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Why I appreciate Kabru and Mithrun's relationship in the story (with pictures!)
I just want to express how much I loved reading through the chapter with the 6 days they spent together and how I think their relationship developed in a pretty sweet way.
I feel like a lot of people reduce their dynamic to "nurse and patient" and that makes me sad because I personally got a lot more from it than that.
I do wanna start off by saying I'm here appreciating their dynamic as it is in the text.
Read more (spoilers ofc):
The beginnings
When they first met, there was an air of intimidation surrounding Mithrun as the captain of the ominous Canaries. He demonstrates his proficiency as a fighter and leader which worried Kabru because he knew it would lead to the dungeon falling into elven hands once again. But this threatening aura begins to dim in Kabru's mind as they get to know each other.
Even before they fell down the hole, the both of them ended up relying on each other's abilities a number of times (when the underground governor turned out to be corrupted Mithrun defeated him and Mithrun needed Kabru's deduction skills during the battle on the first floor) which is already the beginning of a great dynamic
(Kabwu is scared but Mithrun just asks for his help)
After Cithis tasked him with "taking care of Mithrun's needs" for the time being, Kabru treated Mithrun with proper respect and doesn't take advantage of his disability, even using his title “Captain” when he knew Mithrun wouldn’t have cared either way after learning about how he lost his desires. This is in contrast to Cithis who immediately took advantage of her position to mess around with Mithrun when she was taking care of him.
(When Cithis was put in charge of taking care of Mithrun)
The whole time Kabru is with Mithrun, he treats him like a person and more than just someone to be taken care of, as also he relies on Mithrun's fighting skills, knowledge of the dungeon, and teleportation magic.
When you reduce their dynamic to just "caretaker and patient", you're ignoring Mithrun's own capabilities and making him seem totally helpless. It actually feels rather ableist. They have a more balanced relationship with what Mithrun brings to the table than you may think. Mithrun couldn't have survived down there on his own, but it's the same for Kabru (who famously dies every time he fights)!
Kabru doesn’t show signs of trying to manipulate Mithrun either, and he's no longer intimidated by him in the slightest once he learns he’s not a threat or after his life. Though he does instinctively revert to his "sparkly" persona to get Mithrun to eat the disgusting mushroom, it doesn’t work so Kabru just has him eat it normally and never tries it again. This is the beginning of Mithrun unintentionally encouraging Kabru to be more honest with others.
(Kabru realizing he can chill out)
(Kabru being unreserved and Mithrun being silly)
bonus funny moment:
Bonding
Throughout the journey they talked to each other, shared things with each other, and ate with each other. And Kabru expresses genuine concern about whether Mithrun is comfortable (which is something he could live without and wasn't something the Canaries told him to do).
(Kabru showing he wants to make him comfortable by making food for him which is a very important part of the narrative)
(Kabru sharing intimate memories with Mithrun)
(Kabru initiating conversation without hesitation or worry. This part also is referencing how Mithrun shared very important details of his life with Kabru. Kabru also ends up trusting Mithrun with information about Laios despite knowing he could possibly tell the other Canaries about him and impede his plans..which he does lol they do end up knowing about Laios before meeting him.)
For a bonus Lycion implies Kabru was taking better care of Mithrun than they had been which is interesting to me.
Mithrun also shows that he has come to trust Kabru's decisions over the Canaries' when he says he wants to stay in the dungeon after fulfilling the caretaker requirement. They did talk to each other a lot, during that time. I wonder what Mithrun's Shapeshifter double of Kabru would look like now?
Here, Kabru goes out of his way to make sure Mithrun doesn’t overexert himself by knocking him out after the demon leaves with Marcille (again, when his time taking care of him is already over), and I think that demonstrates an extra level of concern he holds for Mithrun.
(Kabru holding back a hellbent Mithrun)
(KNOCKOUT!)
He even managed to make Mithrun mad. It's probably because he "let the demon get away" but I think it's cute and funny because would he huff like that at anyone else? Lol
When the demon breaks through the surface
Kabru begins panicking after Laios turns into the giant monster because he's wondering if he made the right decisions etc. If Mithrun didn’t care about Kabru at least a little bit, he would’ve just left him alone when he started losing it (right after Marcille did the same thing and she is technically more to blame for empowering the demon than Kabru was for not allowing Mithrun to go after it), but he went out of his way to snap him out of it.
It also means a lot to me that Mithrun even says Kabru's name, because in Japanese you can go your entire life without referring to someone by name and it wouldn't sound wrong (just rude) and it's the first time Mithrun says Kabru's name on screen (I checked).
Though it was with a slap, I think it says a lot, because if Mithrun didn’t care at all he wouldn’t have done anything and left him alone. It's not like Kabru could've done anything to stop the demon. He didn't even to tell him to do anything even though Kabru looked ready for an order.
(To be honest I don't know exactly why Mithrun starts beating him up here but you can say it's another rare demonstration of emotion Kabru was able to evoke in him lol. Maybe it's payment for Kabru stopping him the first time. That can be interpreted as paying it back and/or paying it forward I think.)
The last few chapters
And in the end when Kabru’s motivating Mithrun to continue living his life, he speaks to him like they’re friends/have no rank between them despite using the Captain title for him the whole time. Even Lycion initially gets upset that he’s acting “too familiar” with Mithrun.
It feels like Mithrun changed so much in the short time he spent together with Kabru and before the final battle, and it’s thanks to Kabru that Mithrun finally starts to be able to move past his lingering obsession with the demon and begin to really heal.
This is despite the fact that he spent so much time with Milsril and the other elves who never managed to break through to him like that.
(Before Kabru) (After Kabru)
And even after his role as Mithrun's caretaker was loong complete, he still shows concern for Mithrun and tells him to take a break when he's using up all his magic to slice the Falin meat (lmao).
He didn't need to do that! But it shows how he at least slightly considers Mithrun some kind of friend.
