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Key takeaways
- Put your licence classes and ticket expiry dates in the header.
- List trailer types, route experience and years driving — not only job titles.
- Two pages maximum; one page is fine early in your career.
- Include a working phone number — transport managers often call before they read.
Lead with what they are hiring for
Your licences are the most important lines on the résumé. Put them at the top with classes and expiry dates, for example: HC (current to 11/2028), DG, BFM, White Card, forklift LF. A recruiter who can see your tickets immediately will keep reading.
Be specific about experience
Instead of a bare job title, describe what you drove and where: the combination, the corridor, the duration and the safety record. Quantify drops per shift, pallets handled and trailer types such as curtainsider, refrigerated, flat-top or skel.
Skills and equipment
List the equipment you have operated — forklifts, EWPs and other materials handling equipment — plus any transport management, telematics or ERP systems you have used. Yard skills, customer-facing experience and two-up linehaul time are worth calling out.
Format and length
- Keep the layout simple — one or two columns, no photo
- Export as PDF so the formatting holds
- One page under about five years' experience; two pages for senior drivers
- Use consistent dates so gaps are easy to explain
Contact details
Put your mobile and email at the top. Many transport managers will ring before reading the résumé in detail, so make sure your voicemail greeting is professional. If you would rather not format it yourself, the Résumé Builder produces a transport-specific layout for free.