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Review score
95
Evidence
100%
Words
293

Scored by the same rules the Studio uses. How scoring works

Why it works

  • One page in all six layouts293 words, so switching designs never pushes it to a second page.
  • 4 of 9 bullets name a resultThe rest show the scale of the work, which a recruiter reads as proof too. Counted by the same Review the Studio runs.
  • Headings an ATS already knowsSummary, Experience, Education, Skills, in that order.
  • Reads back as plain textOne column with no tables or icons. The ATS text tab shows what a parser gets.
What a recruiter sees
Grace Wanjiru
Cashier
grace.wanjiru@example.com · +254 700 555 014 · Nairobi, Kenya · linkedin.com/in/gracewanjiru
Summary

Cashier with five years in supermarket and pharmacy checkouts in Nairobi. Handles cash, card and M-Pesa payments on a busy till and balances the drawer at the end of each shift.

Experience
Senior Cashier
2022 – Present
Greenmart Supermarkets · Nairobi, Kenya
  • Process about 350 transactions a shift across cash, card and M-Pesa on the POS, keeping till variances under KES 200 for the past two years.
  • Balance the till and complete the cash-up at the end of each shift, with safe drops every two hours at peak times.
  • Spot counterfeit notes with a UV checker and flag them to the supervisor; caught 11 fake KES 1,000 notes last year.
  • Train about eight new cashiers a year on the POS, refunds and voids, so each one runs a till alone by the end of week two.
Cashier
2020 – 2022
Wellcare Pharmacy · Nairobi, Kenya
  • Served about 180 customers a day at the counter, handling cash, card and insurance co-payments.
  • Matched M-Pesa till statements against the POS every evening, cutting unmatched payments from about 15 a week to three.
  • Processed about 25 refunds and exchanges a week within store policy, logging each void so the manager could sign it off in minutes.
Checkout Assistant
2019 – 2020
Uptown Fresh Grocers · Nairobi, Kenya
  • Scanned and bagged about 250 customers' shopping a weekend shift on the express lane, running price checks and loyalty card points.
  • Checked customer ID for alcohol and other age-restricted items, keeping the store clear of licence warnings in two county inspections.
Education
Certificate in Business Management
2017 – 2018
Kenya Institute of Business Training · Nairobi, Kenya
Skills
Cash handling: cash handling, till balancing, cash-up, safe drops, cash float
Payments: POS, card payments, M-Pesa, vouchers, receipts
Checkout: customer service, refunds and exchanges, price checks, age verification
Controls: counterfeit detection, loss prevention, end-of-day reports
Layout

A warm serif name and headings with short colour underlines, over a plain sans body. Switching layouts never changes the words.

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Cashier resumes are read for one thing first: can this person be trusted with the till. A screener looks for cash handling, balancing at close, transactions per shift, the POS and payment types used, and how refunds, voids and fake notes were handled. This example says all of that with numbers a store manager would recognise.

Cashier resume summary example

Target roleCashier
SummaryCashier with five years in supermarket and pharmacy checkouts in Nairobi. Handles cash, card and M-Pesa payments on a busy till and balances the drawer at the end of each shift.
1 of this role's keywords is in the summary
  • M-Pesa

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Why most cashiers don't get the call

Skills and keywords for a cashier resume

Applicant tracking systems match on literal strings. Spell each term the way the job posting spells it, and group related skills so people and parsers can both follow it.

Cash handling

  • cash handling
  • till balancing
  • cash reconciliation
  • safe drops
  • cash float
  • cash variances

Point of sale

  • POS
  • point of sale
  • barcode scanning
  • card payments
  • contactless
  • M-Pesa
  • mobile money

Checkout service

  • customer service
  • checkout
  • refunds and exchanges
  • price checks
  • loyalty cards
  • bagging

Controls

  • counterfeit detection
  • age verification
  • voids
  • loss prevention
  • store policy
  • end-of-day reports

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Why each choice was made

  1. Why the till balance is in the first bullet

    Trust with money is the main screen for a cashier. A count of shifts balanced and the size of any variance is stronger proof than calling yourself honest.

  2. Why mobile money sits beside card

    In Kenya, India and much of the Gulf, a large share of payments are M-Pesa, UPI or wallet transfers. Listing them shows you can reconcile every payment the store takes.

  3. Why this is not a retail sales resume

    The bullets stay at the checkout: transactions, payments, refunds and the cash-up. Floor selling, displays and stock targets belong on a retail sales associate resume.

Cashier resume questions

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What skills should I put on a cashier resume?

The skills the job posting names, spelled the way it spells them. For a cashier that often includes cash handling, till balancing, POS, point of sale, customer service and checkout. Show each one in a bullet with a result, then list the core ones again in a short skills section.

How do I write a cashier resume summary?

Keep it to two or three sentences: your years of experience and where, the scale of your work, and one result with a number. Leave out words a recruiter cannot check, like hardworking or passionate. The example summary on this page shows the pattern.

Is this cashier resume template free?

Yes. Open it in the Studio, replace the example with your own work and download it as a PDF in a free design (Clean, Signal, Editorial and Minimal). Word files and the other designs come with ATSPrep Pro. There is no watermark; downloading needs a free account.

Is this cashier resume template ATS friendly?

Yes. It is one column of real text with standard section headings, and no tables, text boxes or text inside images, so parsers read it in order. Run your finished file through the free ATS resume checker to see the text it gives back.

Keep the pattern. Tell your story.

The Studio opens with this cashier example loaded. Edit any bullet and the Review score updates as you type. Editing needs no account; downloading needs a free one.

  1. Keep the hierarchy. Same section order, plain-text contact details.
  2. Replace every claim. Your scope, your numbers, your tools. Never borrowed achievements.
  3. Run the Review again. Watch the score respond to the evidence in your version.
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