It all culminates with Kabru helping Mithrun regain his wil to live and Mithrun confiding in Kabru. Their relationship is important. Kabru continuing to do things for Mithrun to me is more of a sign that he just plain cares about him. Isn't it normal when a friend needs medication for you to remind them to take it? I think it's like that.
Kabru is there with Mithrun when he comes out about his feelings of uselessness AND when Senshi helps him put a spin on the 'vegetable scraps' metaphor and he find meaning in his life again. He's the first one to see him cry :')
Along with the fact that it feels like Mithrun is the first person we see Kabru doesn't feel the need to change his personality with or put on airs for since Mithrun doesn't need buttering up and he won't get offended if someone were to say something socially awkward, I think they made a pretty good team!
BUT ALSO the REAL reason I became endeared to them is cute shit like this:
GOD I love them!!!!! There are so many funny sides to Mithrun Kabru was able to bring out, and really show his charm as a character. The true depths of their dynamic also grew on me over time :)
TLDR
All in all it’s so nice seeing how even though Mithrun is a really deadpan person, and Kabru is a really secretive and withheld person, they clearly seem to have developed some kind of bond with while they traveled together and even changed each other to an extent.
Doesn't Kabru feel more honest near the end? Maybe it's because of how much he talked to and shared with Mithrun during those 6 days so candidly...because they taaaalked a looooot like wow.
They mean so goddamn much to me. I don’t need them to be in a romantic relationship but I do want them to be together forever :'))) or like at least hang out when they have off time since they're still in the same country lol. Praying for Kui to make another side comic of them some time (crying).
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, I mostly arranged this because it makes me sad to see people reduce their dynamic to only one singular aspect.
Anyways ya...love 'em (heart hands)
#dungeon meshi#dunmeshi#mithrun#kabru#kabumisu#MITHRUN DESERVES MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS TOO DAMMIT!!!!!#dunmeshi spoilers#i wasn't gonna ship tag it buuut w/e#omg i just came up w something#you can reduce their dynamic...but all you'd end up with...is a nice sauce#for like..steak..get it? reduction..cooking..no ok#also for an extra i think it's highly unlikely kabru met mithrun as a kid because he showed NO signs of recognizing him when they met#like KABRU of all people would remember lol
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consuming extra healthful meals containing nutrition Bc , iron and iodine
proscribing intake of high fat and high sugar meals
taking vitamin supplements containing vitamin D
drinking many fluids however best small quantities of caffeine
not drinking alcohol
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extra about nice begin ingredients
weight-reduction plan
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a few kinds of cheese
liver
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Raw or undercooked meat
Some fish
Uncooked sprouted seeds
some cheeses
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cream
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Caffeine
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strength drinks
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Agree or disagree: Season four Benedict is like prime gorgeousness
THIS IS HOW I DIE BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW I CAN’T CHOOSE DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE WHICH SEASON OF SHERLOCK IS HIS MOST GORGEOUS BECAUSE OK LISTEN
unaired pilot, he is fresh meat. that succulent, so fresh, so full of potential, ohhh you just KNOW it’s a good cut of meat and you’re looking, not realizing you’re licking your lips because you’re so ready to get that fresh meat and thinking about all sorts of ways you can cook it into a delicious, juicy, meal
s1 sherlock is like... damn this fucker, he’s like raw meat that you just took from the fridge. still cold, but you know when you defrost and tenderize him, he’ll be cooked till he taste so good. Medium-rare, that’s just right for this lil piece of deliciousness. Careful though, don’t cook for too long coz the meat is thin and you don’t want to overcook this soft fucker
and then there’s s2 sherlock, which is like “hello my name is SEX” and you died before you even manage a bite of your meal
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how do i choose????
also i may or may not have been watching masterchef australia the whole day
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19 Hot Sandwiches and Salads to Make Winter a Little More Bearable
New Post has been published on http://foursprout.com/health/19-hot-sandwiches-and-salads-to-make-winter-a-little-more-bearable/
19 Hot Sandwiches and Salads to Make Winter a Little More Bearable
Sandwiches and salads are go-to options for midday meals, but when it’s polar vortex-ing like 2016 outside, nobody wants to bite into raw veggie wraps or cool, crisp greens. These 19 healthy sandwiches and salads show you how to enjoy your favorite lunch items the warmer way. From pressed paninis to vegan grilled cheeses to roasted vegetable and meat medleys, these hot recipes might become your new favorite winter comfort foods.
Healthy Sandwich Recipes
1. Hot Garlicky Broccoli Rabe Sandwich With Smoky Tahini Cheese Sauce
Photo: Connoisseurus Veg
Broccoli rabe isn’t the most popular sandwich ingredient, but this recipe makes a great case for why it should be. It’s more robust than a leafy green and stronger in flavor, and its texture and taste both hold up especially well to the garlic and rich vegan cheese drizzle.
2. Buffalo Turkey Burgers
Photo: The It Mom
These adorable slider-style patties are tucked into mini bagels instead of large buns, so you can eat more than one without feeling like a human Big Mac. No need for a grill either—these babies get baked right in the oven.
3. Eggplant Milanesa Torta
Photo: Dizzy Busy and Hungry
Breading and frying are probably the world’s favorite ways to eat eggplant, but man, can that veggie soak up oil! This recipe not only bakes it instead of frying, but does away with the oil altogether, using eggs, Parmesan, and almond milk to help it retain moisture without getting soggy in the sandwich.
4. Zucchini and Avocado Grilled Cheese
Photo: Stacey Homemaker
With spinach, avocado, zucchini, and a touch of pesto, the amount of green going on here has got to make this one of the healthiest grilled cheeses ever. Plus, it’s ready in all of seven minutes, making it one of the quickest recipes on this list too.
5. Mumbai Toastie
Photo: The Lemon Apron
Inspired by the lip-smacking sandwich sold at streetside stalls in Mumbai, this sandwich uses mint chutney, cumin, coriander, and ginger to spice up its cheese filling. Amp up the healthy factor by using multigrain bread instead of white—it won’t be as traditional, but it’ll sneak in some more fiber.
