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How to write a behavioral technician resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in behavioral technician-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the behavioral technician position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical behavioral technician skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a behavioral technician resume:
- Autism
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Behavior Analysis
- CPR
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Patients
- Mental Health
- BCBA
- ABA Therapy
- Developmental Disabilities
- Kids
- Negative Behaviors
- RBT
- Data Collection
- Behavior Management
- Home Health
- Patient Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Skill Acquisition
- Vital Signs
- IEP
- Behavioral Therapy
- Substance Abuse
- Discrete Trial
- CPI
- Early Intervention
- Behavioral Issues
- Compassion
- Hippa
- Supportive Environment
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write behavioral technician experience bullet points
Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.
Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.
Here are effective examples from behavioral technician resumes:
Work history example #1
Behavioral Technician
Diamond Healthcare
- Provided ABA therapy to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, in different settings.
- Worked 1:1 with several children inside and outside the clinic as his/her ABA therapist/tutor.
- Facilitated Therapeutic Learning Classes in public schools while working in diverse populations.
- Trained in verbal deescalation, CPI, and CPR certified.
- Preformed all BHT tasks assigned.
Work history example #2
Behavioral Technician
Trumpet Behavioral Health
- Managed inappropriate/challenging behaviors by using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles.
- Provided daily one-on-one applied behavior analysis (ABA) services to Department of Education (DOE) client in classroom setting.
- Utilized ABA principles towards patients with developmental disabilities, particularly with Autism.
- Worked on reducing aberrant behaviors in patients by personalizing behavior plans with BCBAs.
- Ensured effective communication between supervisors, colleagues and parents.
Work history example #3
Direct Support Staff
D&S Community Services
- Observed and documented residents' behavior, speech communication, feeding pattern and personal hygiene for assessing and meeting treatment goals.
- Trained in CPR and First Aid Employed as PRN (as needed) from 2007 - 2010
- Administered medications, maintained and implemented ISP outcomes as designed for each individual.
- Assisted her with communication by prompts and facilitated communication typing
- Developed and implemented individual evaluation plans (IEP).
Work history example #4
Nurses' Aide
CNA Financial
- Acquired continuing education credits through in-services provided by the facility
- Facilitated end of life home care by coordinating communication between care team and families.
- Certified Nurse's Aide (CNA) includes bathing and washing patients as well as helping them to shower if needed.
- Worked charge position 3rd shift for Intermediate Unit supervising CNA's.
- Assisted with ADL's, including: laundry, trash removal, room cleaning, showering, ect.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Master's Degree in psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2009 - 2010
Doctoral Degree in psychology
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2011 - 2014
Highlight your behavioral technician certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your behavioral technician resume:
- Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
- Medical G.A.S. Installer (Med)