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Cashier resume example

A resume for a Cashier needs to show the work itself: receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Day to day that means work like this: receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits; greet customers entering establishments. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Checker
  • Sales Associate
  • Store Clerk
  • Cage Cashier
  • Center Aisle Cashier
  • Central Aisle Cashier
  • Customer Assistant
  • Store Attendant
  • Toll Collector
  • Cash Register Op
  • Toll Booth Op
  • Toll Bridge Op
  • Auction Clerk
  • Bottle Booth Attendant
  • Box Office Attendant
  • Bridge Toll Collector
  • Cash Checker
  • Cash Office Worker

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
  • Greet customers entering establishments.
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
  • Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
  • Monitor checkout stations to ensure they have adequate cash available and are staffed appropriately.
  • Establish or identify prices of goods, services, or admission, and tabulate bills, using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
  • Answer incoming phone calls.
  • Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
  • Request information or assistance, using paging systems.
  • Help customers find the location of products.
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
  • Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas, and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.

28 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Greet customers entering establishments, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Accounting software
  • AFEXDirect
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Database software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Handheld computer device software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Point of sale POS software
  • ReliaSoft Prism

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • 10-key calculators
  • Belt conveyors
  • Cardboard balers
  • Cash registers
  • Credit card readers
  • Desktop computers
  • Electronic cash registers
  • Electronic food scales
  • Electronic funds transfer EFT terminals
  • Food scales
  • Gas pump controllers
  • Handheld bar code scanners

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Service Orientation
  2. 02Active Listening
  3. 03Social Perceptiveness
  4. 04Speaking

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • English Language
  • Sales and Marketing

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 44%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
  • 37%Less than a High School Diploma
  • 9%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Cashier do?
Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Day to day that includes work like receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits and Greet customers entering establishments.
What skills should a Cashier put on a resume?
O*NET rates Service Orientation, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, and Speaking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Cashier list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Accounting software, AFEXDirect, Bookkeeping software, Database software, and Electronic medical record EMR software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Cashier work?
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Checker, Sales Associate, Store Clerk, and Cage Cashier. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Cashier need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 44% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Cashier role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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