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Service aide resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a service aide 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 service aide-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 service aide position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  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 service aide 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 service aide interviews.

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

  • Patients
  • Customer Service
  • Rehabilitation
  • Food Preparation
  • Patient Rooms
  • Culinary
  • Patient Care
  • CPR
  • Home Health
  • Food Handling
  • Cleanliness
  • Nursing Home
  • OSHA
  • Independent Living
  • Meal Preparation
  • Support Services
  • Mental Health
  • Direct Supervision
  • Emergency Situations
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Direct Care
  • Community Services
  • Office Equipment
  • Telephone Calls
  • Front Desk
  • Bedpans
  • Incident Reports
  • Vital Signs
  • Background Checks
  • Community Outings

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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 service aide.

How to write service aide experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are effective examples from service aide resumes:

Work history example #1

Food Service Aide

The Salvation Army

  • Prepared meals according to state nutritional guidelines, maintained clean and sanitized kitchen area, maintained temperature log for all prepared foods
  • Delivered meals to independent living residents.
  • Prepared food carts Served food to residents in the nursing home Cleansed kitchen and dishes
  • worked in Food Service, preparing food trays also delivering mealsfor the residence and cleaning dishes for the next workday.
  • Completed First Aid, CPR and medication certification training prior to administering medication.

Work history example #2

Sales Team Member

Sears Holdings

  • Helped find the right TVs, home theater systems, and other electronics that was best.
  • Mastered knowledge of TVs, cameras, laptops, DVD players, & their functions.
  • Resolved customers' issues, proactively interacting with customers and maintaining the store to ensure a positive store experience.
  • Greeted customers in a positive, professional and engaging manner and on to proactively handle any of their questions or concers.
  • Assisted customers with store/product complaints and guaranteed positive customer experiences.

Work history example #3

Service Aide

The Walt Disney Company

  • Drafted press releases and facilitated communication between the County Executive and the media.
  • Helped CNA's as much as I was legally allowed with my position.
  • Assisted service officers with disability and pension claims process with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Texas Veterans Commission.
  • Interviewed patients to determine admission into the facility.
  • Obtained CPR certification and Ventricular Assisted Device training.

Work history example #4

Service Aide

Harlem Children's Zone

  • Maintained open communication with teachers and student advocates regarding the progress of participants in their group/program.
  • Delivered and presented organized, structured, and persuasive presentations; using effective written and verbal communication.
  • Monitored and observed participant behavior in a residential treatment facility (RTF)
  • Trained in CPR, use of physical restraints and the use of mechanical restraints such as handcuffs and leg shackles.
  • Obtained and kept current CPR and Medication certificates.

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you 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 service aide resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in psychology

Pennsylvania State University, Main, PA

2008 - 2011

Highlight your service aide certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification 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 service aide resume:

  1. Advanced First Aid & CPR
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate
  3. First Aid Certification
  4. Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
  5. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
  6. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  7. Patient Care Technician
  8. Basic Life Support (BLS)
  9. Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)
  10. Certified Patient Care Technician/Associate/Nurse Technician (CPCT/CPCA/CNT)

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