Combination CV (Hybrid CV)

The combination CV takes the best of the two classic formats. From the functional CV it borrows a strong opening: a summary and a short “key skills” or “selected achievements” block that shows at a glance what you bring. From the chronological CV it keeps a full work history, newest role first, with employers, titles and dates. A typical order is:

1. Contact details and a short summary.
2. Key skills or three to five headline achievements.
3. Experience, newest first, with bullet points.
4. Education, certificates, languages and extras.

A combination CV helps when your most relevant strengths aren't in your latest job title: career changers can lead with transferable skills, and specialists can put their core technical skills where a recruiter sees them first. Because the timeline stays intact, recruiters and applicant tracking systems still find each role with its dates. The main risk is length — keep the top block short, and don't repeat the same achievement in both places. Tailor that block to each posting; the timeline below can stay the same.

In Twin CV, your summary goes in About me and your skills in Skills. In the design Options, Section order lets you put skills or projects right under your summary in one-column designs; in two-column designs skills stay in the side column, already next to your experience. Try your CV in different designs and keep the one that reads best.