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Cashier/merchandiser resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a cashier/merchandiser resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in cashier/merchandiser-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some cashier/merchandiser interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some cashier/merchandiser interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a cashier/merchandiser resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Sales Floor
  • Cleanliness
  • POS
  • Store Shelves
  • Loss Prevention
  • Stock Shelves
  • Planograms
  • Cash Drawers
  • Customer Complaints
  • Excellent Guest
  • Front End
  • Pallet Jack
  • Product Knowledge
  • Stock Merchandise
  • Stock Room
  • Inventory Control
  • Tidiness
  • Jewelry
  • Customer Transactions
  • Sales Transactions
  • Cash Control
  • Cash Registers
  • Customer Inquiries
  • Retail Environment
  • Quality Customer Service
  • Floor Stock
  • Groceries
  • Merchandise Presentation
  • Customer Assistance

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your 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. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the cashier/merchandiser.

How to write cashier/merchandiser 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 cashier/merchandiser resumes:

Work history example #1

Floor Associate

Ross Stores

  • Served as a Sales Associate at Ross Department Store which entailed greeting customers and offering retail assistance.
  • Crossed trained to work fitting room, recovery, loss and prevention, and cashiering.
  • Ensured that all cash handling was accurate and worked with Ross' point-of-sale systems.
  • Demonstrated approach ability and composure in all interactions with customers and coworkers.
  • Executed all operational best practices according to Ross guidelines.

Work history example #2

Cashier Associate

Menards

  • Collaborated positively with team members on a regular basis.
  • Received positive recognition from General Manager and Assistant General Managers on a regular basis.
  • Worked as an employee for Cinemark until my promotion to manager.
  • Collected payment, totaled money collected, made deposits and prepared paperwork.
  • Performed daily cashiering activities to include ensuring cash availability, and provided best level of customer care possible.

Work history example #3

Courtesy Clerk

Safeway

  • Self-motivated and driven to increase knowledge of Safeway's products and share that knowledge with customers.
  • Trained in the operation of full Bakery, Deli, Frozen, Dairy, Liquor, General Merchandise and Night Stocking Departments
  • Received a certificate for attending a Safeway leadership seminar .
  • Ordered & stocked merchandise, supervised product deliveries, cashiered, and provided customer service
  • Started off as a courtesy clerk with Safeway and was quickly promoted to a cashier.

Work history example #4

Server Assistant

Applebee's

  • Ensured that each customer received outstanding service Handled Exposition of food to customers Handled Carry Out orders for customers
  • Cleaned and sanitized work station after restaurant closed ensuring no work station contamination.
  • Maintained a clean and friendly environment in the kitchen, while keeping respectable composure.
  • Practiced building effective communication with a variety of coworkers and customers on a daily basis.
  • Certified Staff Training Neighborhood Expert, worked with new employees to train for a variety of positions.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from cashier/merchandiser resumes:

High School Diploma

2015 - 2015

High School Diploma

2017 - 2017

Highlight your cashier/merchandiser certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.