Combination CV template

A combination CV, also called a hybrid CV, opens with three or four key skills, each backed by a line of evidence, then lists your jobs newest first. Use it when your skills come from more than one job but your history is steady enough to show in full.

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Combination CV template: fictional example in the Professional design, page 1. Full text is available below.

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Rebecca Lowe

Office and Facilities Manager

Norwich · 07700 900135 · rebecca.lowe@example.com · linkedin.com/in/rebecca-lowe-example

Profile

Office and facilities manager with ten years in hospitality and professional services, keeping buildings, suppliers and budgets in order for teams of up to 120. Known for calm planning, tidy contracts and clear communication with staff at every level. Looking for an operations or facilities manager role.

Key skills

Budgets and suppliers

Manage a £310,000 facilities budget and 14 supplier contracts; retendered cleaning and catering to save £22,000 a year.

Planning and projects

Led the move of 120 staff to a new office over one weekend, with no lost working days.

People and communication

Line manage a team of four and brief the leadership team monthly on costs, risks and repairs.

Employment

Office and Facilities Manager, Harlow & Pike Solicitors, Norwich January 2021–present

Run the building, health and safety, IT equipment and front of house for 120 staff.

Manage supplier contracts, service levels and renewals in one tracker shared with finance.

Plan fire drills, risk assessments and first aid cover, and keep the records audit-ready.

General Manager, The Granary Hotel, Norwich 2017–2020

Ran a 40-bedroom hotel with 35 staff: rotas, budgets, suppliers and guest complaints.

Assistant Manager, The Granary Hotel, Norwich 2015–2017

Covered reception, events and the restaurant, and trained new staff.

Education and training

IWFM Level 4 Certificate in Facilities Management 2022

IOSH Managing Safely 2021

BA (Hons) Hospitality Management, 2:1, Wensum College of Hospitality 2015

Additional information

Full UK driving licence. Mental health first aider.

Fictional example for an office and facilities manager. Every person and employer in it is invented; replace every detail with your own. Select the page to open it full size.

Before you use it

A combination CV takes more space than a chronological one. If your recent jobs already show the skills the advert wants, the chronological CV says the same thing more directly; if your dates are the weak part, the skills-based CV may suit you better.

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Inside this example

Profile: 47 words here
Key skills: 65 words here
Employment: 101 words here
Education and training: 26 words here
Additional information: 8 words here

How to use this template

Pick three or four skills from the advert

The skills summary should mirror what the employer asks for most. Use the advert's own words for the headings where they are true for you.

Prove each skill once, with a number

Under each skill, one line with a result is enough. The full detail sits in the work history below, where the employer can check the dates.

Keep the history complete

Unlike a skills-based CV, a combination CV still lists every job in date order, so nothing looks hidden.

Don't repeat yourself

If a result appears in the skills summary, use a different example in the job entry, or keep the job entry short.

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.

Help with your next edit

UK CV Format: Choose Your Layout and File Type CV Skills: Lists by Job and How to Prove Each One CV Work Experience: Turn Duties into Evidence