Tesco CV: Applying for a Customer Assistant Role in the UK

• Availability – early, daytime and late shifts, weekends and bank holidays, in one line.
• Right to work – a short statement if you are not a UK or Irish citizen; the check happens at interview.
• Customer service – any counter, checkout or hospitality experience, with a number attached.
• Reliability – attendance and length of service, because turnover is what store managers are measured on.

UK CVs run to two pages and carry no photo, no date of birth and no marital status. Order: name and contact details (phone, email, town and postcode), a short personal statement, work history in reverse-chronological order, education and qualifications, then two referees – or referees available on request, which is acceptable in the UK where it is not in Australia.

• Served 200+ customers per shift on a busy checkout, keeping queue times under three minutes.
• Replenished and faced up three aisles before opening, working to a 7am deadline.
• Handled refunds, substitutions and online order queries at the customer service desk.
• Trained two new colleagues on the till and self-service checkouts during the Christmas period.

Food hygiene level 2, personal licence or SIA if you hold one, first aid, forklift or counterbalance tickets, and any experience with self-service tills or handheld stock devices. Language skills help in urban stores. Where a role needs a DBS check, the employer arranges it, so you do not need to state anything unless asked.