Here are some things that I've found when researching while helping my wife with her resume. These are all on the web. I Googled, "Homemaker's Resume".
Luke Graham
Manage schedules and logistics for family of five. Balance priorities to create and implement budget. Motivate, coach, and counsel children. Teach and model ethics. Work with teachers to closely monitor academic performance of children. Plan, organize, and co-supervise extracurricular school activities. Mediate disputes among family members and facilitate solutions. Shop for clothing, food, and supplies. Prepare and serve nutritious meals for five. Coordinate medical care for all family members. Establish clear requirements and discipline children. Drive children to schools, team sports, music lessons, and more. Negotiate with suppliers. Pay invoices. Reconcile accounts. Arrange for home and vehicle maintenance and repairs. Maintain clean home and clean clothes for family. Plan and create dinners to entertain mate's employers, colleagues, clients, and prospects. Collaborate with mate to manage investments.
Summary of Skills
*Effectively perform housekeeping and home management duties.
*Over ten years child care experience.
*Management, implementation, coordination of multiple activities and schedules.
*Ability to provide tension management strategies to meet
psychologicallemotional needs of family members.
*Excellent problem-solving skills.
Relevant Skills and Qualifications
Domestic Management Skills
Perform routine housekeeping duties such as washing dishes, making beds, changing sheets. Operate washing
machines and dryers to clean shirts, sheets, blankets, towels and other garments and household articles. Clean,
disinfect, and polish kitchen and bathroom fixtures and appliances. Sweep, mop, wash, wax, and polish floors.
Dust furniture, vacuum carpeting. Pick up debris and empty trash containers.
Budget and Financial Management Skills
Conduct and coordinate frequent grocery shopping excursions. Maintain multiple schedules for appointments
and activities. Financial budgeting for all household activities and purchases. Negotiate prices, discounts, credit
terms, and transportation arrangements for purchase of household merchandise.
PlanninglCoordinotion Skills
Prepare and cook complete meals catered to individual family members' tastes. Plan meals, determine size of
food portions, estimate food requirements, cost, and monitor and order supplies. Serve meals pleasantly.
Planning family activities such as vacation time, special events. Chauffering.
Social Work Skills
Provide counsel to assist family members in developing skills to deal with and resolve social and personal
problems. Develop leisure activities for children. Guide and assist child in the development of proper eating.
dressing, and toilet habits. Observe child for signs of learning disabilities or emotional problems. Lead children
in activities by reading stories, singing songs, doing crafts, and visiting local points of interest.
Medical Skills
Monitor, record, and report symptoms of change in condition of illness in members of the family. Administer
medication and treatment as prescribed by a physician. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. I Employment History
Ongoing Financial Planner, Consultant
1987-present Child Care Worker, Break Residence
1982-present Homemaker, Break Residence
1982-present Buyer, Break Residence
I Interests and Hobbies: Home EntertainerICaterer, Office Clerical Support Volunteer
