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IT recruiter CV: example and template

This example is for IT recruiters at software houses, product companies, recruitment agencies and HR teams of technology firms, and for recruiters from other industries and IT people who want to move into recruitment.

The employer wants to know which roles you hire for, how you find candidates, how many processes you have closed, how fast and how well you understand the technology. We show you how to describe this on your CV with numbers.

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Example CV: IT recruiter

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Martyna Kowalewska

IT recruiter

Krakow, hybrid work +48 123 456 789 martyna.kowalewska@example.com linkedin.com/in/mkowalewska

Professional profile

IT recruiter with 5 years of experience at a recruitment agency and a product company. I hire backend, frontend and mobile developers, DevOps and QA engineers, from juniors to team leads. In 2025 I closed 48 processes with an average time to hire of 31 days, source on LinkedIn and GitHub and work with 12 hiring managers.

Work experience

IT recruiter

03.2022 - present

Product company, retail software, Krakow

  • 48 processes closed in 2025: developers, DevOps, QA and team leads.
  • Average time to hire cut from 45 to 31 days.
  • Sourcing on LinkedIn Recruiter and GitHub, about 60 phone screens a month.
  • Role profiles and job ads prepared with technical managers.
  • Running processes in the ATS and recruitment funnel reports for HR.

Recruitment consultant

06.2020 - 02.2022

Recruitment agency, Krakow

  • IT hiring for 8 clients in finance and e-commerce.
  • CV screening and first interviews.
  • Negotiating offers with candidates.

Education

Master's degree, psychology in management

2015 - 2020

Pedagogical University of Krakow

Skills

  • Sourcing on LinkedIn and GitHub
  • IT hiring from junior to lead
  • Screening and candidate assessment
  • ATS systems
  • Offer negotiation
  • Basics of web technologies

Certificates and courses

  • LinkedIn Certified Professional Recruiter, 2022
  • IT basics for recruiters course, 2021

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Running the company's recruitment channel on LinkedIn

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write an IT recruiter CV

Professional summary

Write which IT roles you hire for, at which company or agency and what your results are: the number of closed processes and time to hire. Add how you find candidates, because in IT most people do not respond to job ads. Mention your understanding of technology, because candidates and managers check it quickly.

Recruiter with 2 years of experience hiring for sales and customer service, after an IT basics course for recruiters. I source on LinkedIn and have closed my first 5 processes for testers and analysts. I am looking for work as an IT recruiter.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe roles, the number of processes, time to hire, candidate sources and your work with managers. Show metrics, for example offer acceptance rate or time to first interview. Add employer branding if you take part in it.

Weaker: IT recruitment.

Better: 48 processes closed in 2025: developers, DevOps, QA and team leads.

Weaker: Faster hiring.

Better: Average time to hire cut from 45 to 31 days.

Weaker: Sourcing.

Better: Sourcing on LinkedIn Recruiter and GitHub, about 60 phone screens a month.

Skills worth listing

List sourcing, assessment methods, the ATS, negotiation and technology knowledge. In your soft skills show persistence, building relationships with candidates and conversations with demanding managers.

Professional skills

  • Sourcing
  • IT recruitment
  • Candidate assessment
  • ATS
  • Negotiation
  • Technology knowledge

Personal skills

  • Persistence
  • Relationship building
  • Communication
  • Organisation
  • Resilience to rejection

Certificates and courses

List recruitment certificates and IT basics courses. Knowing technical terms helps in conversations with candidates and is often checked at interview.

IT recruiter CV with no experience

Describe recruitment in other industries, HR or sales work, because recruitment is also selling an offer. Add an IT basics course.

Start at a recruitment agency or as a researcher. It is a quick way to your first IT processes.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A product company looks for work with managers and employer branding, an agency for many clients and pace, and a software house for high volume hiring and sourcing abroad. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on an IT recruiter CV

Questions and answers

What should an IT recruiter put on a CV?

Roles, the number of processes, time to hire, candidate sources, the ATS, work with managers and technology knowledge.

Does an IT recruiter need to code?

No, but they must understand basic terms, technologies and the differences between roles.

How do you become an IT recruiter with no experience?

Through recruitment in other industries, a recruitment agency or a researcher role and an IT basics course.

Which metrics should go on the CV?

The number of closed processes, time to hire and offer acceptance rate.

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