Resume example (text format)

Rideshare and Delivery Driver Rafael Montoya

Self-Employed Driver, Rideshare and Delivery Platforms

[email protected] | (312) 555-0203 | Chicago, United States

Profile

Rideshare and delivery driver with 2 years and roughly 3,100 completed trips on the Uber platform, driven around a full-time warehouse shift with no at-fault incidents and no moving violations on my Illinois record. Hold a 4.92 star rating and have kept my cancellation rate under 3% since I started. Passed vehicle inspection each year and cleared the platform's annual driving and criminal history rescreening. Looking for a full-time route where the mileage counts toward one employer.

Work Experience

04/2024 - Present, Self-Employed Driver, Rideshare and Delivery Platforms, Independent contractor, Uber platform, Chicago, United States

  • Completed roughly 3,100 trips over 2 years, driven around a full-time warehouse shift, mostly evenings and weekends.
  • Hold a 4.92 star rating and have kept cancellation rate under 3% since starting.
  • Passed the annual vehicle inspection each year and cleared the platform's annual driving and criminal history rescreening.
  • No at-fault incidents and no moving violations on my Illinois record.

09/2022 - Present, Warehouse Associate, Riverwest Distribution, Cicero, United States

  • Pick, pack and load on a 40-hour first shift, averaging 240 to 280 cases an hour on the pick line.
  • Certified on sit-down forklift and pallet jack; no recordable incidents in 4 years.
  • Load trailers to route sequence and check paperwork against the manifest before seal.

Education

09/2008 - 06/2012, High School Diploma, General studies, Kelvyn Park High School, Chicago, United States

Graduated 2012. Auto shop elective across two years.

Skills

GPS and multi-stop route navigation, 80

Pre-trip and post-trip inspection, 70

Winter and severe weather driving, 80

Customer service and de-escalation, 75

Cash and cashless payment handling, 75

Fuel and mileage record keeping, 70

Languages

English, native

Spanish, native

Certificates

05/2014, Illinois Class D Driver's License, Illinois Secretary of State

Held continuously since 2014. No at-fault collisions or moving violations in the last 5 years.

10/2022, Forklift Operator Certification, Riverwest Distribution, OSHA-compliant program

Summary

An Uber driver resume is a one to two page document that turns platform driving into a verifiable work record: trips completed, months active, rating, cancellation behavior, inspection history and background screening. This guide gives you three adaptable versions, how to write self-employment honestly, and current Bureau of Labor Statistics pay for the occupation.

Uber Driver resume examples by experience level

An Uber driver resume is a one to two page document that turns platform driving into a record a hiring manager can check: how long you drove, how many trips you completed, how you behaved on the ones you took, and what screening you have already cleared.

This guide is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Uber Technologies, Inc. In addition, every company detail below is taken from what Uber publishes openly on uber.com and is cited with the date it was retrieved. Instead, it is written for the driver, not the platform: someone who wants to turn platform driving into a hired job in delivery, courier work, shuttle, chauffeur service, non-emergency medical transport, fleet or dispatch, or to present platform driving credibly alongside other work.

Resume guide for an Uber driver resume

To help, this guide and the corresponding Uber driver resume example will cover:

  • How to write a platform driving resume, section by section
  • Which records your driving account actually holds, and how to state each one
  • Three adaptable summaries: part-time, full-time and fleet or specialist
  • How to write self-employment without inventing a job title
  • What the job market looks like and what the occupation pays

How to write an Uber driver resume

Overall, it takes six sections: contact header, summary, driving record, experience, licenses and screening, and skills. One page unless you have fleet, dispatch or medical transport scope, in which case two.

Notably, the driving record gets its own block, above experience. That is the whole argument of this page. That is because a shuttle, courier or fleet employer is not screening for charm; they are screening for a person who shows up, finishes the job, does not cancel, and passes a background check without a surprise.

SectionWhat it is answeringWhere it goes
Driving recordTrips, tenure, rating, cancellation behaviorIts own block, under the summary
Licenses and screeningCan I insure and onboard this person?Directly below, with dates
ExperienceWhat did they actually do, and for whom?Reverse chronological, business-like employer lines
SkillsVehicle, navigation, customer and load handlingGrouped, not a long list
Expert Tip

Write the employer line as a business, not as a job title

Platform drivers are usually independent contractors. Uber's own tax guidance says so plainly: "as an independent contractor, you may owe quarterly taxes on your Uber earnings" (uber.com, retrieved 17 September 2026).

That means nobody gave you a job title, and inventing one reads badly. "Senior Rideshare Specialist" is a title no employer can verify and no reference will confirm.

