5 Security Officer Resume Examples For 2021

Why this resume works

• If you're seeking career advancement, you'll want to ensure your security officer resume delineates that upward progression. It's best to place your work experience in reverse chronological order as it will display your most recent job first, which will likely be most similar to what you're applying for. 
  • As you explain your duties at different jobs, think about writing in such a way that shows increased independence and responsibility. For example, if you compiled notes for a supervisor at one job, perhaps the next job you became the supervisor reviewing those notes. 
• In your objective statement, be sure to to emphasize that you're ready for advancement. 
  • Words like "manage," "oversee," "exercise discernment," "practice good judgment," etc. will subtly prove your abilities to an employer.

Why this resume works

• This corporate security office resume demonstrates career progression, and it specifically focuses on important metrics like theft reduction and effective management of threats.
  • Providing statistics and numbers will corroborate impressive accomplishments. It's a lot more powerful to say you were part of a team that reduced theft by 30% than just saying you helped reduce theft in your time on the job.
  • Pro tip: If you don't know the exact statistic, an estimate will work. Just be sure you can provide evidence of that statistic in case you're asked about it in an interview!
• It's okay to not have a resume objective if you're seeking a position that's similar to your most recent job. If, however, you're looking for advancement or a complete career change, you'll want to include an objective.

Why this resume works

• When you're just building a work history, you may feel really unsure about how to fill up a page on your entry level security officer resume. A great area to start is the "skills" section. Do some research on the specific security officer job you're seeking by looking over the job description. 
  • As you write about the work experience you do have, think about how you can connect those marketable skills to your past experience. For example, if you list "strong work ethic" as one of your skills, that's a skill you can demonstrate at any job!
• Again, when your work history feels a bit sparse, don't fret. This is chance to beef up the bullet points underneath the experience you already have. This is an opportunity for you to go in depth demonstrating your wide ranging skills whereas someone with 3 or 4 jobs listed on a resume may only be able to fit a handful of bullets per job!

Why this resume works

• One skill that's super important for a security officer to possess is the ability to work well with other people. This security field officer resume does a great job of showing collaboration and partnership at least once for every job listed.
• A stronger emphasis is placed on the work history than education and skills. 
  • Placing education toward the bottom is appropriate to do unless the security field officer job specifically requires higher education or certifications. 
  • Placing skills at the bottom also works because the bullet points within the job do such an excellent job of demonstrating those skills. Also, skills are listed as one word or short phrases, so they'll easily stand out on your  security field officer resume, anyway.

Why this resume works

• Let your protective security officer resume objective pack a punch. If you've got an ability, skill, certificate, license, etc. that not everyone else has, use the objective statement to draw attention to what you can bring to the table.
• When you list work experience that seems totally unrelated to security jobs, rest assured, you can find some ways to connect that experience to what you're doing now and/or hope to pursue. 
  • Here, this resume lists "Server" as the oldest job. Maybe it has nothing to do with security, but both servers and security officers must:
    • interact with the public
    • pay attention to details
    • multi-task 
    • respond to needs in a timely and efficient manner 
  • Starting with active verbs when writing your job duties can help employers see the abilities you have that translate from one career to the next. For some assistance with this, access our free resume checker.