Benefit Specialist resume examples for 2025

Benefit Specialist resume format and sections

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   1. Add contact information to your benefit specialist resume

   Your name should be the biggest text on the page and be at or near the top of the document. Your address doesn't need to include your street name or house number - listing your city and state works just fine. Your email address should be professional, but not your current work email address. It's not a good look to use your work email for personal projects (job-searching). Your social media can be included if you have a fully-fledged LinkedIn page or another social media page that showcases your relevant skill set.

   Benefit Specialist Resume Contact Information Example #1

   Jane Moore

   Montgomery, AL 36043| 333-111-2222 | jane.moore@email.com

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   2. Add relevant education to your benefit specialist resume

   Your resume's education section should include:

   • The name of your school
   • The date you graduated (Month, Year or Year are both appropriate)
   • The name of your degree

   If you graduated more than 15 years ago, you should consider dropping your graduation date to avoid age discrimination.

   Optional subsections for your education section include:

   • Academic awards (Dean's List, Latin honors, etc. )
   • GPA (if you're a recent graduate and your GPA was 3.5+)
   • Extra certifications
   • Academic projects (thesis, dissertation, etc. )

   Other tips to consider when writing your education section include:

   • If you're a recent graduate, you might opt to place your education section above your experience section
   • The more work experience you get, the shorter your education section should be
   • List your education in reverse chronological order, with your most recent and high-ranking degrees first
   • If you haven't graduated yet, you can include "Expected graduation date" to the entry for that school

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   Majors

   Business

   35.9%

   Human Resources Management

   9.9%

   Psychology

   8.0%

   Accounting

   5.2%

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   Benefit Specialist Resume Relevant Education Example #1

   Bachelor's Degree In Business 2003 - 2006

   DeVry University Oakbrook Terrace, IL

   Benefit Specialist Resume Relevant Education Example #2

   Bachelor's Degree In Business 2004 - 2007

   Ashford University San Diego, CA

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   3. Next, create a benefit specialist skills section on your resume

   Your resume's skills section should include the most important keywords from the job description, as long as you actually have those skills. If you haven't started your job search yet, you can look over resumes to get an idea of what skills are the most important.

   Here are some tips to keep in mind when writing your resume's skills section:

   • Include 6-12 skills, in bullet point form
   • List mostly hard skills; soft skills are hard to test
   • Emphasize the skills that are most important for the job

   Hard skills are generally more important to hiring managers because they relate to on-the-job knowledge and specific experience with a certain technology or process.

   Soft skills are also valuable, as they're highly transferable and make you a great person to work alongside, but they're impossible to prove on a resume.

   Example of skills to include on an benefit specialist resume

   • Customer Service Skills.
      

     Customer service is the process of offering assistance to all the current and potential customers -- answering questions, fixing problems, and providing excellent service. The main goal of customer service is to build a strong relationship with the customers so that they keep coming back for more business.

   • HR Skills.
      

     HR stands for human resources and is used to describe the set of people who work for a company or an organization. HR responsibilities revolve around updating employee records and carrying out management processes like planning, recruitment, evaluation, and selection processes. HR is a key contributor to any company or organization's growth as they are in charge of hiring the right employees, processing payrolls, conducting disciplinary actions, etc.

   • Cobra Skills.
      

     COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is a federal law that allows employers of 20 or more employees who provide health care benefits to offer the option of continuing this coverage to individuals who would otherwise lose their benefits due to termination of employment, reduction in hours or certain other events. It is a temporary coverage that provides cash for medical expenses up to 18 months. The policy is helpful for retirees, former employees, former spouses, dependent children and spouses, workers laid off, on strike, fired for work, etc.

   • Long-Term Disability Skills.
      

     Long-term disability is a kind of insurance policy that protects the income of workers when they sustain severe injuries or are bedridden with sicknesses that keeps them out of work for more than 3 months or more. The insurance scheme also covers a situation where the worker is permanently disabled and can no longer resume work.

   • Open Enrollment Skills.
      

