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How to Format a Supermarket Cashier Resume

After you identify a potential job opportunity, it’s time to learn how to describe a supermarket cashier job on a resume. Your resume can be organized into one of three resume formats: chronological, hybrid or functional resume.

Use a chronological resume if you have over 10 years of customer service or retail experience. Use a combination resume if you have a few years of experience and wish to highlight your customer service and cashier skills alongside your past jobs. Use a functional resume if you have less than three years of cashier experience but plenty of transferable skills such as cash handling, customer service or communication skills.

For example, candidate B has over three decades of work experience and is ready to retire but wants to keep a part-time job as they ease into retirement. They can use a functional resume to highlight math skills, conversational skills and familiarity with computer programs to apply to a cashier position. Candidate A has a few years of supermarket experience and benefits from highlighting their past work experience.

Chronological

Supermarket Cashier

Candidate Info

  • 8 years in workforce
  • 2 years at this job
  • HS Diploma

Work History

Supermarket Cashier, Albertson’s Grocery
July 2020 – current, Los Angeles, CA

  • Responsible for accepting payments and distributing change when necessary.
  • Quickly and accurately process transactions.
  • Maintain a clean and organized register and checkout area.
  • Tidy and reorganize point-of-purchase stock during downtime.

Functional

Supermarket Cashier

Candidate Info

  • 32 years in workforce
  • 1 year at this job
  • BA Journalism

Professional Skills

Customer Service

  • Greet all incoming customers at the checkout line.
  • Quickly and accurately scan all products to minimize customer wait time.
  • Successfully upsell point-of-purchase add-on to 33% of customers, improving average transaction size.

Cash Handling

  • Processed cash, card and digital payments for products purchased.
  • Accurately distributed change and store credit when needed.

Supermarket Cashier Resume FAQ.

What is the job description of a cashier in a supermarket?

A cashier’s job responsibilities can include the following supermarket tasks:

  1. Greet customers at the checkout counter.
  2. Ring and bag groceries.
  3. Accept payment in the form of cash, card, gift card, gift certificate or digital wallet.
  4. Issue gift cards or certificates.
  5. Resolve customer complaints related to product or price discrepancies.
  6. Maintain a clean checkout lane.
  7. Address and acknowledge waiting customers in line.
  8. Run and troubleshoot the point-of-sale (POS) system.
  9. Secure go-backs.

What are the skills of cashiers?

A cashier will have the following social and technical skills:

  • Strong attention to detail
  • Warm customer service
  • Strong upselling skills
  • Time management
  • Organization skills
  • Quick math skills
  • Friendly attitude
  • Teamwork
  • Product knowledge
  • Point-of-sale (POS) system knowledge
  • Troubleshooting

What is a good objective for a cashier's resume?

If you’re applying for your first cashier job, your resume may benefit from a career objective section. An objective statement focuses on transferable skills related to the open job needs, so you should prioritize strong arithmetic skills, customer service or sales-related skills.

Resume Objective Example for a First-time Cashier:

Key Club treasurer for two years seeking a cashier position in your retail environment. Worked the cash-handling portion of our fundraisers and am comfortable making changes and handling mobile credit card transactions.

Key hint: Write an objective statement instead of a resume summary if this is your first ever job, if you’re changing careers or if you’re re-entering the workforce after a long leave of absence.

How do you write cash-handling skills?

There’s more than one way to write, “I handled cash and distributed change,” on your resume. You can highlight the following cash-handling skills:

  • Quickly and accurately counted cash payments before entering the amount into the point-of-sale (POS) system
  • Fast mathematical skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Familiarity with POS systems
  • Issue gift cards/store credit
  • Cash drawer maintenance
  • Accurate change distribution