6. Pressed Roasted Vegetable Sandwich
Photo: Family Style Food
Thank goodness for recipes like this, which don’t make us choose between sandwich and salad. With eggplant, tomato, and bell peppers, there’s plenty of produce here alongside the rich pesto spread and the soft mozzarella slices.
7. Roasted Red Pepper, Basil, and Salami Grilled Cheese
Photo: Amanda K By the Bay
Thanks to just six quality ingredients, you can take yourself to Italy (OK, fine, maybe just your taste buds) on your lunch break. With roasted bell peppers standing in for tomatoes and salami added for a meaty upgrade, this sandwich is the king of Capreses.
8. Turkey and Tomato Panini
Photo: Spache the Spatula
This panini isn’t just about slapping some cheese and tomato on bread and calling it a day. With a fresh basil-infused, lemony Greek yogurt spread, plus some turkey for added protein, it turns the volume up on the basic pressed sandwich.
9. Mushroom Swiss Sandwich Melts With Arugula
Photo: Alison’s All Spice
No tuna in these melts. Instead, meaty, sautéed portabella slices step in to make this meal substantial even without the animal protein. Swiss cheese keeps the sandwich nice and gooey, though the lack of butter makes sure it’s also relatively grease-free.
Healthy Salad Recipes
10. Warm Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad
Photo: Occasionally Eggs
From the cardamom and cumin to the turmeric and ginger, the Moroccan flavors in this salad sure know how to treat veggies right. Plus, with roasted apple, butternut squash, and onion, there’s enough sweetness here without the need for added sugar in the dressing at all.
11. Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad
Photo: Veggie Jam
With shredded Brussels sprouts, fresh apples, dried raisins, and baked tempeh all tossed in a citrusy dressing, this is anything but your run-of-the-mill salad. Don’t be put off by the time it takes to make it either; most of it is just waiting around for things to marinate or roast, so it’s not a lot of actual hands-on work.
12. Warm Balsamic Steak and Vegetable Medley
Photo: Host the Toast
Roasting the tomatoes and asparagus right alongside the steak makes sure that the veggies can soak up some of the meat’s juices while cooking for maximum flavor. Tossed onto spring lettuce and topped with walnuts and gorgonzola cheese, this colorful medley rivals the salads at even the best restaurants.
13. Warm Salmon Flake and Asparagus Salad With Matcha Vinaigrette
Photo: Thirsty for Tea
Salmon, green tea, and asparagus all on one plate? Hello, healthy meal! The honey-kissed green tea dressing here is unconventional, but you’ll be surprised at how well its subtle sweetness pairs with the garlicky fish and veggies.
14. Mint, Halloumi, and Green Lentil Salad
Photo: Holly Cooks
Green lentils add plant-based protein to this Turkish-inspired salad, but if you don’t have time to cook dried beans, canned or pre-packaged versions will work just as well. For maximum flavor, don’t pan-sear the halloumi until just before serving; not only will it taste the freshest, but it’ll also keep the salad nice and warm.
15. Warm Kale, Quinoa, and Broccoli Salad Bowl With Cider Mustard Dressing
Photo: Happy Hearted Kitchen
A grain bowl? A salad? Given that the broccoli and kale take center stage here, we’re going with the latter, although the supporting cast of quinoa, nuts, seeds, and Dijon dressing put in strong performances too, making the whole ensemble a pretty delicious dish.
16. Easy Five-Ingredient Charred Zucchini and Caramelized Onion Salad
Photo: Savory Spin
When you’ve got high-quality produce, you really don’t need much else. This salad is proof. It tastes complex, but actually, nothing but salt, pepper, and olive oil have been used to season the caramelized vegetable and chickpea mixture.
17. Warm Cauliflower Carrot Salad With Citrus Miso Dressing
Photo: Gourmande in the Kitchen
With cauliflower rice being all the rage these days, don’t forget how delicious large, roasted florets of the veggie can be. They’re especially tasty here, combined with naturally sweet dates, a zesty dressing, and fruity herbs.
18. Potato, Green Bean, and Sausage Salad
Photo: Yummy Addiction
With starchy carbs from the potatoes, protein from the sausage, healthy fats from the eggs, and produce from the green beans, this simple but satisfying salad is balanced eating goals. Although the blogger recommends it as a summer dish, all the warm components and hearty elements make it a pretty perfect cold-weather meal too.
19. Roasted Butternut Squash and Burrata Salad
Photo: Home Sweet Jones
Even though this salad calls for fewer than 10 ingredients, it provides an impressive variety of flavors and textures, from the sweet butternut squash and balsamic reduction to the crunch of the hazelnuts, the peppery arugula, and the absolute best part: dollops of melt-in-your-mouth burrata. And for those of you worried about getting enough protein from plant-based foods, take note that there are 12 grams of it per serving here.
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19 Hot Sandwiches and Salads to Make Winter a Little More Bearable
New Post has been published on http://foursprout.com/health/19-hot-sandwiches-and-salads-to-make-winter-a-little-more-bearable/
19 Hot Sandwiches and Salads to Make Winter a Little More Bearable
Sandwiches and salads are go-to options for midday meals, but when it’s polar vortex-ing like 2016 outside, nobody wants to bite into raw veggie wraps or cool, crisp greens. These 19 healthy sandwiches and salads show you how to enjoy your favorite lunch items the warmer way. From pressed paninis to vegan grilled cheeses to roasted vegetable and meat medleys, these hot recipes might become your new favorite winter comfort foods.
Healthy Sandwich Recipes
1. Hot Garlicky Broccoli Rabe Sandwich With Smoky Tahini Cheese Sauce
Photo: Connoisseurus Veg
Broccoli rabe isn’t the most popular sandwich ingredient, but this recipe makes a great case for why it should be. It’s more robust than a leafy green and stronger in flavor, and its texture and taste both hold up especially well to the garlic and rich vegan cheese drizzle.
