High school junior and certified lifeguard looking for a summer 2027 lifeguard, camp or recreation job. Worked a full summer as a camp counselor for 12 campers with zero safety incidents. Available full-time from June to mid-August.
Experience
Junior Camp Counselor, Lake Hiawassee Day Camp (Chattanooga, TN)
Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Supervised a group of 12 campers aged 7 to 9 for 8 weeks with zero safety incidents
Led daily crafts, swim time and games, and helped run the end-of-summer talent show
Swim Lesson Assistant, Signal Mountain Swim Club (Signal Mountain, TN)
Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
Helped instructors teach beginner lessons to 30 children aged 4 to 8
Education
High School Diploma (expected), GPA 3.6, Varsity Swim Team, Ridgeview High School (Aug 2024 – May 2028)
Skills
Certifications: Lifeguard with CPR/AED and First Aid, Water Safety Instructor in progress
A strong Summer Job resume shows the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Education
Experience
Projects
Skills
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Communication
Customer service
Teamwork
Time management
Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Problem solving
Reliability and punctuality
Learning new tools quickly
Organization
Role-specific certifications
Example bullet points
Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system
Built a sales dashboard in Excel and Power BI as a certificate capstone, cutting a weekly report from 3 hours to 20 minutes
Kept the books for a 400-family school PTA during a career break, closing each year with a balanced audit
Tips from recruiters
Lead with the strongest evidence you have: put Education first if you are still in school, and a recent certificate or project first if you are changing careers.
List a career gap as one honest line with dates, then add volunteer, freelance or caregiving work and the courses you took during or after it.
Rewrite past duties in the language of the job you want, for example "handled cash and inventory" becomes "reconciled $8,000 in daily sales and ran weekly inventory counts".
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Ivy (ATS-friendly): Harvard-style Times layout with centered headings
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Summer Job resume FAQ
What should a Summer Job resume include?
A Summer Job resume should show the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Education, Experience, Projects and Skills. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Summer Job?
Classic, Ivy and Modern work well for Summer Job roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Summer Job resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Summer Job put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Summer Job roles are Communication, Customer service, Teamwork, Time management, Microsoft Office and Google Workspace and Problem solving.
How do I write strong Summer Job resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as GPA or honors, customers served and hours volunteered. For example: "Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system."