     Open enrollment means a duration that comes every year that a person can sign up for health insurance or change the plan that a person has, for instance, if a person needs to deregister. The activity always features in a few weeks or months within a year. It allows workers to alter their benefit plans, including vision, dental, health insurance, life insurance, and disability.

   • Data Entry Skills.
      

     Data entry means entering data into a company's system with the help of a keyboard. A person responsible for entering data may also be asked to verify the authenticity of the data being entered. A person doing data entry must pay great attention to tiny details.

   Top Skills for a Benefit Specialist

   Customer Service, 12.7%
   HR, 8.3%
   Patients, 5.4%
   HRIS, 5.4%
   Other Skills, 68.2%
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   4. List your benefit specialist experience

   The most important part of any resume for a benefit specialist is the experience section. Recruiters and hiring managers expect to see your experience listed in reverse chronological order, meaning that you should begin with your most recent experience and then work backwards.

   Don't just list your job duties below each job entry. Instead, make sure most of your bullet points discuss impressive achievements from your past positions. Whenever you can, use numbers to contextualize your accomplishments for the hiring manager reading your resume.

   It's okay if you can't include exact percentages or dollar figures. There's a big difference even between saying "Managed a team of benefit specialists" and "Managed a team of 6 benefit specialists over a 9-month project. "

   Most importantly, make sure that the experience you include is relevant to the job you're applying for. Use the job description to ensure that each bullet point on your resume is appropriate and helpful.

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   Work History Example # 1

   Benefit Specialist

   Unum

   • Applied technical contractual knowledge of policies and Maintained knowledge of "best practices" and policies through ongoing education/training.
   • Adjudicated a caseload of approximately 100 LTD, STD, and Life Waiver of Premium claims.
   • Received the "Quality First" award for Q2 2007.
   • Generated over [ ] per year in sold premium through during approximately five months of actual telephonic enrollment devoted time.
   • Served as contact for benefits administrators and HR coordinators at client companies once sale was made.

   Work History Example # 2

   Claims Assistant

   State Farm

   • Selected to be part of multiple projects involving SIU and investigations into fraudulent insurance claims.
   • Opened and distributed mail, created correspondence and input notes/diaries in claims management system as instructed.
   • Demonstrated Competencies: Quality, Decision Making and Judgment, Communication
   • Developed effective relationships with all call center departments through clear communication.
   • Reviewed and investigated claims as part of an SIU team.

   Work History Example # 3

   Human Resources Associate

   Kelly Services

   • Filed and updated all FMLA paperwork
   • Assisted in transition from Legacy to SAP payroll system.
   • Improved the processing of payroll: This included checking time sheets and processing manually for over 150 hourly employees.
   • Served as liaison between Customer, Temporary Employee and Branch Office.
   • Prepared PowerPoint presentations and meeting itineraries.

   Work History Example # 4

   Customer Service And Billing

   AT&T

   • Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability.
   • Presented proposals to business clients for various communications and videos packages.
   • Handled wireless, landline and internet customer inquiries, complaints, troubleshooting, billing questions and payment extension and service requests.
   • Strived to understand customers data/entertainment and communication needs in order to help them discover how our products meet those needs.
   • Educated customers on latest telecommunications products and features.

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   5. Highlight benefit specialist certifications on your resume

   Specific benefit specialist certifications can be a powerful tool to show employers you've developed the appropriate skills.

   If you have any of these certifications, make sure to put them on your benefit specialist resume:

   1. Certified Professional, Life and Health Insurance Program (CPLHI)
   2. Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
   3. Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS)
   4. Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
   5. Group Benefits Associate (GBA)
   6. HIPAA Professional (HIPAAP)
   7. Certified Benefits Professional (CBF)
   8. Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
   9. Certified Planning Engineer (CPE)
   10. Certified Resume Specialist: Accounting and Finance (CRS+AF)

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   6. Finally, add an benefit specialist resume summary or objective statement

   A resume summary statement consists of 1-3 sentences at the top of your benefit specialist resume that quickly summarizes who you are and what you have to offer. The summary statement should include your job title, years of experience (if it's 3+), and an impressive accomplishment, if you have space for it.

   Remember to emphasize skills and experiences that feature in the job description.

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