Where would we be without trusty delivery drivers like yourself?

It’s thanks to delivery drivers that we can receive any products we order online from the comfort of our home. Whether you order a dozen soccer balls from Amazon or a meal from Uber Eats, it’ll be a delivery driver who turns up at your doorstep.

They also enable businesses to receive the goods they need to operate. From huge commercial orders for multinational companies, to delivering produce to mom and pop restaurants, it’s again delivery drivers who make it all happen.

All in all, the value they bring to both individuals and businesses is immeasurable. It would therefore be easy to assume that this profession has many sunny days ahead. However, research says differently.

The Bureau of Statistics (BLS) projects that overall employment of delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers will grow 2 percent from 2018 to 2028. This is substantially less than the 5 percent average projected growth for all occupations during this same time period.

What exactly does this increasing competition for jobs mean for you as a delivery driver? You’ll need to start giving 110% if you want to be hired for a coveted delivery driver job. Specifically, you’ll need to create a resume that makes it undeniable to recruiters that you’re worth hiring.

You can discover how to do this by reading our delivery driver resume writing guide below. You’ll find it invaluable if you’re wondering:

• What type of information your resume should include
• Whether or not it’s worth listing your educational background
• Which skills will make you an attractive candidate
• How to write a killer resume objective or summary
• If there’s a simpler way to make a resume (Hint: there is!)

In fact, it will answer all of these questions and more! So if you’re ready to learn how to write a delivery driver resume that gets you hired, our guide is the way to go. 

1. Multiple Template Examples

2. How to Write a Delivery Driver Resume That Will Get You Noticed

How to format the resume?

You’ll be pleased to learn that formatting your delivery driver resume isn’t rocket science. That being said, you’ll need to select the right format to ensure your resume catches a recruiter’s eye.

The format that does this best is a reverse-chronological one. Recruiters favor it for delivery driver resumes because it’s designed to give your work history section the attention it deserves. Just like its name suggests, this format lists each of your jobs in reverse-chronological order. So your current job will appear first, then the one just before that, and so on.

There are a number of other stylistic elements that you’ll need to get right as well. Instead of giving yourself a headache trying to figure them out, pay attention to our expert guidelines below:

• • Number of Pages: Only 1.
  • Fonts to Use: Any conservative fonts that you’ll be familiar with, such as Arial and Calibri. 
  • Fonts to Avoid: Any ‘fun’ fonts that will make you look like an amateur, such as Storybook and Petal.
  • Margins: 1 inch on all sides.

• Line Spacing: 1 or 1.15.

• Header size: 14-16 point size.
• Text size: 11-12 point size.

What should a delivery driver put on a resume?

Your resume needs to offer a recruiter all the information they’re expecting to see if you want to convince them that you’re the ideal delivery driver for the job. Here’s a rundown of the most important sections you should put in your resume.

• Contact information: You must provide a recruiter with your contact information so they can easily get in touch with you. List your name, home address, email address, contact number, and LinkedIn URL.

• Resume objective or resume summary: Right below your contact information, include a 2 to 4 sentence long overview of why you’re a perfect fit for the position. Whether you should write a resume objective or summary will depend on your experience level, but more on that later.
• Education: Provide details about your educational background, whether that’s your high school diploma or college degree.
• License and certifications: Provide details about the type/s of driver’s licence/s you hold (e.g. Class A, Class B, or Class C CDL), as well as any certifications that are relevant to the job you’re applying for. If you hold more than one license, make sure to change the section name to “Licenses and Certifications”.
• Professional experience: Also referred to as your employment history section, you should share insightful details about each relevant job you’ve had. State the company’s name, your position, the years you worked, and your most relevant and outstanding achievements.
• Skills: A list of the most relevant skills you possess as a delivery driver. Be sure to include both soft and hard skills.

Pro tip: Take a look at this resource for a summary of the different types of driver’s licenses there are and the different rules that apply in each state.

How to list your education in a delivery driver’s resume

If you thought recruiters didn’t look favorably on delivery drivers with a good educational background, think again. It’s worth keeping in mind that most delivery drivers require at least a high school diploma or equivalent to get started. So it’s definitely a good idea to mention yours in your resume.

To list your diploma correctly, add it to your resume’s “Education” section.

But make sure not to waffle on like this candidate did:

EDUCATION

• I graduated from the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, Texas in 2019. I did pretty well and finished with a GPA of 3.5. My favorite subjects were science and maths but I hated art. I was president of the maths society which was super fun. 

Your education needs to be in list form, and you should only include the most vital details. That is: 

• Name of the high school
• State the high school is located in
• Name of the educational level attained (i.e. High School Diploma) 
• Year of graduation or year of intended graduation
• GPA (only if 3.5 or higher)

If you’re an entry-level candidate, you can also mention some major academic achievements and/or your extracurricular activities if you wish.

