Most applicants for swim coach jobs do not know this but they are quite harshly judged by their ability to do things that are important to an employer.
Consciously and subconsciously, an employer looks for skills and bases their opinion on what they find out about skills.
Unfortunately, a majority of job seekers are not aware of the fact that they are being judged from this angle. It is best to give the employer/hiring manager something solid to judge on!
Skills. What do they depict?
They outline an applicant’s ability to perform swim coaching tasks from the most basic to the very complex.
When you write the skills section in a swim coach resume, you need to be able to articulate that you have the mettle to do everything that is demanded from you – both ordinary and extraordinary.
But to be able to do this, you first have to understand what the employer’s needs are all about it and analyze yourself to see if you really can live up to the expectations of the employer.
Your resume for the swim coach position is never complete if it does not host a specialized skills section.
A hiring manager has only one way of finding out (other than actually seeing you in action) what your skills are, so it is important for you to highlight them properly in a resume – like this:
Sample Hard Skills for Swim Coach Resume
- Effectively determining students’ swimming abilities or lack thereof, and creating and implementing correlating training lessons.
- Providing both individual and group lessons based on each student/group’s ability to learn the sport.
- Ensuring a safe and secure pool and surrounding areas, aimed at encouraging students to obtain the best out of each training session.
- Assisting students in overcoming their limitations while in the pool by providing them with encouragement and concentrating on their problems.
- Teaching youngsters (toddlers and young adults) the basics of swimming, in a bid to develop further interest in taking up extensive training.
- Using and maintaining pool-based cardio and strength training equipment to assist advanced swimmers in meeting their specific goals.
- Ensuring that both pool facilities and program schedules are in alignment with fiscal and program goals.
- Conducting certification classes such as lifeguard, swim coach, First Aid, and CPR.
- Monitoring and evaluating students’ performance.
- Providing feedback for encouragement and improvement purposes.