Anyone work in Recruitment/HR for the Civil Service? Have a question about an application

[Skippetydoodah]

I don't know if I'm just being a bit thick, but I can't work out what you're supposed to put in the CV section - it says 'employment history and dates' but do they just want a short list of where I've worked, job title and dates, or do I basically cut and paste my CV so that it shows my responsibilities / achievements etc? It's just a text box with no formatting, so the bullet points etc I would usually use to set it out nicely aren't available, and it just looks like a tonne of text if I'm going for full CV info!

I can see from the guidance that there is a lot more emphasis on demonstrating competencies via your personal statement to be selected for interview than I'm used to in the private sector, so I'm wondering if the normal info you would include on a CV isn't required because of this.

Thank you :)

Are you using the Civil Service Jobs external website? Does it give you the option to attach a soft copy of your CV? If so attach the file and include the very basics in the unformattable text box.

Just a tip for the text box, type up the CV summary info you want to include using MS Word first, read through it and do your grammar and spell checks in Word then when you're happy, copy and paste. It's just a whole lot easier than trying to see what you're doing in a tiny little text box

They obviously don't believe in usability testing their website!

I know it's a pain but in my experience (Recruitment) if there is an application form then they want you to use it. If you put in brief details and someone else is more thorough then they well come across as more experienced than you.

I put in a brief overview of each role in bullet points

I say brief- it was 8-10 bullet points per role and just covered the past 10 years.