How to Write an Auto Mechanic Resume

If you are looking for a career as an auto mechanic or are an auto mechanic and want to change employment, it's time to dust off your resume. While most resumes follow the same basic format, if you're applying for auto mechanic jobs, there are certain areas of the resume you want to highlight. Remember that when writing a resume, the most important information always comes first.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Create a heading with your name, address and contact information in an easily readable format. Most employers like to have a home phone and a cell phone, as well as an email address. It's a good idea to either center or left justify your nam, and make it a little bit larger or bolder than the rest of the resume.

2. Make a skills and qualifications section the first section below your name. Make the heading bold, underlined or all caps, and then describe any specific auto mechanic skills that you have, procedures you are qualified to do and certifications or special training you have received.

3. Make a professional experience section below your skills and qualifications. List your most recent position first. If you have a lot of employment experience, list only the three or four most relevant or recent experiences. List the place of employment, your job title and the dates employed, as well as a description of your responsibilities and any skills you used on the job.

4. List your educational background underneath work experience. Include your most recent educational experiences first. Include a section with relevant coursework, if applicable, or with any honors or awards you have received.

5. List other hobbies or interests if you have room at the bottom of your resume.

Tips & Warnings

• Make a neat resume where all of the headings follow the same format. Neat and organized resumes are easier for employers to read to locate information.
• Use bullets underneath each heading or each job experience to organize your descriptions of skills, job duties and other information given. Be consistent in your capitalization and punctuation--if you phrase the lists as complete sentences, use end punctuation.
• Have your resume professionally printed on high-quality resume paper. The good impression you will make on your potential employer is worth it!

Resources

• View a sample resume for a template to follow.

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