United Kingdom
A UK CV that clears the applicant tracking system and the hiring manager.
In the UK the document is a CV, it usually runs to two pages, and it opens with a personal statement rather than an objective. DraftlyCV writes to those conventions and checks the result against the advert you are answering.
- • Two-page structure with a short personal statement up top.
- • UK spelling and DD/MM date conventions throughout.
- • Pounds and percentages on every quantified achievement.
- • No photo or date of birth, in line with UK equal-opportunity practice.
- • Free ATS score against the advert before you send it.
Structuring a British CV
Personal statement: three or four lines naming the role you want and your strongest proof.
Key skills: a short block of the hard skills named in the advert.
Career history: reverse chronological, achievements before duties.
Education and qualifications, including grades where they are recent and strong.
Getting past UK screening software
Large UK employers and most agencies parse CVs automatically before a human looks.
Standard headings — Personal Statement, Key Skills, Career History, Education — parse most reliably.
Mirror the advert's exact wording for tools and qualifications.
Avoid tables, headers, footers, and text boxes, which routinely fail extraction.
Frequently asked questions
Two pages is the norm. One page is fine for graduates and first jobs.
Yes, a short three or four line statement at the top is standard in the UK.
No. Photos and dates of birth are left off.
Yes, paste any English-language advert and it scores your CV against it.