What should a security guard resume summary include?

Include the sites you have protected, your main duties, your licence and one sign that you are alert, calm and reliable. A security officer summary should give an employer confidence in two or three lines.

Build it from:

• Years of experience and site types: malls, offices, hotels, hospitals, residential towers, events, construction sites.
• Main duties: access control, patrols, CCTV monitoring, incident reporting, emergency response.
• Licence: list your licence as the local authority requires.
• Training: first aid, fire safety, CCTV, crowd management, with dates in the certifications section.
• Languages.

Example (fictional): "Security officer with six years in shopping malls and corporate towers, skilled in access control, CCTV monitoring and emergency evacuations. Calm and courteous with the public. Speaks English, Hindi and Arabic."

Example (fictional): "Former army soldier now working as a hotel security officer, focused on guest safety, patrols and incident reporting."

Avoid vague lines like "strong and disciplined". Sites, duties and training say much more.