How to describe experience in a resume correctly?

Help me with some tips for my resume please! (20 years old, first resume, very little working experience)?

• Hello! I am a 20 year old female, my father sees that I am desperately wanting to have a job, and I had one but due to familiar emergency I had to leave it really soon . My mother got sick so I had to stay at home rather than working at the time. I guess my parents felt a bit responsible for the fact that I left it after I was really enjoying it so they've taken it upon them to find me a job. My father asked around at his job, and one of the women let him know that she needs someone to help out in customer service. I spoke to her and she already knows I've been a sudent and that my experience has been at 3 different simple jobs. But she's not the top boss who'll decide taking me in or not. She told me to do my resume, and send it to her so that she can pass it on to the one who'll decide. I'm stuck on "Awards, Achievements" part of the resume. I havent really been awarded in my past jobs as all I've done has been cashier position, helping customers at a clothing store (I guess this helps in saying I've had experience in dealing and socializing with people for this position I am applying) But what do I put under these sections? Any other tip will help as well. Can I attach an "about me" section of paragraphs, to talk about my person, my character, my desire as to why I want the job? Or would that really take away from the resume's basic information o nmy past experience?

• Answer:

  If you have nothing to put in a section, you omit that section entirely. So no awards, then leave that section out. Resumes do not have "about me paragraphs". You can do that briefly in the cover letter-aim more for why you would want that particular job. Avoid platitudes about yourself that can not really be verified. You want concrete words & actions. Be sure it is organized & neat and no grammar or spelling errors and use reverse chronological progression. Good luck.