2. Buffalo Turkey Burgers
Photo: The It Mom
These adorable slider-style patties are tucked into mini bagels instead of large buns, so you can eat more than one without feeling like a human Big Mac. No need for a grill either—these babies get baked right in the oven.
3. Eggplant Milanesa Torta
Photo: Dizzy Busy and Hungry
Breading and frying are probably the world’s favorite ways to eat eggplant, but man, can that veggie soak up oil! This recipe not only bakes it instead of frying, but does away with the oil altogether, using eggs, Parmesan, and almond milk to help it retain moisture without getting soggy in the sandwich.
4. Zucchini and Avocado Grilled Cheese
Photo: Stacey Homemaker
With spinach, avocado, zucchini, and a touch of pesto, the amount of green going on here has got to make this one of the healthiest grilled cheeses ever. Plus, it’s ready in all of seven minutes, making it one of the quickest recipes on this list too.
5. Mumbai Toastie
Photo: The Lemon Apron
Inspired by the lip-smacking sandwich sold at streetside stalls in Mumbai, this sandwich uses mint chutney, cumin, coriander, and ginger to spice up its cheese filling. Amp up the healthy factor by using multigrain bread instead of white—it won’t be as traditional, but it’ll sneak in some more fiber.
6. Pressed Roasted Vegetable Sandwich
Photo: Family Style Food
Thank goodness for recipes like this, which don’t make us choose between sandwich and salad. With eggplant, tomato, and bell peppers, there’s plenty of produce here alongside the rich pesto spread and the soft mozzarella slices.
7. Roasted Red Pepper, Basil, and Salami Grilled Cheese
Photo: Amanda K By the Bay
Thanks to just six quality ingredients, you can take yourself to Italy (OK, fine, maybe just your taste buds) on your lunch break. With roasted bell peppers standing in for tomatoes and salami added for a meaty upgrade, this sandwich is the king of Capreses.
8. Turkey and Tomato Panini
Photo: Spache the Spatula
This panini isn’t just about slapping some cheese and tomato on bread and calling it a day. With a fresh basil-infused, lemony Greek yogurt spread, plus some turkey for added protein, it turns the volume up on the basic pressed sandwich.
9. Mushroom Swiss Sandwich Melts With Arugula
Photo: Alison’s All Spice
No tuna in these melts. Instead, meaty, sautéed portabella slices step in to make this meal substantial even without the animal protein. Swiss cheese keeps the sandwich nice and gooey, though the lack of butter makes sure it’s also relatively grease-free.
Healthy Salad Recipes
10. Warm Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad
Photo: Occasionally Eggs
From the cardamom and cumin to the turmeric and ginger, the Moroccan flavors in this salad sure know how to treat veggies right. Plus, with roasted apple, butternut squash, and onion, there’s enough sweetness here without the need for added sugar in the dressing at all.
11. Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad
Photo: Veggie Jam
With shredded Brussels sprouts, fresh apples, dried raisins, and baked tempeh all tossed in a citrusy dressing, this is anything but your run-of-the-mill salad. Don’t be put off by the time it takes to make it either; most of it is just waiting around for things to marinate or roast, so it’s not a lot of actual hands-on work.
12. Warm Balsamic Steak and Vegetable Medley
Photo: Host the Toast
Roasting the tomatoes and asparagus right alongside the steak makes sure that the veggies can soak up some of the meat’s juices while cooking for maximum flavor. Tossed onto spring lettuce and topped with walnuts and gorgonzola cheese, this colorful medley rivals the salads at even the best restaurants.
13. Warm Salmon Flake and Asparagus Salad With Matcha Vinaigrette
Photo: Thirsty for Tea
Salmon, green tea, and asparagus all on one plate? Hello, healthy meal! The honey-kissed green tea dressing here is unconventional, but you’ll be surprised at how well its subtle sweetness pairs with the garlicky fish and veggies.
14. Mint, Halloumi, and Green Lentil Salad
Photo: Holly Cooks
Green lentils add plant-based protein to this Turkish-inspired salad, but if you don’t have time to cook dried beans, canned or pre-packaged versions will work just as well. For maximum flavor, don’t pan-sear the halloumi until just before serving; not only will it taste the freshest, but it’ll also keep the salad nice and warm.
15. Warm Kale, Quinoa, and Broccoli Salad Bowl With Cider Mustard Dressing
Photo: Happy Hearted Kitchen
A grain bowl? A salad? Given that the broccoli and kale take center stage here, we’re going with the latter, although the supporting cast of quinoa, nuts, seeds, and Dijon dressing put in strong performances too, making the whole ensemble a pretty delicious dish.
16. Easy Five-Ingredient Charred Zucchini and Caramelized Onion Salad
Photo: Savory Spin
When you’ve got high-quality produce, you really don’t need much else. This salad is proof. It tastes complex, but actually, nothing but salt, pepper, and olive oil have been used to season the caramelized vegetable and chickpea mixture.
17. Warm Cauliflower Carrot Salad With Citrus Miso Dressing
Photo: Gourmande in the Kitchen
With cauliflower rice being all the rage these days, don’t forget how delicious large, roasted florets of the veggie can be. They’re especially tasty here, combined with naturally sweet dates, a zesty dressing, and fruity herbs.
18. Potato, Green Bean, and Sausage Salad
Photo: Yummy Addiction
With starchy carbs from the potatoes, protein from the sausage, healthy fats from the eggs, and produce from the green beans, this simple but satisfying salad is balanced eating goals. Although the blogger recommends it as a summer dish, all the warm components and hearty elements make it a pretty perfect cold-weather meal too.
19. Roasted Butternut Squash and Burrata Salad
Photo: Home Sweet Jones
Even though this salad calls for fewer than 10 ingredients, it provides an impressive variety of flavors and textures, from the sweet butternut squash and balsamic reduction to the crunch of the hazelnuts, the peppery arugula, and the absolute best part: dollops of melt-in-your-mouth burrata. And for those of you worried about getting enough protein from plant-based foods, take note that there are 12 grams of it per serving here.
