Now list the duties of the job.

List the duties starting from the most important and working towards the least important.

Use action words, which say what a person has to do. Be careful about describing jobs with general terms like "assists" doing a task or "participates in" a task. Be clear about what responsibility the person has in the task. The person needs to know what he or she is responsible for doing.

Describe how the task should be done. If service should be friendly, if reports need to be provided on time, make sure you say so.

Click on Sales clerk for a sample of the job duties for someone working in a sporting goods store.

Want to see some sample work descriptions?

For sample work descriptions for many other jobs, click on National Occupational Codes. The NOC system contains descriptions of 25,000 jobs!

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Action Words

When completing the skills and abilities section of your resume, make sure they contain action words. Positive action verbs help to describe your skills, activities, and knowledge. Sometimes it is difficult to think of an appropriate action verb. Here is a site that has a whole raft of action words - go for it!

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Duties for Sales Clerk, Sporting Goods Store