Janitor Resume Example

If you are writing your resume as a professional janitor, you may be hoping to earn more money, transfer jobs, or attain a managerial role. You are in luck, as the maintenance industry is growing faster than national averages. The resume sample on this page is an excellent guide for you to follow when writing your own resume. We recommend that you read our analysis of this resume, so that you can build a professional and effective resume that WILL land you more interviews. 

Be sure to read our Resume Writing 10 Commandments as a supplement to this guide, to make sure you’re not committing any major resume sins.

1. Target Your Career Objective

A well written janitor resume stands out by including key relevant skills (also known as resume builders) that are directly applicable or transferable into the janitorial profession.

The resume objective (or career objective) is meant to give a brief and impactful introduction to you as a person and as a potential employee. Don’t waste any space in the career objective section, or make it too long. Above all, remember that the career objective is meant to convey how you’ll help the company, not how the company can help you. This particular resume does that well, starting off by including relevant skills, licenses and certificates, language ability, and years of experience. Here are the four eye-catching parts of this sample’s resume objective:

The applicant has 7 years of experience as a janitor already, and mentions that fact right away, as such a vast amount of experience would immediately grab the attention of the hiring manager. Andy also mentions his HVAC/R certification and bilingual ability, which are very relevant and useful skills for a janitor to have.

2. Make Your Professional Experience Count

This resume has three particularly well written bullet points, because they are quantified (which means described numerically). The numbers describe both the size of the establishment the applicant worked in, and his achievements. We have bolded the areas where the bullet points are quantified:

Manage carpet cleaning, vacuuming, floor care, trash removal and restroom cleaning for a hotel of 300+ rooms and 140+ customers per day

Trained 2 janitors successfully in all aspects of cleaning, maintenance, and safety procedures, ensuring that they follow pre-set processes for maximum efficiency and achieve high standards

Dust and wipe clean all office furniture, files, fixtures, paneling, window sills and all other surfaces in a 3,000+ student school

As much as you can, quantify your own resume in the same way. Describe the size and scope of your job responsibilities, or how many people you trained or supervised. It helps the hiring manager grasp the size and scope of your previous duties, and will make your resume stand out.

The best resumes are achievement oriented, which you can learn how to do in detail here. In addition, your resume will need to be formatted in one of three formats: reverse-chronological, functional, or combination style. Which format you choose will depend whether your work experience was consistent, or had gaps.

3. Include Relevant Skills

Your “Additional Skills” section should only include relevant skills. Andy has many skills relevant to being a janitor — these four in particular.

1. Basic to moderately difficult repairs
2. Heating, Venting, Air Conditioning, HVAC/R Certificate
3. Power drills, mowers, ratchets
4. Bilingual in Spanish/English

Since you’re a professional janitor, it’s likely that you have developed many skills that can help you find new employment quickly, or help you achieve a higher position elsewhere. Andy even has a certifications section — if you have any, feel free to create your own, too. If you need help brainstorming skills to include check out these popular marketing skills for plumbers.

4. Don’t Forget Your Education

With regards to the “Educational Section” — if you attended a university degree program or community college program, you should NOT include high school experiences. If you didn’t attend a higher educational institution, then including your high school is appropriate.

If you have any questions about how to write a janitor resume, please leave a comment at the bottom of the page. And remember — you can download the resume template at the top of the page, and modify it to match your own experience. Don’t forget to write a janitor cover letter, too!

5. Action Verbs for a Janitor Resume

Apply	Inspect	Remove
Assist	Maintain	Replace
Build	Monitor	Sanitize
Clean	Observe	Shovel
Gather	Record	Sweep

Discover every action verb in the universe here.

How to Write a Janitor Resume Video

Watch this brief video to get a firm grasp on what makes a strong janitor resume: