Question:
Cashier Resume any sample ?
I am tweaking my resume today. Just wondering how far back you go on jobs.
I don't really think any potential employer is interested in the fact that I
was a cashier at a grocery store for a few months just out of high school.
I am 23 so that's not going back *too* far. If I just list the jobs since
1997, there are three, including one I am still working part-time at. But
anything before 1997 was a few months at this job, a few at that one.
Cashiers, gas station clerks, dry cleaning attendant. Basically anything to
pay the bills before I had any sort of skill. I just grabbed a resume
writing guide from school, and it really doesn't say much about how far back
to go!
Answer:
-I would say that you should include anything that gave you any type of
experience that might be useful in the type of job you're seeking. For
example, if when you worked in the grocery store, they promoted you to
head cashier, then I would highlight that if you're applying for
something that would require supervisory experience.
Right now, I have three resumes that I keep up to date. My technical
resume which relates to my current career and highlights experiences as
far back as my college internships in my field; my volunteer resume, in
case I should seek another paid position in 4-H; and my retail resume
in case I ever need to get an additional PT job(OK, so I don't keep
this one up to date, but it is on my hard drive from the last time I
was working retail).
-I generally do major listings/explanation of full time jobs ewhich
relate directly to the job or skills and boackground desired, or enhance
their view of me. (Ie I always include my Parliamentary Internship at
the House of Commons at Westminster cause it always looks so foreign and
exciting and unique). Then, I put in a smaller sectin entitled
"Additional work experience" where I list other jobs I've had -- just
job titles, no descriptions or explanations.
For me, this list looks like:
camp counsellor, camp administrator, Blue Jays' ticket taker, box office
assistant, Legislative Page....
That way, they know you've had a lot of varied experience, but these
seemingly un-important jobs (uh, for that application), don't take up
much room on the resume.