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
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Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
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Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
Do you have any questions on how to write a fast food restaurant resume? Not sure how to describe skills on resumes for fast food workers? Need help with how to list experience on a resume? Want to complain about all the terrible food puns? Give us a shout in the comments, and we’ll answer your question.
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
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Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
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Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
right wrong'
Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
wrong
Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
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Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
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Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
1
What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
wrong
I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
right
Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
wrong
Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
right wrong'
Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
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Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
Want to save time and have your resume ready in 5 minutes? Try our resume builder. It’s fast and easy to use. Plus, you'll get tips and right vs. wrong examples while writing your resume. See +20 resume templates and create your resume here.
Fast Food Resume Examples - See more templates and create your resume here.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
right
Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
right wrong'
Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
wrong
Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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Fast Food Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Examples]
McBurger Queen is hiring!
Multiple positions available.
McBurger Queen is the Tri-City’s newest burger joint, and we are seeking several energetic and enthusiastic humans to fill key roles on our team. We are the “Fabulous, Fun & Friendly Fast Food Family” and if this sounds like you, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. Sandy Kernel, within.
Hmmm. Energy, check. Enthusiasm, check. Human, check!
This job’s perfect for you!
But hang on a minute.
In your Tri-City area, there are thousands of humans. Hundreds of them are enthusiastic and energetic. Dozens of them want this job. For the employer, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The steaks are high. (Don’t groan yet; there’s more where that came from.)
How can we make your resume stand out to land us that interview?
Don’t worry; romaine calm.
We’ll walk through this together, step by step. You’ll soon have a fast food resume sample and cover letter that rises to the top, as cream always does.
This in-depth fast food service resume guide will show you:
Free resume examples for fast food better than 9 out of 10 others.
How to write a fast food resume that will land you more interviews.
Tips and examples of how to put skills and achievements on a fast food resume.
How to describe your experience on a resume for fast food to get any job you want.
Here's a sample resume for a fast food worker made using our resume builder.
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What’s the Best Format for a Fast Food Resume?
Lettuce begin :)
Most of the time, hiring managers like Mr. Kernel in our example won’t read your whole resume.
And it gets worse: they take only 6 seconds to scan a resume. That’s just 6 seconds to consider you for an interview.
The term “fast food resume” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
What does this mean for you? You need a good fast food resume format that will grab their attention and not let go.
A poorly-formatted resume is about as appealing as a burrito with a soggy tortilla.
Luckily, it’s not as hopeless as it sounds. Depending on your past work history, there are two main recipes to go about this.
Been in fast food service before? Fantastic! You’ve got an advantage. The reverse-chronological format is best for your experienced fast food resume.
Why is that?
This format emphasizes your fast food resume experience and work history.
You’ll list your most recent work positions first, and go back through past jobs in reverse-chronological order from there.
As the standard format, it’s the easiest to read and scan - for hiring managers and applicant tracking system (ATS) software alike.
This is important because those little ATS robots read your fast food resume first and make sure you’ve got the goods the hiring manager wants. But more on that later!
But, how can you write a resume for a fast food job with no experience?
No worries!
Instead, start off with listing your education section followed by other sections (e.g., volunteering, hobbies), neatly aligned like the items on the menu board. We’ll talk more about these other sections in just a moment.
Next, save your fast food resume sample as a PDF. The PDF format keeps the layout in shape.
Pro Tip: Check the job posting to make sure PDFs are OK. Some Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can choke on a PDF-formatted fast food resume.
Not sure about the ideal format for your crew or cashier fast food resume? See our guide: "3 Resume Formats: How to Choose the Best One [Examples]"
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Fast Food Resume Objective or Resume Summary?
You want to catch their eye. You want to make an impression.
Remember that you have 6 seconds?
You’ll want to do this all quickly.
You need a fast food resume objective or a professional resume summary.
But which one?
Don’t worry! We’ll go over the two now, and you’ll be able to pick the best one.
Fast Food Resume Summary
You’ve been flipping burgers at Wendy’s for some time, and you can do it with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back.
Do you have experience working in fast food?
Great! Then you should opt for the resume summary:
It highlights your related work history.
It promotes you with a previous achievement.
Here’s an example of an experienced fast food worker resume summary:
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Personable crew member with 2+ years expertise in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Achieved district-highest guest satisfaction rating according to receipt surveys (99.96%). Seeking to advance my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I have been a fast food crew member for the last 2 years. In addition to my knowledge of kitchen appliances and fast food recipes, I also carried out various front-of-house duties (e.g., taking orders, dispatching food) during busy hours.
Do you see the differences?
Take the “Wrong” one: it’s great that you were able to handle the duties at both the front and the back of the restaurant. However - and no disrespect - but who cares? You’re just listing your regular tasks as if they were accomplishments, which they aren’t.
In the first example, we give evidence of our achievements and experience. This is the better way of how to make a fast food job sound good on a resume.
Our resume builder will give you tips and examples on how to write your resume summary. You can easily copy them straight into your resume - it will save you a ton of time.
Inside our resume builder you will find tips and examples for your resume.
Objective for Fast Food Resume
The closest you’ve come to making fast food is with your childhood Easy Bake Oven.
Don’t have any experience working at fast food establishments? Need to create a resume for fast food crew without experience?
That’s fine. Go with the resume objective:
It highlights your transferable skills.
It promotes you with a related achievement.
It briefly explains the career path change.
Here’s an example of a summary on a sample fast food resume without experience:
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Friendly and responsible high school senior with 5+ years cooking experience for large family. Obtained highest grades in two different Home Ec classes (100%). Seeking to jumpstart my career by growing with the team at McBurger Queen.
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I am a high school senior eager to start my first job. I don’t have experience in a commercial kitchen, but many people say that I am a fast learner. I am also highly motivated because I want to earn enough for the down payment on my first car.
See the differences here?
McBurger Queen is taking a bigger chance by hiring someone without experience. You’ll need to show them that you have what it takes. In the first one, we used some transferable skills from a high school class. The second one doesn’t show enough to hold the hiring manager’s eye.
