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How to write a lift driver resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A 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 write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in lift driver-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.
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 lift driver 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 an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. 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 lift driver 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 lift driver resume:
- Fork-Lift
- Pallets
- Safety Standards
- Load Trucks
- Electric Pallet Jack
- Hand Trucks
- Safety Rules
- RF Scanner
- Assembly Line
- Delivery Truck
- Selector
- Inventory Control
- Storage Locations
- Unload Materials
- Customer Orders
- Production Lines
- Safety Regulations
- Unload Trailers
- Hoists
- Computer System
- Cycle Counts
- Routine Maintenance
- Inbound Shipments
- Empty Pallets
- Outbound Shipments
- Rail Cars
- Scan Gun
- Safety Guidelines
- Forklift Equipment
- Drive Forklift
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write lift driver experience bullet points
Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:
- 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.
Here are effective examples from lift driver resumes:
Work history example #1
Fork Lift Mechanic
Vail Resorts
- Maintained building by performing minor and routine cleaning.
- Performed other similar or related work as assigned with minimal supervision.
- Obtained my Class A CDL with all endorsements via Con-Way' s Driver School in 2012.
- Performed mechanical upkeep on all lifts and conveyors.
- Maintained all related equipment such as; ball cleaner, Century 100 lane machines and all assorted equipment.
Work history example #2
Lift Driver
Fresh Express
- Operated various bottling machines, also gas and electric forklifts and hand lifts.
- Used a RF scanner to store and find location of orders for shipping and inventory control.
- Maintained professional safety standard while using extra-long forks (seven foot).
- Started there as janitor, then I bid on hi-lo job, then I bid on die setting
- Tracked all inbound and outbound items through radio frequency (RF) scanned all items to ensure accountability in inventory.
Work history example #3
Lift Operator
ManpowerGroup
- Maintained accurate and timely documentation as is required by organization and OSHA.
- Maintained battery, oil and tires on clamp and conducted daily pre-shift inspections of equipment for preventative maintenance.
- Used clamp truck to move big roll of 4o00 sheets of napkins.
- Used RF scanner to scan bar codes on packages and boxes.
- Operated forklifts to pick up and deliver boxes of Nokia parts and components in a 250,000 sq.
Work history example #4
Lift Driver
United States Cold Storage
- Wrapped and loaded material onto forklifts.
- Designated as a PND local CDL driver, Pulling a 28 foot up pup to local businesses around town.
- Loaded outbound freight utilizing WMS.
- Verified merchandise before staging intoinventory.Order Selector Dollar Tree Distributions Stockton, CASelected merchandise from various locations.
- Experienced forklift operator including cascading forks and stand-up reach trucks.
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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 lift driver resumes:
Associate's Degree in psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 - 2010
Highlight your lift driver certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
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 lift driver resume:
- Commercial Driver License (CDL)
- Lift Director
- EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)