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Fitness and Wellness Coordinator resume example

A resume for a Fitness and Wellness Coordinator needs to show the work itself: manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Day to day that means work like this: maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports; develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services. 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.

  • Fitness and Wellness Director
  • Fitness Coordinator
  • Fitness Director
  • Clinical and Wellness Programs Manager
  • Fitness Center Manager
  • Group Fitness Manager
  • GFM
  • Wellness and Coaching Manager
  • Wellness Director
  • Wellness Programs Director
  • EAP Wellness Coordinator
  • Campus Wellness Coordinator
  • Certified Wellness Program Coordinator
  • Certified Wellness Program Manager
  • City Wellness Coordinator
  • Corporate Fitness Program Coordinator
  • Corporate Wellness Coordinator
  • County Public Health Wellness Coordinator

O*NET records 38 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.

  • Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
  • Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
  • Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs.
  • Manage or oversee fitness or recreation facilities, ensuring safe and clean facilities and equipment.
  • Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
  • Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
  • Conduct or facilitate training sessions or seminars for wellness and fitness staff.
  • Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.
  • Prepare or implement budgets and strategic, operational, purchasing, or maintenance plans.
  • Evaluate fitness and wellness programs to determine their effectiveness.
  • Develop fitness or wellness classes, such as yoga, aerobics, strength training, or aquatics, ensuring a diversity of class offerings.
  • Demonstrate proper operation of fitness equipment, such as resistance machines, cardio machines, free weights, or fitness assessment devices.

24 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.

  • Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Manage or oversee fitness or recreation facilities, ensuring safe and clean facilities and equipment, 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.

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Airtable
  • Email software
  • Google Workspace software
  • MicroFit HealthWizard
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle HRIS
  • Payroll software

16 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

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

  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Automatic blood pressure cuffs
  • Body fat calipers
  • Computer laser printers
  • Elliptical trainers
  • Emergency medical aid kits
  • Exercise treadmills
  • Free weights
  • Height measurement rulers
  • Laptop computers
  • Lower body weight machines
  • Manual blood pressure cuffs

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • supervise employees
  • hire personnel

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. 01Speaking
  2. 02Active Listening
  3. 03Coordination
  4. 04Service Orientation
  5. 05Social Perceptiveness
  6. 06Critical Thinking
  7. 07Reading Comprehension
  8. 08Management of Personnel Resources
  9. 09Writing
  10. 10Active Learning

Knowledge areas

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

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Education and Training
  • Administration and Management
  • English Language
  • Administrative
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Psychology

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.

  • 50%Master's Degree
  • 42%Bachelor's Degree
  • 4%High School Diploma, or the equivalent

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Common questions

What does a Fitness and Wellness Coordinator do?
Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Day to day that includes work like maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports and Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
What skills should a Fitness and Wellness Coordinator put on a resume?
O*NET rates Speaking, Active Listening, Coordination, Service Orientation, and Social Perceptiveness 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 Fitness and Wellness Coordinator list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Acrobat, Airtable, Email software, Google Workspace software, and MicroFit HealthWizard. 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 Fitness and Wellness Coordinator work?
O*NET records 38 titles for this occupation, including Fitness and Wellness Director, Fitness Coordinator, Fitness Director, and Clinical and Wellness Programs Manager. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Fitness and Wellness Coordinator need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 50% reported their level of education as "Master's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Fitness and Wellness Coordinator 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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