Pro Tip: Personalize your cook or cashier fast food resume example by dropping the restaurant’s name into your resume summary or objective.
Hungry for more advice and examples of a resume summary or resume objective for fast food? Check out our guides: “How To Write A Resume Summary: 21 Best Examples You Will See” AND “+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips)”
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How to Describe Your Fast Food Experience on a Resume
“I’m lovin’ it.”
That’s not only McDonald’s slogan - it’s what we want the hiring manager to say when they look at our fast food cook resume.
To do that, we’ll taco ‘bout your experience in a way which wakes them up like an espresso shot from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here’s how:
Fast food resume with experience:
You’re a pizza dough tossing champion.
Held one or more fast food positions before? Great! You’ve got a head start. Still, pick the best fast food resume responsibilities that match the restaurant’s interests. Complicated?
Nope! It’s as easy as pie. Take a look at these creative resume for fast food examples:
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Managed and coached phone and online orders for clients.
Encouraged and influenced dining guests to make beverage-pairing decisions based on taste and menu.
Instituted customer promotional survey to assess food demand, which soon became adopted industry-wide.
Key Achievements
Identified cold storage solution which led to a cost reduction of 17%
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Back-of-House Staff
January 2010 - December 2010
Pizza Hut, New York, NY
Prepared food items such as pizza and breadsticks.
Kept workplace roach- and rat-free.
Chopped tomatoes and shredded mozzarella.
See the differences?
The “wrong” example seems fine, at first - we explained our duties and tasks.
However, that’s just it: those were our fast food duties and responsibilities. In the “right” example, we itemized our duties with more detail, and then we included achievement(s) for the win.
Fast food resume with no experience:
The bulk of your fast food experience comes from cooking eggs in the microwave.
Never been a fast food worker before?
Relax.
We need to find some way to show the big cheese that you’re worth your salt.
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Paint Department Attendant
January 2010 - December 2010
Home Depot, New York, NY
Assisted with preparing and promoting weekly paint specials to guests.
Influenced customers with paint-pairing decisions based on home and palette.
Key Achievements
Instituted monthly color promotions which raised sales by 37%
See what we did here?
At first, working in the paint department didn’t seem anything like a fast food employee. But, we played up those painter resume duties and achievements which translate well into a fast food cook resume - whether they’re Pizza Hut job descriptions or for a Taco Bell resume.
Pro Tip: Take some time to think about your past jobs. Which areas relate best to having strong fast food skills? Pick those for your fast food cashier resume or cook resume.
Need some more ideas on the right achievements to put on examples for fast food resumes? Want more on how to describe work experience on a resume for fast food? Check out this guide: “How to Put Achievements on a Resume - Complete Guide (+30 Examples)”
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Is Your Education Section Undercooked? It Might Be.
The education section - a waste of space, right?
You’d better think again.
The education section is a valuable part of the perfect fast food resume examples. In the case of those without experience, the education section becomes the most important.
So, how should we put your education on your resume for fast food restaurants?
Here’s how to include your degree on your fast food resume:
2008 BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
3.8 GPA
But what if you are still completing your university degree?
Here’s how to list a degree that is still in progress:
BA in Food Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Expected Graduation in 2020
And what if all you have is your high school diploma?
Not to worry!
List your high school, styling it like this:
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
Graduated in 2004
If you have completed a degree, it’s better to skip listing your high school.
Pro Tip: On your fast food manager resume, only include your GPA if it is as close to 4.0 as possible. Too low will hurt instead of help. We don’t want that!
Craving more examples of how to put your education on a fast food resume sample with no experience? Have an educational scenario that is not listed here? Read our guide: “How to Put Your Education on a Resume [Tips & Examples]”
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How to Pepper Skills onto a Fast Food Resume
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.
You need to show them. Otherwise, they’ll drop you like a hot potato.
How do we do that?
We need to play up your skills and include the perfect ones for the best fast food resume.
A fast food resume skills section on your resume for fast food without experience is like the spices you add when cooking - important, but only the right ones. Also, not too much and not too little.
How do we add just the right amount to describe your job experience?
First, let’s make a list of some generic hard and soft skills to put on a resume for fast food workers.
Hard skills are specific abilities and know-how (e.g., Grill Master 5000, food prep duties). Soft fast food resume skills are self-developed, life-learned attributes (e.g., safety consciousness, adaptability).
What are some skills to put on a resume for fast food? Here’re the basic restaurant resume skills:
Fast Food Service Skills List
Fast Food Hard Skills Fast Food Soft Skills POS Operation People Skills Deep Fryer Time Management Grill Master 500 Maintenance & Use Communication Restaurant Intercom Operation Saferty Consciousness
But! These are good skills for a resume - for average fast food resume examples.
You’re not average, right?
Neither should your resume for fast food be.
To make your resume unique, we can’t just list these generic terms - they look like all you did was google “fast food skills to put on resume,” and then stick whichever results came up.
It’s time to browse the job listing like a menu, but instead of finding the meal we crave, we will underline resume keywords that match the fast food shift manager’s appetite.
Pro Tip: Try this: Type a bunch of your skills into an Excel column, with a number (1-10) of importance and fast food relevance in the adjacent column. Then, trim that fat until you have the best 5 or 6.
McDonald’s Crew Member Job Description for Fast Food Resume:
See the skills on this fast food resume job description? Let me show you a few examples:
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Exceptional customer service
People skills
Excellent internal communication Communication Terrific record of inventory management Time management
See the differences between the two?
In the second one, your laziness is obvious - you googled fast food skills and stuck them in. In the first one, you look like the toy at the bottom of a Happy Meal - just who the fast food shift manager was looking for.
Pro Tip: Does it taste good? Or is it scrumptious? Delectable? Exquisite? Use action verbs and colorful words to make your resume more appetizing to them.
Want more tips for writing the perfect fast food resume skills list? Need more advice on what to put on a resume for skills? What are good skills for a resume? See our guide: “+30 Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)”
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How to Add Other Sections for an Appetizing Fast Food Resume
Contact info, check. Experience, check. Education, Objective, Skills - check, check, and check.
