Re: Boilerplate resume items for otherwise uninspiring jobs

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Successfully handled ___ customer issues over __ period of time resulting in
a satisfaction survey rating of ___%.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:30 AM, voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> 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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