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Automotive Technician resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring an automotive technician, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
ASE certifications, the makes you know and your diagnostic ability are what service managers look for. Flat-rate efficiency, comeback rate and repair orders per week are the numbers that matter.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example automotive technician resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Completed 35 repair orders per week at 115% flat-rate efficiency
- Performed vehicle diagnostics on check engine, electrical systems and drivability faults for 12 vehicles per week with a comeback rate under 2%
- Earned 6 ASE certifications and mentored 2 apprentice technicians
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.