Healthcare
Massage therapist CV: example and template
This example is for massage therapists at hotels with spas, health resorts, rehabilitation centres and sports clubs, and for massage school graduates looking for their first job.
The employer wants to know which massages you do, how many clients you see, whether you know the contraindications and whether you work with athletes. We show you how to describe this on your CV.
How to write a massage therapist CV
Professional summary
Write which massages you do, where and for whom: spa guests, resort patients or athletes. Add the number of treatments a day and the techniques you know best, because hotels and clubs look for massage therapists with specific skills. If you work with athletes, give the sport and the team's level.
Post-secondary school graduate with a massage therapy diploma after placements at a rehabilitation centre. I do classic, relaxation and sports massage and know the basics of taping. I am looking for work as a massage therapist at a hotel with a spa or a sports club.
Experience: duties and achievements
Describe types of massage, the number of treatments, the group of clients and work with a doctor or physiotherapist. Show the consultation and your knowledge of contraindications, because they are part of safety. Add work with athletes if you do it.
Weaker: Massages.
Better: Classic, therapeutic and relaxation massage, about 8 guests a day.
Weaker: Drainage.
Better: Lymphatic drainage and deep tissue massage prescribed by the resort doctor.
Weaker: Athletes.
Better: Pre-event and post-event massage for players.
Skills worth listing
List types of massage, techniques, taping and spa rituals. In your soft skills show sensitivity, good manners and physical stamina, because a massage therapist works with their hands all day.
Professional skills
- Classic massage
- Sports massage
- Lymphatic drainage
- Deep tissue
- Taping
- Spa rituals
Personal skills
- Sensitivity
- Good manners
- Physical stamina
- Discretion
- Talking to clients
Qualifications and courses
List a massage therapy diploma or a physiotherapy degree, and courses in specific techniques with the year completed. At health resorts a massage therapy diploma is often required for treatments prescribed by a doctor.
Massage therapist CV with no experience
Describe your school, placements and the number of treatment hours on placements. Add courses completed after school.
Start at a hotel with a spa or a rehabilitation centre. Write that you can work weekends, because that is when there are the most guests.
Tailoring your CV to the job offer
A hotel with a spa looks for relaxation massage and rituals, a health resort for therapeutic massage prescribed by a doctor, and a sports club for sports massage, taping and travel with the team. Move to the top what the job ad is about.
Questions and answers
What should a massage therapist put on a CV?
Types of massage, techniques, the number of treatments, the group of clients, your diploma, courses, languages and availability.
Does a massage therapist need a diploma?
At health resorts and medical settings usually yes, at spas courses are often enough.
How does a massage therapist differ from a physiotherapist?
A physiotherapist runs rehabilitation and functional assessment, while a massage therapist does massage and manual treatments.
Are foreign languages worth listing?
Yes, at hotels and resorts with guests from abroad they are a big asset.