CV templates by post

CV Templates: Worked Examples, Post by Post A companion to Get Shortlisted · 2026 edition
Most CV templates show you a layout. This one shows you the words.
This is a collection of seven complete, worked CVs for real South African public service posts each one written from start to finish the way shortlisting panels actually read and score. Not blank frameworks. Full examples, with the professional statement written, the duties phrased, and the keywords panels scan for already in place.
Each template comes with a tailoring tip — the one thing that matters most for that post — so you know exactly what to change when you adapt it to your own experience.
The seven posts covered:
Data Capturer / Administrative Clerk (Salary Level 4–5)
Human Resource Officer (Salary Level 7–8)
Finance Officer / Clerk (Salary Level 7)
Supply Chain Management Practitioner (Salary Level 7–8)
Social Worker (OSD)
Professional Nurse (OSD)
Educator, Post Level 1
Every example speaks the language of the post: PERSAL and the PMDS for HR, BAS and the PFMA for finance, OSD requirements for social work and nursing. The terms panels look for are already where they should be.
How to use it: find the post closest to yours, replace the example's details with your own, follow the tailoring tip, and you have a CV that reads like it was written for the job — because it was.
Format: editable Microsoft Word document (.docx). Download it, adapt it, and keep it for every application that follows.
Works best alongside Get Shortlisted, which explains the thinking behind every choice these templates make.