CV template for experienced professionals: how to show three to seven years
A CV template for experienced professionals, three to seven years into work, has a different job from a junior one: showing the size of what you own, giving the room to what matters and still fitting on one page. Here is the template in Word, ready for ATS filters, how to fill in each part and how to tailor it to each job.
The Word template, and why it beats the CV you have always had
A free Word file: page one is the template to fill in, page two a filled-in example and page three, how to tailor it. It is for anyone three to seven years into work. If you have less, the junior CV template suits you better.
The example is Hannah, a buyer with five years in retail. Her usual CV runs to two pages, with a list of “duties” under every job and not a single number. In this template it fits on one: same person, same jobs, what changes is how it is told.
There is a technical reason too: ATS filters, the systems that receive your CV when you apply. They pull out the text and let recruiters search with the words of their ad. If they cannot read you or you lack those words, you do not show up (this is how they work). Getting through takes three things:
That they can read you
One page, one column, ordinary headings and no icons, tables or bars. This template already does that.
That each part says what they look for
How you write the profile, the experience and the rest. That is what comes below.
That it is written for that job
Deciding what gets the room for each job: the step almost nobody takes, and the most important.
At the top: the profile, what you are and what you own
It is the two lines at the top, the first thing anyone reads. A few years in, saying what you are is not enough: you have to say how big it is. They have three jobs:
What you are today
Your role the way job ads say it, and your specialism: “Buyer”, not your department's in-house title.
How long, and where
“Five years in retail distribution” places you in half a line.
What you own
A team, a budget, a portfolio, some markets: that is what sets your CV apart from a junior's.
What to leave out
“Results-driven professional with over five years of experience.” Everybody writes it and it says nothing.
In the example: “Buyer with five years in retail distribution. I run international buying for a homeware chain end to end, from negotiating with suppliers to replenishing stores in SAP, and what I do best is bringing purchase costs down without changing supplier.”
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Create accountExperience: the size of what you own
A list of duties says what your contract said, not what you did. Each bullet has to say what you did, how big it was and what changed. Size means how many: suppliers, clients, people, stores or pounds. Before and after:
What you own
Not “management of domestic and international suppliers”. Instead: “manage 14 suppliers across Asia and Europe, worth £5m a year; in 2025 renegotiated their terms and cut purchase costs by 7%”.
A project
Not “liaising with logistics”. Instead: “ran a sea freight tender for imports from China between three carriers: we now pay 11% less per container and stock arrives a week earlier”.
Who you train
If you train or manage anyone, say it with the number: “train and review the work of the team's two purchasing assistants”. It is the first thing anyone checks for a bigger role.
Add a context line under the company if nobody knows it: “Homeware retail chain with 85 stores across the UK and Ireland”. One condition: the numbers have to be true. An invented one collapses at the first interview question, and an AI will add one if you let it.
Can't get them to read like this? BeSuix asks what you did and how big it was, and writes each bullet using only what is true. Free to try.
Create accountRoom for what matters, and all on one page
Five years in, you have more to tell than fits, so not every job gets the same room:
Your current job, the most
Four or five bullets, the best first.
The one before, just enough
Two bullets, the ones closest to what you are applying for. Never more than your current job.
Internships and summer jobs go
They have done their job. If one is relevant to the role, a single line.
Education, in one line
Degree, university and years. No grades, no dissertation, no A levels and none of the filler courses.
One page, one column
Five years still fit: what does not fit is what that job cares about least.
What matters most: tailoring it to each job
With all this your CV is well made, but a template is the base, not the CV you send. A few years in, tailoring it means deciding which experience gets the room and what goes first. Here is how Hannah's changes for three jobs:
International Buyer
It asks for negotiation, sourcing from Asia and Incoterms. The template's CV already fits: the 14 suppliers and the China freight tender go first, with the Incoterms certificate in view.
Demand Planner
It asks for SAP, forecasting and stock. Planning the 1,200 product lines moves to the top with the stock-outs, Power BI goes to the front of her tools and the profile reads: “Buyer with five years in retail distribution and a focus on stock: I plan replenishment in SAP for a chain of 85 stores.”
Buyer at a manufacturer
It asks for UK suppliers, technical products and savings. Her previous job gains weight: the £50,000 saving opens it and the profile reads: “Buyer with five years across industrial distribution and retail: I started buying electrical products from UK suppliers and today run a chain's international buying.”
All three are true: what changes is what goes first and in which words, and nothing you have never touched goes in. By hand it takes about twenty minutes per job, so almost nobody does it.
Which is why BeSuix exists
Tailoring by hand pays most and is what nobody feels like doing, and ChatGPT has a basic problem: it does not know you, so it fills the gaps with stock phrases. BeSuix does the process for you:
It gets to know you once
You upload this template filled in (or your CV) and Iris, its AI, asks about what is missing. Once, for every job.
It tells you if the job is worth it
You paste a job ad and it tells you honestly how well you fit and what is missing.
It asks about that job
If the job asks for something you might have, it asks you before writing.
It writes the CV for it
A one-column PDF an ATS can read, tailored to that job and with nothing invented.
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Frequently asked questions
Can a CV with five years of experience be two pages long?
It can, but it rarely needs to. With three to seven years everything that matters fits on one; a second page only if you fill at least half of it with what that job asks for.
What do I do with internships and my first jobs?
Take them out, unless they are relevant to the job. If one stays, a single line with the role, the company and the dates.
What if I do not have results in numbers?
Give the size: how many suppliers, clients, people or stores you handled. And if a number is not true, leave it out.
What if I was promoted at the same company?
The company once, with each role underneath and its own dates, the current one on top. The promotion shows at a glance.
Will this template get through ATS filters?
It is built so an ATS reads it cleanly: one column, real text, no tables. Whether you show up depends on what you write and on using the job ad's words.
Can I open the template in Google Docs?
Yes. It is an ordinary Word file with no tables or text boxes. To send it, export it to PDF and check the text can be selected.
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