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Antique Dealer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what antique dealers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most antique dealers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Antique Dealer with a deep knowledge of historical objects and a talent for connecting pieces with the right buyers. Experienced in sourcing, authentication, restoration, and sales across both showroom and online channels. Committed to ethical trading and building long-term relationships with collectors and sellers.
Key skills
- Authentication and dating of antiques
- Provenance research
- Condition assessment and restoration
- Negotiation and sales
- Inventory management
- Merchandising and stock presentation
- Client advisory and relationship management
- eBay
- Shopify
- Xero
- Barnebys
- Microsoft Excel
Experience: example bullet points
- Sourced stock from estate sales, auctions, and private sellers, building a reliable network that supplied a steady flow of quality furniture and decorative arts.
- Authenticated items using maker's marks, construction details, and reference material, correctly identifying a colonial-era cedar chest that had been misattributed.
- Priced pieces based on condition, rarity, and market demand, achieving a consistent sell-through rate without undervaluing rare items.
- Restored and conserved furniture, ceramics, and metalware, preserving original finishes and increasing appeal to collectors.
- Managed online listings on eBay and Shopify, responding to buyer enquiries and negotiating sales that met reserve.
- Maintained inventory records in Excel and Xero, tracking stock levels, consignment details, and sales performance.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent is common, though many dealers build expertise through vocational training in retail, conservation, or art history, or through years of hands-on experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- second-hand dealer licence
- fair trading
- Australian Consumer Law
- GST
- ABN
- provenance
- authentication
- restoration
- antiquarian
- collectables
- estate sales
- auctions
- eBay
- Shopify
- Xero
- Barnebys
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.