Write it as self-employment instead:

"Self-Employed Driver, Rideshare and Delivery Platforms, Chicago, IL, March 2021 to Present"

Then name the platforms in the first bullet. That line is honest, it is how the IRS already sees you, and it tells a fleet manager you have run your own vehicle, insurance, fuel and taxes for years, which is a point in your favor rather than a gap.

Run the finished file through the free Rezoom ATS resume checker before you send it, since most fleet and courier applications are parsed before a person reads them.

Choosing the best resume format for an Uber driver resume

Reverse chronological, single column, one page. Two only if you have added dispatch, fleet or medical transport responsibility.

Do not use a functional format, even though the temptation is real when platform driving overlapped with other work. Also, overlapping dates are normal for drivers and employers know it. What they will not forgive is a timeline they cannot follow, because continuity behind the wheel is the thing being checked.

Include your contact information

✅ Right❌ Wrong
Rafael MontoyaRafael Montoya
Rideshare and Delivery Driver, 5 years, 11,400 tripsUber Driver
Illinois Class D license, clean MVR, annual screening currentGreat driver, 5 stars
(312) 555-0203, [email protected], Chicago, IL(312) 555-0203, [email protected]

The second line changes outcomes. "Uber Driver" tells a hiring manager nothing about scale. "5 years, 11,400 trips" tells them you have done more road miles than most of their current staff.

Make use of a summary

In the summary, write four lines: what you drive and for how long, the volume, the behavior record, and one thing you did beyond the trip.

Part-time platform driver adaptable resume summary example

Rideshare and delivery driver with 2 years and roughly 3,100 completed trips on the Uber platform, driven around a full-time warehouse shift with no at-fault incidents and no moving violations on my Illinois record. Hold a 4.92 star rating and have kept my cancellation rate under 3% since I started. Passed vehicle inspection each year and cleared the platform's annual driving and criminal history rescreening. Looking for a full-time route where the mileage counts toward one employer.

Full-time platform driver adaptable resume summary example

Full-time rideshare and delivery driver with 5 years and roughly 11,400 completed trips across Chicago and the near suburbs, averaging 42 to 48 driving hours a week. Hold a 4.94 star rating, a cancellation rate under 2%, and a clean Illinois motor vehicle record with no at-fault collisions in five years of commercial-volume driving. Maintained my own vehicle to annual inspection standard throughout and cleared platform rescreening every year. Seeking a courier or shuttle route with a fixed schedule.

Fleet and medical transport adaptable resume summary example

Driver with 9 years of road time, including 5 as a self-employed platform driver and 4 in non-emergency medical transport, and a current Illinois commercial driver's license with a passenger endorsement. Ran a 6-vehicle wheelchair-accessible van schedule at 96% on-time arrival across roughly 7,400 appointments a year, and trained 11 new drivers on securement and passenger assistance. Manage pre-trip inspection records, maintenance scheduling and route coverage when dispatch is short.

Right vs wrong: the same Uber driver summary, twice

✅ Right❌ Wrong
Full-time rideshare and delivery driver with 5 years and roughly 11,400 completed trips.Experienced Uber driver with a passion for great customer service.
4.94 star rating, cancellation rate under 2%, clean Illinois motor vehicle record.Highly rated driver known for reliability and professionalism.
Averaged 42 to 48 driving hours a week across Chicago and the near suburbs.Drove many passengers safely to their destinations.
Cleared platform rescreening every year and passed annual vehicle inspection.Always kept my car clean and well maintained.

The right column is a record. In contrast, the left column is an opinion, and every driver's file has the same one.

Outline your driving experience

Employer or business line, city, dates, and what the work actually was. Then three to five bullets, each carrying a number: trips, miles, hours, stops, on-time rate, incidents.

Instead ofUse
Drove passengers for UberCompleted roughly 11,400 trips over 5 years across Chicago and the near suburbs, averaging 42 to 48 driving hours a week
Provided excellent customer serviceHeld a 4.94 star rating across the rolling 500-trip window the platform averages
Was a reliable driverKept cancellation rate under 2% and cleared annual rescreening every year since 2021
Delivered food and packagesRan 30 to 38 delivery stops per shift on grocery and restaurant orders, with a 98% on-time completion rate
Maintained my vehiclePassed annual vehicle inspection each year and logged all maintenance against a 12,000-mile service interval
Adaptable resume employment history example

Self-Employed Driver, Rideshare and Delivery Platforms, Chicago, IL, March 2021 to Present

Operate as an independent contractor on the Uber platform and one delivery platform, using my own vehicle, commercial-grade insurance and fuel, and filing quarterly.

Completed roughly 11,400 trips over 5 years, averaging 42 to 48 driving hours a week across the city and the near suburbs, including overnight and event surge periods.

