Ensure your CV layout is structured to best highlight your unique experience and life situation.

Consuting CV Template (Text Format)

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Innovative and highly organised professional with 6+ years of experience delivering consulting and strategic services to SMEs and FTSE 100 companies. Proven track record of identifying changes that improve efficiency and increase revenue. Seeking a Senior Consultant role in Genesis Consulting to deliver results for corporate clients.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Somerset Consulting, Bath • Senior Consultant
Dec 2020–Present

  • Develop annual budget frameworks and goals with 70+ clients, increasing annual revenue by an average of 10%
  • Create annual reports for clients by evaluating progress in existing areas and giving recommendations for future growth
  • Introduced quarterly strategy check-ins with clients and senior stakeholders, improving client satisfaction by 8%
  • Reviewed process flows with the production team for a FTSE 100 company and recommended changes that improved operational efficiency by 35% over 3 months

Avon Advisors, Bristol • Consultant
Jun 2016–Nov 2020

  • Evaluated diverse client organisational systems to identify workflow, communication, and resource utilisation
  • Conducted interviews, surveys, and research within client businesses to understand the company needs and gain insights to inform recommendations
  • Advised on revenue models, process flows, operations support, and customer engagement strategies
  • Developed 100+ detailed roadmaps of action items and project goals for clients
  • Implemented system of monthly reporting and analysis across budgeting and planning, reducing overspend by 50%

EDUCATION

University of Bristol, Bristol (2013–2016)
BA (Hons) Business Management, upper second-class honours (2:1)

Relevant Modules:
Managing Systems and Operations, Working with Different Cultures, Marketing, Finance, Business Planning, Project Management

Dissertation Topic:
Analysis of risk management in C-suite decisions

KEY SKILLS

  • Management skills: Financial management, business management, and project management skills
  • Communication skills: Client negotiation, engagement, and relationship-building
  • Data skills: Advanced research, quantitative and qualitative data collection, data analysis, presentation, and reporting
  • Business skills: Expert knowledge in supply chain management, human resources, and organisational communications

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

  • Cycling
  • Cooking
  • Gardening

How to write a consulting CV

Before you begin writing, make sure you know how to write a CV in a way that best emphasises your strengths.

As a consultant applying for a new role, your CV needs to communicate how your skill set and knowledge can help clients. And unlike a scheduled consultation, your CV has only seconds to persuade employers to keep reading.

Here are three tips for writing a simple yet effective CV that wins job interviews.

1. Create a persuasive consultant CV personal statement

A personal statement at the top of your CV is a great way to showcase the key information you want your future employer to know about you — particularly what distinguishes you from the other consultants who’ve applied for the role.

Using three or four sentences to write your CV personal statement makes it easy for the employer to read.

You can break the personal statement down into three core components:

  • a statement about who you are
  • the highlights of your skills and experience
  • your goals for your future role in the company

Here’s an example of a consulting CV personal statement that successfully describes what the applicant can do for a company:

Innovative and highly organised professional with 5+ years of experience delivering consulting and strategic services to SMEs and FTSE 100 companies. Proven track record of identifying changes that improve efficiency and increase revenue. Seeking a Senior Consultant role in Genesis Consulting to deliver positive results for corporate clients.

2. Showcase your consulting CV skills

Being a consultant is a complex job. Your clients come to you with a range of questions and problems, all of which take a unique set of skills to solve. So show employers what you’ve got to offer by demonstrating the key skills on your CV for a consultant role.

Your technical skills, also called hard skills, are the specific skills you use when solving problems for your clients. You’ll have developed your hard skills through training, previous experience, and continuous professional development.

Here are some examples of hard skills employers are looking for in their consulting applicants:

  • Analysis of business frameworks, strategies, or finances
  • Qualitative data handling, including observations, surveys, and interviews
  • Development of business plans, information systems, policies, and operational procedures
  • Preparation of research and management reports

By contrast, soft skills show how you relate to your clients, colleagues, or team members. As a consultant, you need exceptional soft skills so people can feel comfortable talking to you about any issues they’re facing, and to be able to process and understand the advice you offer.

Here are examples of soft skills you can add to your consulting CV:

  • Problem-solving
  • Active listening
  • Communication skills
  • Conflict management
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Public speaking
  • Leadership skills

Also, back up your soft skills in your work experience section so your target employer can see how these skills helped you achieve results in your previous roles.

Here are some examples of consulting CV work experience bullet points emphasising the candidate’s communication skills:

Example of CV bullet points highlighting a consultant's communication skills
  • Introduced quarterly strategy check-ins with clients and senior stakeholders, improving client satisfaction by 8%
  • Conducted interviews, surveys, and research within client businesses to understand the company’s needs and gain insights to inform recommendations

If you’re a member of the Institute of Consulting or hold additional qualifications in the field, showcase these qualifications alongside your consulting skills so employers know you’re professionally qualified to be a consultant.

3. Leverage your consulting work experience

‘Consultant’ is a broad term. You may have worked as a mentor, a coach, or a facilitator for people and businesses in different niches.

So when you’re developing your work experience on your CV, leverage your most relevant work history to show why you’d be a great candidate for your next employer. And if you’re making a career change to the consultancy sector, use your work experience from other fields to demonstrate the skills you’d apply to your new consultancy role.

Most HR managers expect your CV to be laid out in chronological order, with your current or most recent position first. To meet HR standards, clearly lay out your job titles, company names, and start and finish dates so employers can skim through to sections that catch their interest.

If you’ve got several years of relevant experience, use your consulting CV to showcase your most important roles and achievements. Leave out roles from more than 10 years ago and those from unrelated fields so employers can concentrate on reading your most relevant experience.

For each of the positions you list on your CV, list 4–6 bullet points that show skills or achievements that would be an asset in your new role. Start your bullet points with powerful action verbs, and quantify your impact with hard numbers wherever possible.

Here are some examples of how an experienced consultant conveys their work experience on their CV:

A consulting CV work experience section describing the applicant's experience as a senior consultant using two detailed bullet points
Use keywords from the job advert to write your CV for a consulting role.

Instead of writing your CV by yourself, you could also do it with some help by using an online CV maker that guides you step by step through the CV writing process — create a cover letter too to complete your application.

Samuel Johns
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Samuel Johns

Samuel Johns is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), recruiting manager, and lead career counsellor on the CV Genius team, with almost 5 years of experience in the career space. He has helped countless job hunters craft high-quality CVs and cover letters, exceed expectations at interviews, and obtain their dream jobs. Born and raised in County Durham in the beautiful North East of England, he graduated with a BA (Hons) in French Language and Literature from the University of Bristol in 2013 and has worked in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, London, Paris, and Taipei as a French–English translator. He’s determined to use his native English and fluent French skills to help UK and French candidates get the jobs they deserve. In addition to the British and French versions of CV Genius, Samuel’s job-hunt advice has been published on numerous websites, including Careers.org, the University of Warwick, the Enterprisers Project, and HR.com. If you’d like to collaborate, please reach out to Samuel through LinkedIn. Please note, we don’t accept guest posts and won’t reply to such requests.