Personal assistant resume examples from 2025
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How to write a personal assistant 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 current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in personal assistant-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the personal assistant position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
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:
- 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 personal assistant 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 personal assistant resume:
- RUN Errands
- Companionship
- Scheduling Appointments
- Meal Prep
- Household Chores
- Travel Arrangements
- Payroll
- Telephone Calls
- CPR
- Vital Signs
- Child Care
- Medication Reminders
- ADL
- Event Planning
- Patient Care
- DR
- Real Estate
- Medication Administration
- PowerPoint
- Groceries
- Office Systems
- Administrative Tasks
- Physical Therapy
- Blood Pressure
- Office Equipment
- Front Desk
- Medical Appointments
- QuickBooks
- Alzheimer
- Word Processing
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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 personal assistant.
How to write personal assistant 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 personal assistant resumes:
Work history example #1
Personal Assistant
Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas
- Provided light housekeeping, companionship, medication reminders
- Assisted flight attendants on overpacked flights - Performed CPR on passengers when required
- Coordinated the Principal's daily activity and managed all office operations, including correspondence, communication, filing, and reporting.
- Reviewed and responded to email inquiries.
- Experienced working with elderly, Alzheimer's or Dementia patients, children and hospice patients.
Work history example #2
Personal Assistant
Air Serv
- Assisted passengers with disabilities Guided passengers thru security checkpoint and TSA Assisted passengers with check-in and delayed flights
- Used Microsoft Office applications and be proficient with Windows-based programs
- Streamlined daily business processes including accounts payable, accounts receivable, certified payroll, and document management.
- Reported to HR Manager of Payroll and Reporting.
- Handled heavy inbound calls with talent requests while maintaining pressured deadlines.
Work history example #3
Personal Assistant
AT HOME HEALTH CARE
- Provided transportation and companionship to clients, Prepared meals.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Helped him get out of bed, bathing, moving around the house, eating meals, and companionship.WALGREENS PHARMACY
- Provided assistance to clients that included personal grooming, medical appointments, medication assistance, housekeeping, shopping and companionship
- Prepared daily meals, light house cleaning, and companionship was provided daily.
Work history example #4
Personal Assistant
Primecare Medical
- Earned the "HELPING HANDS AWARD" for exceptional service to my clients.
- Audited database of 5,000+ prior art references; conducted online research and acquired relevant information and documentation from various Internet websites.
- Maintained CPR and First Aid Certification and was able to respond appropriately in emergency situations.
- Provided companionship, medication, prepared meals, performed light housekeeping.
- Assisted students on usage of Kurzweil, Zoomtext, Plato, Jaws, and 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 personal assistant resumes:
High School Diploma
2009 - 2009
Highlight your personal assistant certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.
Here are some of the best certifications to have on personal assistant resumes:
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- Medical Assistant
- Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Dental Assistant (RDA)
- First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)
- Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (CMI)
- Medication Aide Certification (MACE)
- Patient Care Technician