Barber resume: the keywords, bullets and skills to prove.
Built from what the job actually involves: the core duties, the skills and tools rated most important, and bullet formulas you fill with your own numbers. No made-up example person.
[Your name]
Experience
[Employer] · Barber · [dates]- Cleaned and sterilized scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Cut and trimmed hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Questioned patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
Skills
[the tools and skills you have actually used]A strong Barber resume proves the core duties of the job with results: clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments; question patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles; and clean work stations and sweep floors. If you have used them, name the tools O*NET lists for this occupation, such as Facebook, Linux, Microsoft Excel, inside the bullets where you used them. The skills rated most important for the role are active listening, social perceptiveness and speaking (O*NET).
Why these lines work
Data Each line maps to a core task rated important by workers in the role. Hover or tap a note.
- 1Core duty, provenClean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instrumentsRated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 2Core duty, provenCut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current…Rated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 3Core duty, provenQuestion patrons regarding desired services and haircut stylesRated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- Summary
- Experience
- Skills
- Education
- Licenses and certifications
Experience leads because the role is Job Zone 3: employers expect proof of prior work.
Barber bullets, rewritten
- CleanResponsible for clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instrumentsCleaned and sterilized scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- CutResponsible for cut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles…Cut and trimmed hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- QuestionResponsible for question patrons regarding desired services and haircut stylesQuestioned patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- CleanResponsible for clean work stations and sweep floorsCleaned work stations, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
Advice Fill every highlighted bracket with something true and checkable. If you can't, choose a different duty.
Words that belong on a Barber resume
Data Tools reported for the role (with O*NET demand flags), the most important skills and knowledge areas. Use the ones that are true for you.
- FacebookTool · Hot technology
- LinuxTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft ExcelTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft Office softwareTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft PowerPointTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft WindowsTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft WordTool · Hot technology
- Active ListeningSkill · importance 3.2/5
- Social PerceptivenessSkill · importance 3.1/5
- SpeakingSkill · importance 3.1/5
- Service OrientationSkill · importance 2.9/5
- Judgment and Decision MakingSkill · importance 2.9/5
- Reading ComprehensionSkill · importance 2.8/5
- Customer and Personal ServiceKnowledge
- English LanguageKnowledge
- Sales and MarketingKnowledge
- Education and TrainingKnowledge
- Public Safety and SecurityKnowledge
How central each skill is to the job
Data O*NET importance, 1 to 5.
How this compares: the resume skills page shows how all 910 occupations rate the 35 O*NET skills, and which software O*NET most often flags as in demand in job postings.
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How this page is built
Duties, skills, knowledge and tools come from O*NET 31.0 for the occupation. Bullet scaffolds rewrite O*NET task statements in the past tense and leave every number for you to fill in. Section order follows the role's O*NET Job Zone.
- What a specific employer screens for: always mirror the job description.
- Your results: we never invent numbers.
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
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