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Working supervisor resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a working supervisor resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the working supervisor role.

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in working supervisor-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.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some working supervisor interviews.

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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:

  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 working supervisor 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 working supervisor interviews.

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

  • Direct Supervision
  • Safety Rules
  • GRASS
  • Safety Procedures
  • Payroll
  • Community Resources
  • Preventative Maintenance
  • Snow Removal
  • CDL
  • DOT
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Floor Care
  • Mowing
  • CNC
  • Medicaid
  • Computer System
  • Customer Complaints
  • Hazardous Material Handling
  • General Maintenance
  • Inventory Control
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Troubleshoot
  • CPR
  • HVAC
  • Management Reports
  • Shovels
  • HR
  • Construction Projects
  • Electrical Systems
  • Mowers

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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 working supervisor.

How to write working supervisor experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • 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.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are examples from great working supervisor resumes:

Work history example #1

Diesel Mechanic

The Walt Disney Company

  • Assessed, determined and repaired mechanical defects toward safety maintenance according to DOT standards.
  • Welded various things with mig, tig, and arc welders
  • Worked on various generators (Perkins, Volvo, Caterpillar, John Deere and Cummins).
  • Performed fleet repairs mostly on Freightliner, Pete, and KW.
  • Filled Propane, Mixed Large Quantity Concrete, Operated Heavy machinery, CDL to perform delivery of Equipment.

Work history example #2

Night Shift Supervisor

United Parcel Service

  • Established personal functions including but not limited to payroll actions and the implementation and enforcement of personnel procedures.
  • Earned recognition for leadership capabilities that resulted in a highly motivated staff.
  • Complied with union collective bargaining agreements, company policies and injury reporting guidelines.
  • Initiated, monitored, and tracked communication between dispatch, law enforcement, upper management, and employees.

Work history example #3

Lead Technician

IBM

  • Led the full development of a complete set of JUnit Test Cases (1000+ classes).
  • Developed GUI interfaces based on Java Swing for the custom application delivered to the major IBM client in California.
  • Created and provisioned User groups and Roles with different privileges.
  • Defined reference architectures mapped to IBM software for master data management to enable selling of software globally.
  • Worked on Checkpoint technologies and different versions of Nokia IPSO'S.

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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 working supervisor resumes:

High School Diploma

2006 - 2006

High School Diploma

2008 - 2008

Highlight your working supervisor certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification 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.

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

  1. OSHA Safety Certificate
  2. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  3. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)

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