlap by mistake. Explain a substantial gap briefly if it would otherwise confuse the reader.

If the employer asks for a particular file type, a page limit or an application form, do what they ask, even where this page suggests otherwise. CV format and file types explains the choices.