CV template for Ireland (Irish CV format)

Meridian is black and grey with thin rules and no shading, close to SETU's checklist advice to avoid colours other than division lines, along with tables, photos and borders. Skills print above experience, so SQL, Python and Power BI are read before the jobs.

Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta moves education up to sit straight after work experience; pick it if your degree and its classification are your strongest point.

Meridian template details and test results

Meridian prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.

1. Professional Summary. SETU suggests a profile of no more than three sentences on your current situation, your career plans and the job in front of you. If a visa applies to you, SETU says to state your visa status; a clause here covers it.
2. Skills. SETU asks you to show the level of a skill ("proficient in", "fluent in"), so give one for each language and key tool. EURES notes language skills matter especially if English is not your first language.
3. Work Experience. Most recent job first, as EURES and SETU both advise, with start and end dates and the employer named. EURES counts volunteering as experience, so a long-running volunteer role can sit here.
4. Education. Full award title, the institution's full name, and start and end dates for each. SETU suggests including the degree classification (for example 2:1) if it is good, and summarising qualifications from before the degree.
5. Referees. SETU's checklist asks for two referees, one academic and one from work, with job titles and contact details, and expects you to have asked them and sent them your CV and the job specification.

The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.

Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.

• data analysis
• SQL
• Python
• pandas
• Power BI
• data visualisation
• ETL pipelines
• data quality
• stakeholder reporting
• Excel
• statistical modelling

• Heading the page "Curriculum Vitae"; SETU says your name is the heading.
• Signing and dating the CV, which SETU's checklist says not to do.
• Carrying a photo, date of birth or nationality over from another country's format.
• Listing referees without asking them, or with no work referee once you have held a job.

We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.

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We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.

1. EURES (European Commission and the public employment services): Living and working conditions: Ireland (Your CV should be one to two pages long; include personal details, education with dates and places, work experience most recent first including volunteering, language skills and interests; supply a photograph only if a form requests it.)
2. South East Technological University, Careers Development Centre: CV Checklist (Do not include "Curriculum Vitae", date of birth, marital status, nationality or gender, and do not sign it; include visa status and driving licence status if applicable; no more than 2 or 2.5 pages; no photo; degree classification; two referees, one academic and one work, with job titles and contact details.)