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Customs collector resume examples for 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a customs collector 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 customs collector-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 customs collector 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 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.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical customs collector skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some customs collector interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a customs collector resume:

  • Payment Arrangements
  • Delinquent Accounts
  • Past Due Accounts
  • Customer Accounts
  • Process Payments
  • Debt Repayment
  • FDCPA
  • Outbound Collection Calls
  • Inbound Calls
  • Outbound Calls
  • Collection Issues
  • Past Due Balances
  • Customer Complaints
  • Customer Inquiries
  • Billing Inquiries
  • Billing Issues
  • Collection Efforts
  • Customer Care
  • A/R
  • Overdue Accounts
  • Credit Card Payments
  • Credit Card Accounts
  • Computer System
  • Payment Options
  • Repayment Schedules
  • Customer Issues
  • Medicare
  • Telephone Calls
  • Account Adjustments
  • Student Loans

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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.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. 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 customs collector experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are great bullet points from customs collector resumes:

Work history example #1

Collections, Customer Service (Part-Time)

Plaza

  • Directed strategic initiatives to achieve best in class performance for numerous clients while at Plaza.
  • Billed Medicaid secondary projects as well by manually entering claims into Medicaid portal.
  • Utilized professional and friendly communication to consistently provide great customer service to both external and internal partners, and customers.
  • Complied with all quality assurance; guidelines were met in regard to the Miranda Warning & FDCPA.
  • Established communication with owners of default accounts.

Work history example #2

Customer Account Representative

Sprint

  • Developed marketing strategies and consulted with US clients concerning wireless communications services.
  • Served as first point of contact to customers for all telecommunication needs.
  • Performed Internet and intranet concepts for browser functionality and configuration.
  • Established correct expectations and enforced relief and resolve through effective communication.
  • Ensured timely and accurate internal communications regarding assigned accounts.

Work history example #3

Inventory Control Clerk

Walmart

  • Supervised and trained individuals to accomplish company's guidelines and procedures.
  • Ensured required maintenance performed on schedule for all company-owned and leased vehicles.
  • Adapted and helped modify existing inventory tracking to meet specific department manager needs.
  • Participated in transitioning to computer controlled perpetual inventory system.
  • Maintained inventory trend charts, and performed corrective actions needed to prevent further out-of-balance conditions.

Work history example #4

Customs Officer

Tidewater Finance Company

  • Provided backroom service support to Tellers and Cash Service Officers for ATM cash transaction handling and credit card express payment processing.
  • Maintained and sent MIS reports on existing and new retail, agricultural, loan and Foreign accounts to corporate office.
  • Maximized filing and procedural efficiency by collaboratively implementing FDCPA regulations, filing system and procedures.
  • Ensured overall branch efficiency - time management, cost efficiency, audit readiness, ATM availability, and employee satisfaction.
  • Worked in the Mails Department, wherein had to deal with a Customer's query or complaint through the Internet.

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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 from customs collector resumes:

High School Diploma

2014 - 2014

High School Diploma

2000 - 2000

Highlight your customs collector certifications on your resume

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

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your customs collector resume:

  1. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  2. International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)

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