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New to this country

A resume for work here can hold everything you did before you arrived. None of it stopped counting at the border.

It counts the work you did before you came

What changes when this is where you are

The questions are written for the job you name. These are the ones that change because your work started somewhere else.

  • Your skills sit above your job history, so what carries over is read first.
  • You can say you have no work history yet and keep going.
  • Work, study and training from your home country go on the page with their real names.
  • If the job serves people, you are asked what languages you speak, because that is a skill.

Nothing here is a setting you have to find. It is how the questions come out when you choose this.

Your work, study and languages

What Rung draws out

Your work, your study and your languages all belong on the page. The questions ask for them plainly.

  • Work you did before you came, which still counts
  • Your languages, which are a skill and belong on the page
  • What you are trained for, and what you are licensed for here
$36,840
Median pay a year
2,209,760
People do this work
6
Resume lines ready for you

Pay and headcount are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lines are written from what the US Department of Labor records about this work.

An example

A newcomer's resume, filled in

Every line below comes from the same public record as the rest of this page. The greyed parts are the ones only you can answer.

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Summary

Janitor maintaining cleanliness and order in buildings through floor cleaning, window washing, and routine maintenance, while ensuring security and managing cleaning supplies

Skills

Core Skills
Cleaning building walls and floors, Cleaning furniture and fixtures, Preparing chemicals for application, Cleaning facilities and sites, Moving furniture, Driving trucks, Monitoring building premises, Removing snow, Cleaning equipment and supplies
Checking & Planning
Selecting equipment

Experience

Building Caretaker

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Cleaned building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
  • Monitored building security and safety by locking doors after operating hours
  • Followed procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment
  • Cleaned windows, glass partitions, or mirrors using soapy water or other cleaners
  • Requisitioned supplies or equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance duties

Education

  • Certificate
    Your training program, Year

Yours will not say this. It will say what you did, in your own words, and Rung writes it with you one question at a time.

Your answers stay on your own device, and the resume leaves with you as a PDF and a Word file.

Nothing to write from scratch

What to put on a Janitor and Cleaner resume

These are the real duties for the job in the example above. Inside Rung you choose the ones that were yours, for whichever job you name.

becomes

On your resume

  • Serviced and cleaned restrooms regularly to maintain hygiene standards
  • Cleaned building floors by sweeping and mopping to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.

These are written the way a resume line reads. Rung asks which ones are actually yours, keeps your own words, and never claims work you did not do.

Then it asks for one more thing

The line that could show more, and the fact that lands it.

Make it stronger

A few lines could show more. Each one is asked, and answered by choosing.

Show what improved in restroom cleanliness or user satisfaction.

The line

Serviced and cleaned restrooms regularly, reducing complaints about cleanliness

Show what improved in restroom cleanliness or user satisfaction.

Pick one that fits

Reduced complaints about restroom cleanlinessIncreased positive feedback from usersImproved overall hygiene ratings

Adding it to the line…

Added to your resume
Mention what got safer or cleaner because you did this.

The line

Cleaned building floors by sweeping and mopping to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.

Mention what got safer or cleaner because you did this.

Pick one that fits

Minimized slip hazards for staff and visitorsEnhanced overall cleanliness of the facilityMaintained a welcoming environment for guests

Adding it to the line…

Added to your resume

Every ready answer is in plain words, never a figure. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.

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Start where you are

Answer a few small questions and leave with a resume. Your answers stay on your own device.

A truly free resume that is yours to keep

  • You leave with a PDF and a Word file, and a cover letter if you want one.
  • Nothing to pay when you download, no account, and the resume saves to your own device.
  • Every question can be read aloud, and answered out loud.
  • Nothing to write from scratch: the lines are ready, and you choose the ones that were yours.

Or start from the job you want. 918 occupations, each with what the work involves and what it pays.

Where these numbers come from

What Rung asks here is set by its own journey configuration, published in this repository. What the work involves comes from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026. Pay and headcount come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.