Re: Boilerplate resume items for otherwise uninspiring jobs

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Maybe ask the kid about any special types of POS (point of sale, people!)
devices they have used (some cash registers are fairly complicated to use),
stress trustworthiness (i.e. average daily cash handled), handling credit
card transactions if the magnetic swipe machine is down, handling
refunds/customer service type stuff, other computer experience, experience
with setting up displays (both in-store and in the windows), presentation of
merchandise, handling shipping/recieving of goods, etc.

If I were looking to hire minimum wage retail help, these are the things I'd
be interested in (plus showing up on time and working the hours they are
paid for). I don't even know that I'd look at resumes, although showing up
with one would probably impress me more than showing up for the cattle call
without one.

-Wendy

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Rob Hudson <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm both teaching resumes and writing them for some folks I know who are
> having some difficult economic times. My biggest problem is that their
> experience is generally of the minimum wage retail variety. So, I'm
> looking for some key phrases and general descriptions that I can apply
> as bullets for their work experience.
>
> Of course, I intend to tailor these line items with their particular
> experience, but I'm struggling to massage reality without being
> completely unreal.
>
> If you operated a cash register, counted, and closed out the drawer at
> the end of the night, what's the best way to express this effectively
> without inflating?
>
> I'd like to share some of these effective statements with my students
> and those people whom I'm helping to get -- any job.
>
> Rob
>
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