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Languages can decide who gets the international route, the overseas tour group or the client calling from abroad, so give each one a level, such as native, fluent or conversational, instead of a bare list. Safety training comes next: O*NET's tour guide profile includes giving first aid and directing emergency evacuations, so a current first aid or CPR card belongs near the top.

Cabin crew should name the FAA Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency and the aircraft types they're qualified on, since flight attendants are certified for specific aircraft. Travel advisors can add The Travel Institute's Certified Travel Associate (CTA) credential and any state registration, which some states require.

If your work runs by season or contract, fold repeat seasons with one employer into a single line, for instance "Tour Guide, summers 2022–2025," so returning to the same operator reads as continuity. Then count what guests notice: tours or sailings led, group sizes, review scores, bookings and repeat clients. Here's an example bullet: "Led about 150 small-group food tours a season in English and Spanish, holding a 4.8 out of 5 average in guest reviews."

• How do I write a resume for a cabin crew job?

  For a U.S. airline, build it around service work: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says flight attendants typically need 1 or 2 years in a service job, such as restaurant or hotel work, before their first crew job. Give those roles detail a recruiter can picture: guests served per shift, complaints you settled, safety duties you handled. List a flight attendant academy course under education if you took one, but don't present it as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification; BLS explains that certification comes from finishing an airline's own initial training and passing an exam. Add a short line showing a valid passport and U.S. work eligibility, both on BLS's list of requirements. See Cabin Crew examples.

• What skills should a travel agent resume show?

  Start with the booking systems you can work in and what you booked through them, such as air, hotels, cruises or tours. BLS says new agents usually get at least a month of on-the-job training on the industry's computer systems, like a reservation system shared by several airlines, so naming the systems you already know shows where you'd start. Next, show a specialty: BLS notes some agencies prefer agents who focus on particular destinations or types of travelers, such as special-interest groups or corporate clients. Finish with numbers a manager tracks: trips booked monthly, sales volume, repeat clients and rebookings after cancellations. See Travel Agent Intern and Cruise Specialist examples.

• How do cabin crew and tour guides show a step up into training or management?

  Date each step and say what it added. For cabin crew, BLS says advancement is based on seniority and that senior attendants may move into management roles that recruit, instruct and schedule crew, so list line flying, any lead or purser role, then trainer, under the airline. As a trainer, name the courses you teach, including the recurrent training BLS says attendants take each year to keep their certification. On the ground, show the step from guide to senior guide with routes you designed and guides you coached; if you later moved to a cruise line's shore excursions team, name the ports and tour operators you managed. See Cabin Crew Trainer, Senior Tour Guide and Shore Excursions Manager examples.