In the end, your high school diploma should look something like this on your resume:

EDUCATION

• Liberal Arts and Science Academy | Austin, TX
  Diploma, 2020 (GPA 3.5)
  Member of the Maths Society 

See how much easier that is to read?

If you have currently hold or are working towards a college degree, you can leave your high school diploma off of your resume altogether. Instead, you’ll need to provide the following key details in list form:

• Name of the college or institution
• Location of the college or institution
• Name of the degree
• Years studied
   

For example:

EDUCATION

• Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
  Bachelor of Science, 2019 - Present

Pro tip: The way you order the details about your diploma or degree will depend on the type of resume template or formatting you use. For example, some templates will list your school or college name first, while others will list the degree or diploma first.

How to highlight your most important achievements

By now, you’ll no doubt have a lot of happy memories of being on the road as well as interacting with customers. Some of them may even form part of your proudest achievements as a delivery driver. So we can see why you may think that it’s a good idea to highlight them on your resume.

However, you need to remember who your resume is ultimately written for. It’s written for recruiters, hiring managers, and your future boss. They want to see achievements that they find noteworthy – and these may not be the same as the ones you hold dear.

You can determine which achievements these stakeholders would find impressive by analyzing the job ad of the position you wish to apply for. All of the words that indicate the skills, attributes, and experiences an ideal candidate should have are the very ones you should base your achievements around.

These words are known in the HR industry as keywords. By framing your achievements around keywords from a job ad, you’ll be able to offer achievements that directly align with a company’s vision of what a dream candidate looks like.

But it’s crucial to ensure that any keywords you include sound natural and not out of context. Another tip to keep in mind is to use an ‘action + result’ approach when writing your achievements. In this approach, you should not only state what you did, but also share the positive results your actions brought about. An easy way to do this is to use numbers and statistics to quantify your results.

Putting all of this into practice, an achievement that targets the keyword “Complete all paperwork for each delivery” should look as impressive as this:

• Complete all paperwork for each delivery with great accuracy, resulting in the company’s only 100% error-free paperwork record.   

Pro tip: Make sure to only include keywords in your resume that are applicable to your professional skills, attributes, and experiences. 

Which hard and soft skills should be mentioned on a resume?

In order to position yourself as a strong candidate, your resume needs to mention the soft and hard skills that a job ad features by way of keywords. (To learn more about keywords, read the section directly above).

For the uninitiated, soft skills describe desirable personal attributes and communication abilities. Hard skills describe sought-after technical abilities that are often specific to a given position.

If you want to give yourself a running chance of being hired, your resume needs to show that you possess a healthy balance of both hard and soft skills. 

Additionally, keep in mind that you may also need to mention practical skills such as:

• How long you’re able to sit for while driving
• How long you’re able to stand for while unloading a vehicle
• How long you’re able to walk to and from a vehicle 

Once you’ve worked out which skills are best to target (based on the job ad’s keywords) you should:

1. List 6 to 8 of them in your “Skills” section
2. Incorporate them throughout your work history section
3. Emphasize a few in your resume objective or summary

In case you were wondering which hard and soft skills recruiters could be after, take a look at the ones we spotted in real-life delivery driver job ads:

Hard skills

• Loading and unloading trucks
• Completing all paperwork for each delivery
• Maintaining quality control of orders according to company standards
• Ensuring cleanliness and safe working of the truck
• Completing pre-post inspection
• Keeping vehicle fueled in accordance to management instructions
• Ability to safely navigate a delivery truck
• Accurately recording route information
• Operating a heavy commercial vehicle
• Receiving and processing telephone orders

Soft skills

• Customer service
• Detailed oriented 
• Ability to prioritize projects
• Professionally communicating with customers
• Follows all safety rules and applicable laws
• Teamwork
• Communication skills
• Ability to follow directions
• Work ethic
• Problem solving

What are the similarities and differences between a resume objective and summary? When should I use each one?

There seems to still be some confusion about resume objectives and resume summaries among job seekers. On the surface, they seem quite similar, but they actually have a number of notable differences. 

To make these similarities and differences crystal clear, we’ve highlighted the main ones below:

Similarities between a resume objective and summary

• Both appear underneath your resume’s contact information section.
• Both should be 2 to 4 sentences long.
• Both should be written specifically for each job.
• Both should be written in a captivating way
• Both should ultimately convince a recruiter why they should hire you.

