Resume template · Updated October 2026
Resume template for a portfolio career
Short answer
Leslie handles a portfolio career well: the summary names the thread that connects your roles, and the work history follows directly, with each concurrent role marked "Present" and its weekly pattern in the title. The fictional sample is a UK HR professional combining a three-day charity post, a freelance HR practice and evening teaching, applying for one more two-day role.
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Why Leslie suits a portfolio career resume
Leslie prints work experience straight after the summary, so three roles running at the same time are the first thing a reader meets, with the summary above explaining how they fit. The centred blue header adds one touch of colour to an otherwise plain page that suits HR, charity and education employers.
Second choice: Daniel. Daniel prints skills before experience, which helps when the thread across your roles is a skill set rather than one job title.
What goes in each section, in Leslie's order
Leslie 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.
- Professional Summary. This is where a portfolio career makes sense to a reader. Name the thread that ties the roles together (here, HR for small and not-for-profit employers), list the roles in a phrase, and say how much of your week you are offering.
- Work Experience. Each concurrent role gets its own entry ending "Present", with its weekly pattern in the title ("part-time, 3 days a week"). Put the most relevant one first, then the earlier full-time job that built your experience.
- Skills. Choose skills that run through every role instead of listing each role's tools separately. The reader should see one professional, not three part-timers.
- Education. Degree, university and year on one line.
- Certifications. Membership of a professional body is the clearest single proof of standing when your work is split across employers. It prints near the end, so the summary mentions it as well.
- Board and trustee roles. Trustee and board roles are often part of a portfolio. Give the organisation, your committee or responsibility and the dates, in one line each.
The sample resume as text
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Fiona Hartley
HR Business Partner and Employment Relations Consultant
Bristol, UK | fiona.hartley@example.com | 07700 900417 | linkedin.com/in/sample-fiona-hartley
Chartered HR professional with 12 years of experience, now working a portfolio of three roles: a part-time HR business partner post at a housing charity, a freelance HR practice for small businesses and evening teaching at a further education college. Strongest in employee relations, policy and coaching managers through difficult cases. Looking for a second part-time HR role of two days a week.
Experience
HR Business Partner (part-time, 3 days a week), Severnside Housing Trust, Bristol, UK (09/2022 to Present)
- Advise six managers covering 140 staff on recruitment, absence and performance cases.
- Rewrote the absence policy with the union representative; long-term absence cases fell from 14 to 8 within a year.
- Run the annual pay benchmarking review and present it to the board.
Freelance HR Consultant, Hartley People Advice (self-employed), Bristol, UK (04/2021 to Present)
- Provide HR support on retainer to five small businesses with 10 to 60 staff each.
- Wrote staff handbooks and HR policies for three businesses taking on their first employees.
- Carry out disciplinary and grievance investigations as an independent investigator.
Associate Lecturer, HR Management (part-time, one evening a week), Harbourside College, Bristol, UK (09/2023 to Present)
- Teach a weekly evening class on employment relations to 18 adult learners.
- Mark assignments and return written feedback within two weeks.
HR Manager, Clifton Engineering Ltd, Bristol, UK (06/2014 to 03/2021)
- Led a team of three covering HR for 300 staff at two sites.
- Introduced the company's first HR system and moved personnel files online.
Board and trustee roles
- Trustee, Avonmouth Youth Sailing Trust, 2023 to Present: chair the people committee and oversee safeguarding training records.
Education
MA, Human Resource Management, Wessex Metropolitan University (2014)
Certifications
- Chartered Member (Chartered MCIPD), Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (2018)
Skills
Employee relations, Policy writing, Workplace investigations, Pay benchmarking, BreatheHR, Excel, Microsoft Teams, Coaching managers, Teaching adults
How to make the sample yours
Name the thread first
Before writing bullets, finish the sentence "All my roles are about..." and put the answer in the first line of the summary.
State weekly patterns honestly
Write the days or hours a week for each part-time role. An employer hiring you for two days needs to see that your other commitments leave room for them.
Trim roles that do not support the application
A portfolio can include work unrelated to the job, such as weekend retail. Keep it to a one-line entry, or leave it off if the timeline is already full.
Expect the conflict-of-interest question
If your roles overlap (a freelance client could compete with the employer), decide how you would handle it. An employer may ask about your other work before making an offer.
Going back to one full-time job?
Say in the summary that you would wind the portfolio down, move the most relevant role to the top, and cut the others to two bullets each.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- portfolio career
- part-time
- HR business partner
- employee relations
- policy development
- workplace investigations
- absence management
- pay benchmarking
- HR consultancy
- Chartered MCIPD
- trustee
- coaching managers
Mistakes to avoid
- Merging every role into one vague "Consultant" entry, so the reader cannot see who you work for or how much.
- Leaving the weekly pattern out, which leads a reader to assume you are over-committed.
- A summary that lists the roles without saying what connects them.
- Using a label such as "portfolio careerist" in the headline. Use the professional title the employer is hiring for.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
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.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
Frequently asked questions
What is a portfolio career?
Working several part-time, freelance or board roles at the same time instead of one full-time job. The roles often share a theme, such as one profession practised for different kinds of organisation.
How do I show several jobs at once on a resume?
Give each one its own entry with "Present" as the end date and its weekly pattern in the title. The summary explains how they fit together.
Should freelance work sit alongside employed roles?
Yes, as its own entry under your trading name or "Self-employed", with the kind of clients you serve and the work you do for them.
Do trustee and board roles count?
Yes. They are unpaid but show governance experience and judgment. List them in their own section with the organisation, your responsibility and the dates.
Will an employer read a portfolio career as a lack of commitment?
Some might. A clear thread in the summary and honest weekly patterns show that the mix is planned and that you have time for the role you are applying for.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Leslie PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 6 section headings and all 10 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.