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Sample resume from "Blue Collar & Beyond: Resumes for Skilled Trades & Services" by Yana Parker (Ten Speed Press, 1995)

 

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ANTONIA RIVERA

7123 Johnston Avenue

Pleasant Hill CA 94523

(510) 333-6666

 

Objective: Position as Driver

 

SUMMARY

- Over 10 years experience driving and delivering in

   heavy city traffic, with a perfect driving record.

- Thoroughly familiar with East Bay and San Francisco.

- Excellent health and physical strength (aerobics instructor).

- Personable and friendly in dealing with the public.

- High-energy and dependable; proven ability to produce

  within a demanding work schedule.

 

RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

 

Driving -- Delivering -- Familiarity With Bay Area

As owner/manager of two small businesses:

- Purchased and delivered retail items, furniture, and groceries for business people and homeowners throughout Contra Costa County and San Francisco, for over 6 years.

- Drove a van to pick up merchandise throughout the East Bay and San Francisco

- Drove a truck or van for wide range of short-trip errands in urban area.

As volunteer driver:

- Drove a truck to transport groups of students, in hundreds of weekly trips to sporting events and field trips throughout the Bay Area.

 

Mail Handling

- Batched and sorted a large volume of mail for Bayside Dental Service, working with sorting / batching / stamping equipment. Delivered interoffice mail.

- Handled important personal and business mail for individual clients of Take-It-Easy, including cashing social security and disability checks, and paying bills.

 

Customer Relations

- Built and maintained a base of hundreds of satisfied customers, as entrepreneur, creating and operating two businesses.

- Developed a reputation among customers as a dependable, reliable, and trustworthy business person.

- Established cooperative working relations with manufacturer's reps of dozens of companies supplying merchandise for gift-basket company.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1989-now Owner -- BASKET MAGIC, Gift Baskets

1991 Telemarketing -- JOHNSON MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS, Concord

1984-91 Owner/Operator -- TAKE-IT-EASY, Shopping & Delivery Service

1981-83 Receptionist/PBX -- UNITED RETAIL CLERKS, Concord

1978-79 Mail Handler -- BAYSIDE DENTAL SERVICE, San Francisco

 

EDUCATION

Diablo Valley College coursework:

- Marketing - Merchandising - Retailing - Psychology