Owner resume examples for 2025

Owner resume format and sections

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   1. Add contact information to your owner 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.

   Owner Resume Contact Information Example #1

   Dhruv Johnson

   d.johnson@email.com | 333-111-2222 | www.linkedin.com/in/dhruv-johnson

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   2. Add relevant education to your owner 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

   32.3%

   Accounting

   7.4%

   Psychology

   5.3%

   Marketing

   5.0%

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   Owner Resume Relevant Education Example #1

   Master's Degree In General Studies 2012 - 2013

   Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN

   Owner Resume Relevant Education Example #2

   Master's Degree In Business 2001 - 2002

   Colorado Technical University Colorado Springs, CO

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   3. Next, create an owner 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 owner 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.

   • Payroll Skills.
      

     Payroll is the sum of all the compensation that an organization has to pay to employees at a specified time. Payroll is managed by the finance or HR department while small business owners may handle it themselves. Payroll isn't fixed as it varies every month due to sick leaves, overtime, etc.

   • Financial Statements Skills.
      

     A financial statement is a report of an individual or a company that includes all the information about the declared assets, the use of money, income, and also the contribution of shareholders over a certain period.

   • Product Development Skills.
      

     Product development is the complete procedure of creating a product from concept until release of the final product. Product development has many stages after which a product is released into the market. Identifying the need, creating the opportunity, conceptualizing a product, and providing a solution, all are different stages of product development.

   • Real Estate Skills.
      

     Real estate is land that has buildings on it. This kind of property consists of permanent improvements either natural or man-made, which include, houses, fences, bridges, water trees, and minerals. There are 4 types of real estate namely; residential real estate, commercial real estate, industrial real estate, and vacant land.

   • Business Development Skills.
      

     Business development is the ideas or initiatives that work to make business work better. Selling, advertising, product development, supply chain management, and vendor management are only a few of the divisions involved with it. There is still a lot of networking, negotiating, forming alliances, and trying to save money. The goals set for business development guide and coordinate with all of these various operations and sectors.

   • Windows Skills.
      

     Windows is a chain of operating systems that controls a computer and is developed by Microsoft. Every version of Windows consists of GUI (graphical user interface), with a desktop that allows the user to open their files.

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   Top Skills for an Owner

   Customer Service, 24.8%
   Payroll, 17.1%
   Financial Statements, 7.7%
   Product Development, 7.1%
   Other Skills, 43.3%
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   4. List your owner experience

   The most important part of any resume for an owner 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 owners" and "Managed a team of 6 owners 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

   Marketing Internship

   Bank of America

   • Developed creative print and online marketing collateral.
   • Optimized sales opportunities through soliciting balance transfers, direct deposits, and additional credit card products and services to valued customers.
   • Managed and participated in converting Oracle SQL code to DB2 SQL code.
   • Developed logistic regression models and partition analyses with SAS and JMP to identify customers likely to participate in new BAC programs.
   • Analyzed each email messages in order to determine the appropriate response while providing quality level service.

   Work History Example # 2

   Owner

   Ghosts Aviation

   • Established Ghost Press, LLC as functional screen-printing shop, design service, and brand.
   • Provided budget and review cost estimates of work pertaining to telecommunication.
   • Maintained cutting edge business knowledge through routine attendance of industry expos, seminars, and educational programs.
   • Served as Controller for Canvas on Demand and managed all accounting and payroll for thirty employees.
   • Migrated customer from Windows NT and Lotus Notes/Domino to Windows 2000/Active Directory and Exchange/Outlook.

   Work History Example # 3

   Assistant Manager

   Jiffy Lube

   • Completed any daily, weekly and monthly paperwork as the Store Manager may direct and ship or store paperwork as necessary.
   • Supervised up to 9 employees, payroll, inventory, loss prevention, customer satisfaction.
   • Ensured compliance with OSHA and Jiffy Lube's regulations.
   • Assured that employees followed corporate policies Trained and develop associate Assisted in motivating staff and creating a positive work environment.
   • Calculated receipts to ensure dollar amount matched amount in cash register and deposited excess cash at bank nightly.

   Work History Example # 4

   Paralegal

   LAW OFFICES OF WINN SIMS

   • Prepared H-1B's, Labor Condition Applications's - LCA's and I-539 visa packages for H-4 visas for spouse and children
   • Prepared Judicial Counsel Forms for all assigned litigation cases for several attorneys.
   • Assisted lead counsel and senior attorney in a 40-person insurance defense firm, largest of 12 offices in California.
   • Handled all stages of voluminous foreclosure proceedings.
   • Prepared title commitments for lenders.

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   5. Highlight owner certifications on your resume

   Specific owner 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 owner resume:

   1. Certified Sales Professional (CSP)
   2. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
   3. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
   4. International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)
   5. Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
   6. Certified Food Manager (CFM)
   7. Project Management Professional (PMP)
   8. Sales Management
   9. Certified Aviation Manager (CAM)
   10. Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

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   6. Finally, add an owner resume summary or objective statement

   A resume summary statement consists of 1-3 sentences at the top of your owner 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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