Differences between a resume objective and summary

• A resume objective is for entry-level candidates, whereas a resume summary is for experienced ones.
• A resume objective aims to showcase a candidate’s potential, whereas a resume summary aims to showcase a candidate’s proven experience, skills, and attributes.
• A resume objective should highlight a candidate’s short-term professional aspirations and the fact that they have numerous attributes that make up for their lack of experience. In contrast, a resume summary should highlight a candidate’s professional competencies as a delivery driver as well as their extensive experience.

If you’re still a bit confused about which one to use, the answer is simple: 

• If you’re an entry-level candidate who has little to no experience as a delivery driver, use a resume objective. Anyone wishing to switch to a delivery driving career should also use one.
• If you’re an experienced candidate who has already been working as a delivery driver, use a resume summary.

How to write a resume objective? (Examples included)

Ready to write a killer resume objective? It’s relatively straightforward to do if you know what you’re doing. That’s why diving right in is unwise; you’ll likely make the same slip-ups other entry-level candidates make. 

Instead, take a look at the following examples of good and bad resume objectives to learn how to make a formidable one.

Let’s start off with a weak resume objective:

• Recent high school graduate who wants to become a delivery driver for your company. I have a driver's license. I would really like the chance to prove my skills. 

While this resume objective isn’t terrible, you can bet that it would make a recruiter’s eyes glaze over! We will give the candidate props for showing confidence in their ability to do the job, but there’s really nothing else that this resume objective has going for it.

The biggest error with it is that it all sounds incredibly vague. The candidate failed to specify which type of driver’s license they hold and the state it’s valid in. This is notable because recruiters need to know these details in order to determine whether a candidate meets a given job’s licensing requirements. 

What’s more, the candidate mentioned that they have skills without specifying which ones. With such little information to go off of, a recruiter wouldn’t be able to work out if their skill set matches those of the job.

As you can see, being specific is vital. But specificity is only the beginning. A great resume objective also has a number of other features, as the following candidate’s one shows:

• Recent high school graduate who wishes to leverage their work ethic and record of safe driving in the delivery driver job at Vitamins Plus. Having received a 95% customer service rating at my previous job, I know that I have the positive attitude and communication skills necessary to give your customers my all. I hold a Class B Commercial Driver's License in California.

If one thing’s for sure, any recruiter who read this would be eager to keep reading. The candidate represents themselves as a consummate professional, even though they don’t have a minute of paid experience as a delivery driver. 

How did they achieve this? By doing precisely what all entry-level candidates should do; emphasize their relevant skills. Although the candidate only has one relevant hard skill the recruiter is after (record of safe driving), they make up for this by highlighting an assortment of soft skills the recruiter is also interested in (work ethic, customer service, positive attitude, and communication skills). 

Another great thing the candidate did is mention a relevant achievement at their previous role (their 95% customer service rating). It doesn’t matter that the job isn’t related to delivery driving because they made it relevant to the job they’re applying for. What’s more, by highlighting their amazing rating, they in turn quantified their achievement. Last but not least, the candidate also provided the necessary details about the license they hold. 

How to write a resume summary? (Examples included)

If you want your resume summary to work for you, you can’t just hurriedly type it out. You need to put as much thought and care into writing this section as you will for the rest of your resume. After all, there’s a good chance your resume summary is the first thing a recruiter reads in your resume.

To understand how to make a resume summary that grips recruiters, it’s helpful to compare examples of good and bad ones. Don’t worry, we’ve done all the hard work for you! 

First, take a look at this dull one:

• With 6 years of experience driving delivery trucks, I am a delivery driver you can rely on. I believe I’m the perfect choice for the role at 24/7 Deliveries as I not only have the skills you’re looking for, but I also have tons of experience.  

This candidate shouldn’t hold their breath that they’ll be called in for an interview because their resume summary does nothing to strengthen their application. In fact, it’s so unhelpful they may as well leave it off altogether! 

The reason we’re so critical of it is because it doesn’t say anything of substance. The only thing a recruiter would learn about the candidate from it is that they’ve been driving delivery trucks for 6 years. Notice how the candidate states that they have both the skills and experience to excel in the job, but they haven’t shown this in any way. Moreover, they didn’t specify which license they hold.

So what should you do instead? Check this example out:

• With 6 years of experience driving delivery trucks that hold up to 20,000 lbs of cargo for wholesale distribution centers with a spotless driving record, I believe I would excel at the role at 24/7 Deliveries. Thanks to my meticulous customer service and ability to meet deadlines, I have brought my company over 100 new customers via customer referrals. Hold a CDL Class A driver’s license in California.

This candidate has managed to write a flawless resume summary which ticks all of the recruiter’s boxes. Similar to the previous candidate, this candidate also has 6 years experience driving delivery trucks. However, unlike them, this candidate has provided an insightful overview about their relevant skill set, professional experiences, and attributes.

