

Sweep employers off their feet with a cleaner resume that lets your strengths shine like a freshly polished chrome doorknob.
Being a cleaner has its perks. Your boss isn’t watching your every move, you don’t get to interact with potentially annoying people, you can listen to music and podcasts while working…
But getting a cleaning job that pays well can be challenging, because you really need to stand out from all the other candidates.
And for this, you need a sparkling cleaner resume.
If you’d rather scrub the floor of a gas station toilet than write a resume… we feel you. Resume writing can be exhausting if you don’t have a clear blueprint to follow.
So we made one—specifically for writing a cleaning resume.
This guide will show you:
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Wesley D. Davis
wesley.davis@emailll.com
613-745-3351
Summary
Meticulous housekeeper with 4 years of experience and proven skills in cleaning and disinfecting medical facilities as well as disposing of biohazardous waste. Eager to join the team at Cliniox and contribute to a clean, healthy, and safe environment for staff and patients.
Work Experience
Housekeeper
Medolis Health Centre, Calgary, AB
July 2019–July 2022
Janitor
RetailVibe, Calgary, AB
April 2018–June 2019
Education
Alberta High School Diploma
Goldfield School, Calgary, AB
Graduated in 2017
Skills
Certifications
Hobbies
Your resume can be just as good. Just follow our step-by-step guide to writing a job-winning cleaner resume:
Cleaners are responsible for keeping facilities such as offices, factories, hospitals, hotels, and many others… well, clean and tidy. The purpose of your cleaner resume is to show how your skills and work ethic bring value to your prospective employer.
The style and layout of your resume can say a lot about your personal qualities. So the first thing to do when writing a cleaning resume is to format your document for a clean and tidy look:
Now that you’ve laid the foundation for your resume, let’s go through all the sections.
Your next step is to write the paragraph that goes right under your contact information and explains why you’re the best candidate for this job.
It should be short, catchy, and as clear as a freshly washed window.
If you’ve got 2 or more years of professional cleaning experience, this paragraph will be called a resume summary because it summarizes your key achievements and skills.
If you’re looking for your first cleaner job, write a resume objective instead. It’s a paragraph that shows how your skills and your enthusiasm will help the company achieve its goals.
The basic formula for resume objectives and resume summaries is:
Adjective + Years of experience + Achievements + Skills + What you want to do for the employer
The main difference is that resume summaries put more focus on achievements, while resume objectives highlight skills and motivation.
Feeling overwhelmed?
Don’t worry. If you’re not sure what to write in your resume summary or objective, skip it for now and start crafting the other sections of your cleaner resume. When you’re done with them, you’ll find it much easier to write your objective or summary.
How do you write the work experience section of your cleaner resume so that you stand out from all the other candidates?
Well, here’s how:
Easy, isn't it?
Does your educational background matter for a cleaning job?
Yes.
While employers probably won’t care about your math grades, they want to know more about your personal qualities.
And it’s easy to present them in your education section.
After you’ve mentioned the kind of diploma you have, your school, and your graduation year, add a few bullet points with achievements that show your work ethic, physical fitness, or any other personal quality you want to “brag” about.
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When you’re done, Zety’s resume builder will score your resume and tell you exactly how to make it better.
Now’s the time for the skills section of your resume. Here’s how to write it:
Note that you’ll have to tailor your skills section for every employer you’re going to contact. Each company needs a slightly different skillset, so only list the skills that matter to this specific employer. You’ll come up with somewhere around 8–10 bullet points.
Here’s a list to inspire you:
Does your resume look like a picture out of a minimalist design magazine—all neat and tidy, but you just wish the place had more personality?
Here’s an easy fix.
Add more sections to your resume and include your language skills, certifications, volunteer work, hobbies, or anything else you think will fit.
These extra sections let your personality shine through, provide conversation starters for job interviews, and make recruiters genuinely curious about you.
Yes, this looks like a lot of writing.
But many employers refuse to read resumes that don’t have a cover letter attached to it, so don’t let your near-perfect resume get rejected.
Fortunately, effective cover letters don’t have to be long. There’s no hard and fast rule for cover letter word count, but even as few as 200 words will do.
Just follow these simple tips:
Read more: How to Write a Good Cover Letter for a Resume & Get a Job
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:
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Done.
Now’s the time to send your resume, take a break from the screen and start getting ready for your job interview.
Do you have tips or thoughts about making a great cleaner resume? Give us a shout in the comments section!
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