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Helper resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a helper 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 professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in helper-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the helper position.

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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:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some helper interviews.

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

  • Food Handling
  • Safety Procedures
  • Safety Rules
  • Construction Sites
  • Physical Labor
  • Windows
  • Pallet Jack
  • Welders
  • Manual Labor
  • Tape Measure
  • General Construction
  • Load Trucks
  • HVAC
  • Safety Regulations
  • Mowing
  • Power Drills
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Sheetrock
  • Mathematics
  • PPE
  • JSA
  • General Maintenance
  • Shovels
  • Rakes
  • PVC
  • Steel Toe Boots
  • Building Materials
  • Excavations
  • A/C
  • Santa

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How to structure your work experience

Your employment history is arguably one of the most important parts of your resume. It shows you have experience and foundation in your field to successfully master the helper position. Here is how to most effectively structure your work experience:

  1. List your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order. Employers care about your most recent experience the most.
  2. 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.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs.

How to write helper 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 helper resumes:

Work history example #1

Office Helper

Highline Public Schools

  • Used Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Maintained payroll and sales tax records and filed needed tax forms with IRS according to scheduled due dates.
  • Developed spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations.
  • Managed caseload and maintained communication with court personnel, as well as probation officers regarding cases.
  • Facilitated communication between departments to assure timely completion of work.

Work history example #2

Keeper Helper

Crown Paper Group

  • Participated in creating growth and branding of the organization through community involvement and advertisement.
  • Compiled communication audit for client focusing on the key challenge of receiving additional funding and maintaining current contributors.
  • Worked at a Restoring the Essence hair salon for three month as a receptionist / cashier.
  • Washed and sanitized dirty dishes by hand and by using a dishwasher
  • Used Mandrill app for supporting free transactional messages.

Work history example #3

Helper

Fluor

  • Observed safety regulations as set forth by Fluor Corporation, Eastman Chemical Company, TOSHA, and OSHA.
  • Replaced 24'' fuel pipe with rigging and tugars.
  • Prepped and fit pipe into desired location.
  • Prepped for ultrasonic testing exams * Prominent user of Sparks and Maximo database.
  • Worked with pipe fitters, and welders set up equipment and prepped pipe for the welder.

Work history example #4

Food Prep/Dishwasher

Darden Restaurants

  • Prepared bread, washed dishes, bussed tables and prepared table settings.
  • Helped wherever I was needed, prepared food, washed dishes, and bussed tables.
  • Washed dishes, clean and sanitized.
  • employed as a host, busser, and dishwasher.
  • Filled and emptied Dish Washer * Put dishes away * Prep bread sticks for baking

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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 helper resumes:

High School Diploma

2003 - 2003

Highlight your helper certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

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

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

  1. OSHA Safety Certificate
  2. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  3. Certified Welding Engineer
  4. Certified Healthcare Safety Professional - Fire Safety Management (CHSP-FSM)
  5. Associate Constructor (AC)

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