Cashier Resume: Example, Skills and Bullet Points

1. Contact details: name, phone, professional email, city and state, and a LinkedIn URL if it is up to date. No photo, date of birth or other personal details: US employers don’t expect them.
2. A professional summary of two or three sentences.
3. Work experience, most recent first, with bullet points that show results, not just duties.
4. Register experience: POS systems, payment types and transactions per shift, with numbers where you can.
5. Availability, such as evenings, weekends or holidays, in the summary if it is a strength.
6. Education: your high school or current school. For a first job, place it above experience.

Store managers read cashier resumes in seconds. Put your strongest proof of reliability first: years at the same store, balanced drawers, or being trusted to open and close.

Change the store type, numbers and systems to yours. If this is your first job, replace experience with what you can show: “High school senior, treasurer of the student council, available after 3 p.m. and on weekends.”

Under each job, write three to five bullets that start with an action verb and say what changed because of your work. The numbers below are examples: use your own.

If you don’t have exact figures, describe the result without one, or use a range you could explain in an interview.

• Cash handling, making change and balancing the drawer
• POS systems: NCR, Square, Toast, Clover or a store’s own system
• Card, mobile wallet, gift card and EBT payments
• Returns, exchanges, coupons and price checks
• ID checks for alcohol and tobacco sales
• Bagging, restocking and keeping the checkout area clean
• Quick mental math and attention to detail

• High school diploma or GED, or the school you attend and your expected graduation year.
• Food handler card, if you apply to a grocery store, deli or café in a state or county that requires one.
• Responsible alcohol sales training, such as TIPS or a state-approved seller course, if you have it and the store sells alcohol.
• Under 18? Some states require a work permit for minors. Check with your school or your state labor department.

Managers hiring cashiers know many applicants are starting out. What they want to see is that you are dependable, honest with money and comfortable talking to people. Any of these can show it:

• Volunteering where you handled money or served people: a school fundraiser, food bank, church or community event.
• Informal jobs: babysitting, pet sitting, lawn care, helping in a family business.
• School: good attendance, a club role such as treasurer, a sports team that practiced every day.