You’ve got the basics, but this is plain ol’ chicken soup.
Jazz it up. Pizzazz it up.
We need to sprinkle in a dash of our secret ingredient: extra resume sections.
Why is that?
Extra resume sections make your resume more unique. Everybody puts their name, experience, and so on. This is where you’ll list some relevant things that you’re proud of.
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Volunteered after Hurricane Kuhrayzee reconstructing homes.
Voracious reader (over 500 books per year).
Voted “Sexiest Employee” three weeks in a row.
See what’s wrong here?
You have every right to be proud of these accomplishments - hell, I know I would be. However, they’re not friendly for work in fast food.
But which ones are right?
I’ll go over some of the most popular additional sections for your resume for fast food now, along with some better, more relevant examples.
Volunteer Experience
Cleaned up road litter with the Adopt-a-Highway program? You are a hero! However, it isn’t a relevant volunteer experience on your fast food resume. Check out some of these examples:
Volunteered in fast-paced kitchen at local homeless shelter.
Volunteered at cash register for non-profit fundraiser.
Hobbies & Interests
I honestly, literally love washing dishes. I listen to an audiobook or use that mindless task time to organize my thoughts.
Here’re some other interests and hobbies that would pair well, whether it’s a Subway resume or a McDonald’s resume:
Volleyball - member of local league for over four years.
Avid gardener and botanist.
Volleyball and team sports show that you function well on a team, an important trait for the fast environment of the kitchen. The gardening might show that you are knowledgeable about different fruits and veggies.
Certifications & Awards
Voted “sexiest employee” three weeks in a row? Impressive! But not as relevant as:
Passed five-year food safety certification.
Placed second in last year’s Brownie Bakeoff.
Languages
Know another language? That could be very helpful on a fast food resume, and maybe a necessity. Knowing another language is like being able to operate the cash register and the deep fryer.
Don’t turn in a resume with so much blank, white space. Well, you can, but it is like serving a the Jumbo-sized fries with only one packet of ketchup.
Only the customer would just ask for more ketchup, while the hiring manager will simply put your resume aside.
Relevant extra sections on your fast food resume are the answer.
Pro Tip: Salt’s nice on fries, but not too much. Don’t add too many extra sections on your resume for fast food. Add only enough extra sections to fill the rest of the current resume page - not more that it spills over onto a new one.
Need more examples of hobbies and interests which work well on fast food crew resumes? Still not sure if you even want to add extra sections? Read our guide: “+20 Best Examples of Hobbies & Interests To Put on a Resume (5 Tips)”
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Here's the Most Common Myth About Fast Food Cover Letters
Would you serve a cheeseburger uncooked?
No, right?
A resume without its cover letter is the same thing.
45% of recruiters say they will reject a resume without a cover letter. That’s about HALF.
You’ve taken your time on your fast food resume measuring the ingredients, adding the spices, and mixing it all together.
Now we have to cook up a cover letter before serving it all to the fast food general manager.
Here are a few tasty tips to deliver a great cover letter they’ll just eat up:
Explain why the job excites you.
Drop names - name the hiring manager and restaurant to personalize it.
Inform them why they need you for this job.
When your burger is ready, would you want them to call out, “Hey you!”?
Of course not.
Neither do fast food restaurant managers.
Do like Starbucks and call them by name in the fast food cover letter.
Mention something about the restaurant that you relate with. You dropped their name and caught their attention - now seal the deal with this next personalization.
Be witty. Be charming. Be clever.
Positively grab their attention - it will mean more than degrees and certifications you list in your fast food worker resume.
Plus, a great cover letter that match your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write your cover letter in our resume builder here. Here's what it may look like:
See more templates and create your resume and cover letter here.
Pro Tip: Research the restaurant online and mention something in particular that stands out to you. This is something a resume can’t include and will really catch their eye!
Did you know that our resume builder software doubles as a cover letter builder, helping you write a professional cover letter for a fast food job description for resumes? Fore more, see this article: “40+ Successful Cover Letter Tips, Advice & Guidelines (With Examples)”
Key Takeaway
“The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
Truer is this: The key to the fast food interview is through the perfect resume and cover letter.
Using this recipe for a good fast food resume and cover letter, you will have the key to unlocking many doors of opportunity.
Personalize, Personalize, Personalize. The hiring manager will be taking in dozens of applications. Address them by name in the cover letter. Mention the company in the resume heading. Make yours stand out.
You want to join them, so make them need you. You are eager to take this fast food server job, so be all in. Spice it up with action verbs and impressive achievements to wow them. Paint the best picture of yourself.
Double- and triple-check. Spend an extra few minutes making sure that your fast food resume and cover letter are up to par. Did they ask to include a particular phrase in the email subject line? Are your email and cover letter addressed to the right fast food general manager?
Now. You should have a creative resume for fast food jobs that’s cooked to perfection and served just right. Time to attach the final fast food cover letter and resume to an email and send it off.
Chicken fingers crossed!
I hope I see you behind the counter the next time I go out to eat :)
If you need some ideas and help with the email part of writing restaurant resumes, check out: "How to Email Your Resume to Get More Job Offers (Examples)"
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I Ingested My Placenta and It Rocked!
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I Ingested My Placenta and It Rocked!
By Jodie, Contributing Writer
Did I get your attention? GOOD. You are either intrigued and have a desire to learn more information about this “taboo” practice OR you are puking in the bathroom right now and ready to unfriend me! Either way, here is why I decided to ingest my placenta and why it was the best choice I ever made for me and our baby.
Now, don’t get me wrong, when someone first told me about this utterly crazy practice of eating my own placenta I thought they were certifiably off their rocker. I mean, I am all for naturally clean living but I also don’t live in a commune wearing Birkenstocks, a flower headband while cooking up some placenta flank steaks. Seriously, this is the year 2016 and people just don’t do that in first-world countries, right?