A recruiter would be pleased to see that this resume summary provides details of the cargo amount the candidate typically transports (up to 20,000 lbs of cargo). They’d also be impressed that the candidate specified the type of license they hold and which state it’s valid in.

However, the candidate really hits it out of the ballpark by effortlessly mentioning their top skills. For starters, they highlighted their spotless driving record, which would reassure the recruiter they’re a safe driver. They additionally mentioned the relevant soft skills they possess that the recruiter is after in a candidate (meticulous customer service and ability to meet deadlines). But it doesn’t end there. The candidate also quantified how amazing their skills are by sharing the large number of referrals that resulted from them.

If you want your resume summary to shine just as bright, keep in mind that this is the standard you’ll need to aim for. If you reach or exceed it, you can rest assured you’ll be hired in no time!

How do you write a delivery driver resume with little to no experience?

Getting your foot in the door when you don’t have experience is tough. It’s especially challenging in an industry that’s known to give preference to inexperienced candidates who come recommended by an already established delivery driver.

If you don’t have any experience as a delivery driver nor any connections in the industry, not all hope is lost! In fact, with the right moves, you’ll soon be making your very first paid delivery. To get started, just follow our tips below:

• Use a functional resume format: It doesn’t make sense to use a resume format that focuses on your professional experiences if you don’t have any. That’s why we recommend using a functional format instead. It’s perfect for entry level candidates as it focuses on the biggest draw card you offer recruiters: your skill set. 

• Perfect your resume objective: Hopefully by now you’re convinced of how important including a strong resume objective on your resume is. If you’re not, put yourself in a recruiter’s shoes. They’re looking for someone who sets themselves apart from the hundreds of other candidates. While entry-level candidates share a similar lack of experience, everyone’s career aspirations and attitude is unique. The section in which you can really show yours off is your resume objective.

• Pinpoint what you need to work on: At the end of the day, a recruiter can only hire you if you at least meet a given role’s minimum requirements. It’s therefore vital to work towards obtaining any licenses, certifications, and skills recruiters expect you to already have.
  
  Remember, that while a recruiter may be able to look past the fact that you don’t meet their desired criteria, they won’t be able to budge on any mandatory criteria you lack. For example, a company may be willing to train you on the job to use their tracking system, but they’ll expect you to already hold the driver’s license that they specified in the job ad.

How to make your resume stand out

While we feel guilty to remind you again, it’s vital to keep in mind that the BLS predicts a measly 2 percent job growth in your industry. This means that it’s crucial for your resume to stand out. We’ve shared 3 tips below to do so:

• Tailor your resume for each job: The easiest way to make your resume stand out is to tailor it for each job. What we mean by this is that instead of applying to each job with the same resume, apply with one that meets the criteria of that specific job. While the recruitment process can sometimes feel mysterious, one thing that’s for sure is that recruiters absolutely detest generic resumes – and that’s putting it lightly! 

Believe it or not, tailoring your resume isn’t that difficult. If you follow our tips above for strategically using keywords from each job ad, you’ll be well on your way. It’s also important to provide specific details and examples of why you’re the right person for each given job and to always keep the recruiter’s needs at the front of your mind as you’re writing.

• • Bulk up your “License & Certifications” section: This section is hugely important on a delivery driver resume, particularly if you’re gunning for a job that has very specific requirements. The fact of the matter is your chances of getting a job that requires a certain type of license or certification that you don’t have is zero.
    
    It’s simply a matter of practicality and legality; a recruiter isn’t going to hire someone to drive a CDL Class A if they don't have the license to do so! So if you’re after a particular type of job that you’re not qualified for, the only way to get a look in is to obtain the required license and/or certification. It’s well worth bulking up this resume section anyway because it’ll make you more competitive as a candidate and also allow you to be in the running for a wider range of jobs.

• Don’t forget about your soft skills: Many candidates assume that they’re a shoo-in for any delivery driver job so long as they can offer the hard skills a recruiter is after. However, this assumption will likely deteriorate your chances of being hired.
  
  Why? Recruiters want to hire candidates who take their customer service skills as seriously as they do their driving skills. After all, without happy customers, there will be no more deliveries! So be sure to provide a balance of these two types of skills and be sure to get working on your soft skills if they’re a bit rusty.

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That’s why we suggest taking a different approach – one that’s designed to take the pain out of making a resume. We’re talking about none other than our amazing resume builder at Resumebuild.com. 

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Another draw card is that it will help you save significant time and money compared to other resume making options. While making a resume by yourself can take several days or weeks, it’s possible to make your resume in just minutes with our builder. Moreover, our builder is far more affordable to use than hiring a professional resume writer. 

So if you’re ready to get hired ASAP for a delivery driver job, use our advanced resume builder to make a resume recruiters can’t refuse.