Cashier Resume Sample

When applying for a cashier position, it is vital to remember that you are not just applying to work a cash register. The cashier position encompasses many different responsibilities including but not limited to customer service, merchandising, product knowledge, basic accounting, and even training.

That is why it is important to not just emphasize your cash register abilities, but your comprehensive knowledge of retail as well. If you follow the above resume sample, you are sure to get the attention of hiring managers.

A quick DISCLAIMER: The above sample is from a candidate who has set their sights on making retail their career. It’s ok if your credentials don’t exactly match up with theirs because there are still ways to make your resume turn heads.

Here are some steps that you can use to make your professional cashier resume the cream of the crop:

1. Spice up your resume objective

Use a resume objective (or career objective) to showcase your knowledge, skills, and abilities that make you the perfect candidate for the position. In the above sample, the applicant starts by stating their years of experience and pertinent traits that are proven throughout the resume. It’s a good idea to list skills that you can prove or quantify later on in the professional experience section. In this example, the applicant focuses on:

– “…excellent customer service, handling daily accounts and maintaining inventory.”

These are all extremely relevant skills in the retail industry. Next, the applicant continues by describing what qualities they will use to help the company. The applicant sheds light on their “in-depth knowledge of customer satisfaction and vast retail experience.” Once again, the applicant uses provable qualities that will make the hiring manager’s mouth begin to water. Finally, the applicant states their educational degree.

When it comes to the retail industry, it’s acceptable not to have a retail degree. Many of the skills necessary to be an outstanding retail employee can be learned through experience on the job. Just having a degree helps to demonstrate your work ethic.

However, the applicant does state that they have a National Professional Certification in Customer Service and are bilingual in English and Chinese. This is the cherry to top off your cashier career objective. As mentioned before, an effective cashier must be a master of customer service and this applicant demonstrates just that with their certification.

In addition, being bilingual is becoming increasingly sought after in the retail industry. While many hiring managers prefer Spanish, Chinese has also become a useful language to know as Chinese tourists are becoming regulars at department stores and shopping malls.

2. Professional Experience: Prove your skills

The best way to demonstrate and prove your skills to a hiring manager is by quantifying it with measurable stats. The sample above is chalked full of them. Let’s take a look.

– Meticulously handle high volume sales of $25,000+ on a daily basis.

– Operate POS cash register, and balance cash drawers often containing $100,000

For cashier resumes, it is quite easy to add $ quantifiers. Additionally, there are ways to quantify your cashier resume. Here are some questions you should ask yourself:

• How much money do you handle in your cash register on a daily basis?
• What are your average sales figures?
• How many transactions do you complete during a normal shift?
• How many people have you trained?
• How many customers do you deal with on a daily basis?

These are important questions to ask yourself when coming up with strategies to quantify your resume. As you can see in the above sample, the applicant made good use of the sales figures in their resume. If you were a hiring manager, which would you prefer?

– “Meticulously handle high volume sales of $25,000+ on a daily basis.”

– “Handle big ticket purchases on a daily basis.”

I think the choice is obvious.

Not sure which resume format to choose? Read our resume format guide to help you decide.

3. Additional Skills: Relevance is Key

The additional skills section is a great way to conclude your resume with some applicable skills. Our applicant makes great use of the additional skills section by mentioning their proficiencies in Microsoft Office, Oracle, and AccuPOS. Make a special note of AccuPOS. Cash registers these days are becoming progressively more hi-tech, so knowledge of the POS software is highly desired.

An easy way to impress a hiring manager and showoff your knowledge is to mention the POS software that you have used in the past.

4. Highlight Key Points With Adjectives

Using adjectives is one of the best ways to make your achievements and key skills stand out even more to the hiring manager.

Our experts have compiled some of the best adjectives for retail positions below:

Adept	Cheerful	Energetic	Professional
Amicable	Courteous	Harmonious	Profitable
Attentive	Dependable	Honest	Punctual
Charming	Earnest	Pleasant	Smooth

 

Just make sure you check out our detailed resume adjectives list for details on how to properly use them to enhance your resume.

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