Then I researched and my eyes opened to this ancient art. I could see why millions of new mothers in countries all over the world still participate in this practice. You see, we are beyond blessed to have so many conveniences and resources at our fingertips in America, but why can’t we see how each of those “short-cuts” have actually made our society MORE unhealthy and have created a distaste for anything steeped in ancient tradition? I will go as far to say that this practice is something innately designed in our nature. It is no different then why we want to avoid removing organs unnecessarily from our bodies. They were placed there by our creator for a reason to maintain health by allowing our bodies to work to their best abilities.
I will share at the end just how I did after ingesting my placenta
I Ingested My Placenta and It Rocked!
Some mothers and midwives believe the placenta offers benefits that help recovery after birth – allowing women to regain energy, allow appropriate levels of bleeding, increase milk production and fight off “baby blues” or even a more severe form called postpartum depression.
Physicians tend to be skeptical about using our placentas to support emotional and physical health, pointing to the lack of scientific evidence and regulation by the Food and Drug Administration. To that I say, of course they are skeptical! Are they not “skeptical” of most things natural because of a lack of hard scientific evidence? And of course we all know that the very problem with obtaining said evidence is that nature is pretty hard to nail down. It is ever changing, not synthetic and pretty hard to test in a lab and make billions of dollars from in profits. That is why nature works in perfect harmony with us. I will address the scientific portion later, but for me, I say whatever…the possible benefits of this crazy practice of placenta encapsulation is well worth taking a leap of faith!
The Animals all do it
There are documented benefits of placentophagia in animals, relating primarily to enhancing pain relief during labor and delivery, and helping to produce immediate maternal behavior at delivery because of the mother’s attraction to afterbirth material on the young. Non human mothers find afterbirth irresistibly attractive at delivery, but clearly most human mothers do not.
Benefits of the Placenta
Why is the Placenta so important to mother and baby?
During pregnancy, it is connected to the baby by the umbilical cord and attaches to the mother loosely inside the uterus. Baby’s blood flows into the placenta through umbilical arteries, travels through a network of capillaries and returns, carrying back oxygen and nutrients delivered to the placenta by the mother’s blood.
The placenta is absolutely necessary for growth, development and birth of a healthy baby. It’s really a life-support device that acts as the “breath” for the baby. It produces and regulates hormones involved in pregnancy and birth and removes waste. It acts as protection for the baby, and it maintains an immunologically inactive interface with the mother to prevent rejection. In this way, the mother’s immune system becomes “tolerant” of the pregnancy.
Benefits of placenta consumption include:
Control postpartum hemorrhage
Possible reduction of the “baby blues”
Balance hormones
Restore mother’s healthy iron levels
Help increase mother’s milk supply
Increase energy levels
promote weight management
Ways to Consume a Placenta
Eaten raw (I will NOT be partaking in this personally)
Cooked in a stew or stir fry (nope not for me either)
Made into a tincture (hmmm possibly)
Dehydrated and put into smoothies
Dehydrated and encapsulated in pill form (yes this sounds great!)
Where is the Science?
Ok I know what you are saying…but where is the science?
The studies we do have mostly deal with animals, however it does give some insight. We know that certain groups of peoples have consumed the placenta and we know that most of the other groups of peoples do not. We know that most mammals consume their placentas, but some mammals do not.
There are minimal studies on the benefits of human placenta consumption. So, with that said, it really is important to see if this practice is something you want to do. I have learned thru many of our health trials that when it comes to natural options the traditional “scientific” studies are hard to come by. So, we just educate ourselves and weigh the pro’s or possible con’s. In 99% of all things we have done there are no “ill-effects”, which is why we will always choose natural vs. synthetic.
My Experience
I basically decided on a whim to just go for it. I read up on the possible benefits, prayed about it and decided it was the best thing I could do for the wellbeing of myself and my baby girl.
My husband was supportive as long as he didn’t see “it” or hear any gruesome details. In my birth plan, I specifically stated to keep the placenta and we also delayed chord clamping. My wonderful physician obliged and I was not given any grief, maybe because I was very confident about my decisions. The next morning, I called my doula, who encapsulated my placenta, and she picked it up from the hospital and took it home to do her thing. It was very seamless and EASY. A day later when I arrived home, the pills were dropped off and I was good to go! It cost around $200 and was seriously the BEST investment I ever made.
I started with 2-3 pills a day and to be honest I was not really sure what to expect. The most significant change I experienced immediately was ENERGY! I was not tired one bit. With a newborn AND two active boys, I was perfectly happy to keep up with all household tasks and daily routines. The husband started asking, “did you take your pills today?” Ha!!
My milk was like a waterfall! This was great because I did have to pump for a short time since I developed a severe case of “sore nipples” and it was extremely painful to nurse. Being able to store extra milk was a blessing.
I had ZERO mood swings. Seriously ZERO. I was cool as a cucumber and with the craziness in our house, my husband was very thankful. After a month he was laying the pills out for me.
All in all they lasted about 4 months. I was told I had a very nice, large placenta. Yahoo!
After two months I was easily back to my pre-baby weight, and adjusting quite nicely to being a mom of three. In my book, ingesting my placenta was critical to a successful third delivery and recovery.
How do you know if it is right for you?
There are some women where this just does not work for them. They report feeling worse, and then others feel incredibly better. I encourage trying, because what do you have to lose? Research what you can and make the best decision for you and your family. My only regret in this whole process was not doing it with my two boys, unfortunately I just didn’t know about it then.
There are no laws to regulate retrieval or consumption of placentas, but I would confirm with your hospital or delivery center that you will be able to take ownership of your placenta before you give birth.
All in all, it was a very eye-opening and transformative experience. Maybe I am that hippie in a commune! Many of my friends and family had no idea I even did this, guess the cats out of the bag now…
Simply search the internet for a local doula or midwife near you. This is the specialist I love and used in my local area.
The information on this email/blog/post/correspondence is for educational purposes only and it is my life story. It is not intended to prescribe, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please educate yourself and address any health or medical needs you may have with your physician.
Have you consumed your placenta postpartum? How was your experience?
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