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It’s no wonder Starbucks jobs are fought over. In-store discounts, parental leave, tuition coverage, and health coverage (with dental!) are just a few of the perks. But you need to show the manager that you’ll work hard and do a great job. This Starbucks resume sample will get you there fast.

The key?

To write the best resume for Starbucks jobs on the counter, pay attention to the job ad. It’s the cheat sheet to get hired. Use it to hand-pick the best parts of your past. Then show them in your bullet points and prove your skills with fresh achievements.

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Karen Zapata

karenzzapata@gmail.com

205-844-2092

linkedin.com/in/karenzzapata

Resume Summary

Efficient barista with 2 years of experience providing friendly service. Seeking to help Starbucks at 101 Marginal Way provide fast & friendly customer service. At Dave’s Coffee, received Employee of the Month Award 5x for excellent service and interpersonal skills.

Work Experience

Barista

Dave’s Coffee, Livingston, AL

June 2018 – June 2020

  • Collaborated with team of 11 to raise customer service scores for coffee shop by 19% in 1 year. Used Give ‘em the Pickle philosophy.
  • Received Employee of the Month award 5 times for exemplary service. Used interpersonal skills and efficiency to provide fast, friendly service every day.
  • Served 150+ customers per day, taking the time to give each one my full attention.
  • Ran cash drawer for over 100 transactions per day. Processed credit cards and cash transactions.
  • Opened and closed cash drawer with 99.9% accuracy. Reconciled all errors by end of day.

Bookkeeper

Jerrol & Numspa Accounting

June 2014–March 2018

  • Worked as a bookkeeper in a busy accounting firm.
  • Interacted with 20+ customers per day.
  • Used knowledge of bookkeeping to track financial transactions with 100% accuracy.
  • Collaborated with 9 team members in a busy front office.

Education

Sharama Technical College

Graduated: June 2014

Associate Degree in Business Administration

GPA: 3.2

  • Member, Student Charity Alliance
  • Vice President, Student Ultimate Frisbee League

Additional Activities

  • Volunteer dog walker, 3x per month, Carlton County Animal Shelter
  • Leader, Livingston Book of the Month Club. Increased membership 150%

Skills

  • Register operation, customer service, light & heavy cleaning, stocking, interpersonal skills, food preparation

Here’s how to write your own job-getting Starbucks resume:

1. Format Your Starbucks Resume Correctly

Starbucks baristas and other employees get the best perks in the industry. But there are only 402,000 Starbucks employees in the world. That includes managers, assistant managers, corporate employees, baristas, and all others. If you want in, your Starbucks resume has to stand out in every way.

To write the perfect resume for Starbucks jobs, you need to show you won’t cut corners if they hire you. For a professional look, use these resume format tips:

Read more: Parts of a Resume

2. Wow Them With a Starbucks Resume Objective or Summary

Write a clean resume introduction at the top to get them interested. This part is the espresso version of your resume, so write it last so you’ve got plenty to boil down.

If you’ve never worked a job before, write a career objective statement. Back when every bean was hand-picked, people talked about what they wanted from the job. Don’t do that today. Instead, churn up some interest by showing how your past customer service achievements can help Starbucks.

Have you got a decent work history? Then write a career summary statement. Like the objective, it’s where you “sum up” your career to date. Spotlight the best parts so they'll keep reading.

Read more: How To Make Your Resume Stand Out

3. Whip Up a Great Starbucks Resume Job Description

Have you worked in food service before? What about customer service? Anything related? You’ll need to prove Starbucks skills like customer service or interpersonal skills or cleaning, POS operation. Look first at the Starbucks job ad for some clues about the skills they want.

Then find some service-with-a-smile achievements in your past as proof. Those accomplishments will form your bullet points.

Show relevant experience in a way that knocks their aprons off:

  • Start with the last job you worked. After that, list your next newest job and so on.
  • Add the job title, company you worked for, and dates you worked there.
  • Tailor your resume by adding 3–6 bullet points that show your best relevant achievements. Achievements on a resume matter more than a stack of job duties.
  • Keep them reading by starting each bullet point with resume power words like operated, served, or cleaned.
  • Make sure each bullet point shows a standout accomplishment.

Read more: Should You Include Irrelevant Work Experience on a Resume?

4. Write a Job-Getting Starbucks Resume Education Section 

Surprise! The educational background on a resume for Starbucks doesn’t matter. Except when it does. That is—you don’t need an engineering degree to serve lattes. But you can get hired faster if you show you weren’t just sleeping late in school.

  • You don’t need to show school projects or relevant coursework in a Starbucks resume. But stop and think about your extracurricular activities. Do any of them prove you’re good with people?
  • Were you in groups or clubs? Did you play on sports teams or do anything that shows your skills?
  • You don’t need to show a GPA on a resume for Starbucks jobs unless yours was very high.

Pro Tip: Starbucks has some of the best employee benefits in the food service industry. Consider mentioning those in your cover letter. (Yes, you need a cover letter. See below.)

5. Prove You’ve Got the Right Starbucks Skills

Here’s a shocker—the Starbucks manager doesn’t just want to see your skills. She wants to know they’re the exact skills she needs to get the job done. Prove you’ve got the grounds by building the right skills list.

Here's how to show your Starbucks skills are the cream of the crop:

  • Look through the Starbucks job ad for the skills they want in an employee. Then grab yourself a cup of joe and think—when have you excelled at those?
  • Make sure to list their hard skills, soft skills, and technical skills like POS operation.
  • Next, add the top 10 to your Starbucks employee skills list.
  • Make sure you prove you’ve got those skills dialed by showing off achievements based on them in your bullet points.

Necessary Starbucks Resume Skills

If you want to get a Starbucks job, take the time to learn the right resume keywords for the role. Their ATS (applicant tracking system) will toss some resumes out before a human sees them.

Starbucks-specific skills are important but don't forget about other skills. We evaluated 11 million resumes generated using our builder, revealing the top 10 most commonly listed skills:

  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Excellent Communication
  • Multitasking
  • Attention to Detail
  • MS Office
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Data Entry
  • Project Management
  • Team Management

Creating a resume with our builder is incredibly simple. Follow our step-by-step guide and use content from Certified Professional Resume Writers to have a resume ready in minutes.

When you’re done, our easy resume builder will score your resume and our resume checker will tell you exactly how to make it better.

6. Add “Extra” Sections to Your Starbucks Resume

You can finish after “experience” and “education,” or you can spice things up with skills-proving “extra” sections:

Read more: What Sections Belong in a Resume?

7. Write a Cover Letter for Your Starbucks Barista Resume

Are cover letters necessary? For almost half of all managers, they are. That’s because a resume without a cover letter can look like you’re just spraying and praying. What is a cover letter for? To prove you hand-picked this job, and you really want it.

Make sure to include the right parts of a cover letter:

Why are cover letters one page? Because longer cover letters are boring and TBH, managers don’t have time to read them.

Read more: Resume vs Cover Letter: What’s the Difference?

Plus, a great cover letter that matches your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write it in our cover letter builder here. Here's what it may look like:

See more cover letter templates and start writing.

All done!

That’s everything you need to write a great Starbucks resume!

Thanks for reading! Do you have another question on how to make a great Starbucks barista resume? Give us a shout in the comments section!

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Tom Gerencer, CPRW
Tom Gerencer is a career expert and Certified Professional Resume Writer who has published over 200 in-depth articles on Zety. Since 2016, he has been sharing advice on all things recruitment from writing winning resumes and cover letters to getting a promotion.
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