Hold a 4.94 star rating and a cancellation rate under 2%; reached and held the platform's upper loyalty tier across the last 9 quarterly periods.

Cleared annual driving and criminal history rescreening in each of 5 years and passed the annual vehicle inspection each year, with no at-fault collisions.

Averaged 1,900 to 2,200 miles a month, tracked against IRS mileage records and an annual platform tax summary.

The record the platform keeps for you, and how to put it on a resume

In fact, here is the thing almost no platform driver realizes. For example, ordinary jobs leave behind a reference and a date range. By contrast, platform driving leaves behind an unusually complete, dated, verifiable record of how you worked, and almost nobody puts any of it on a page.

What shuttle and fleet managers read

Shuttle, courier, fleet and medical transport managers read exactly those things. They are predicting whether you will show up, finish the run, and not cost them an insurance claim. The platform already measured all three.

What the platform recordsWhat Uber publishes about itWhat to write
Star rating"After every trip, riders and drivers can rate each other anonymously on a scale of 1-5 stars", and "your driver rating is an average of the last 500 ratings from your riders""4.94 star rating across the rolling 500-trip window"
Cancellation rateUber Pro treats a rate "between 4.01% and 10%" as blocking a higher status and a rate "above 10%" as losing rewards until it returns "to 4% or below""Cancellation rate held under 2%"
Trips completedUber Pro states "you'll earn one point for every trip you take" and sets status from "the points you earned in the previous 3-month period""Roughly 11,400 completed trips over 5 years"
Account tenureThe start date on your own account"Continuously active March 2021 to present"
Background screeningUber says it "reruns driving and criminal history checks at least every year", through providers "nationally accredited by the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA)""Cleared annual driving and criminal history rescreening in each of 5 years"
Vehicle inspection"All drivers using the Uber app must pass an inspection before taking their first trip", obtainable "from any certified mechanic in your area", with annual inspections thereafter"Passed annual vehicle inspection each year since 2021"
Earnings and mileageThe "annual tax summary provides a breakdown of your yearly earnings and potential deductible business expenses, including miles driven while using the Driver app", alongside Form 1099-K and Form 1099-NEC"Averaged 1,900 to 2,200 miles a month against annual tax summaries"

All company statements above are from uber.com, retrieved 17 September 2026.

Four rules for your Uber driver numbers

Four rules for writing those numbers, and they matter more than the numbers themselves.

First, only write a figure you can produce. After all, if a hiring manager asks for a screenshot of your rating or a copy of last year's tax summary and you cannot produce it, the entire resume is now in doubt, not just that line. In practice, open the app and the earnings hub, find the figure, and write what is there.

Second, if a figure is not available to you, write the one that is. However, not every account surfaces a lifetime trip count in a form you can read off. If yours does not, do not guess. Instead, use what you can evidence: months active, miles from your annual tax summary, quarterly periods holding a loyalty tier, or trips completed in a single documented year. "Roughly 2,300 trips in 2025, per my annual summary" beats a lifetime number you invented.

Third, round honestly and say you are rounding. "Roughly 11,400 trips" is fine. "11,427 trips" invites someone to check a number you may not be able to reproduce exactly, and the precision buys you nothing.

Fourth, name the platform once and then describe the work generically. You are applying to a courier company, not to Uber. Then, after the first mention, write "platform driving" or "app-dispatched trips".

Do

Write the business-like self-employment line and the platform name in the bullet beneath it. Give the tenure in months or years and the trip volume in whatever form your account can evidence. State your rating with the window it is averaged over. Say that you cleared annual rescreening and annual vehicle inspection, with the years. Keep a folder with your tax summaries, inspection forms and a screenshot of your rating, dated.

Iconly/Bold/Close Square Don’t

Do not invent a job title such as "Lead Rideshare Operator", because there is no employer to confirm it. Do not claim a number you cannot produce on request. Do not describe internal platform mechanics, pay formulas or deactivation rules, because you cannot verify them and a fleet manager does not care. Do not list a rating without the volume behind it, since 5.0 across 40 trips is not the same claim as 4.94 across 11,400.

Build a snapshot of your key skills

For skills, list ten to twelve entries in three groups: the vehicle, the route, and the people and paperwork.

Adaptable resume skills example

Vehicle: Pre-trip and post-trip inspection, Preventive maintenance scheduling, Tire and brake wear checks, Winter and severe weather driving, Wheelchair securement and lift operation

Route and load: GPS and multi-stop route optimization, Urban and expressway navigation, Time-window scheduling, Proof of delivery and chain of custody, Fuel and mileage tracking

People and paperwork: Passenger assistance and mobility support, De-escalation, Cash and cashless payment handling, Incident and near-miss reporting, IRS mileage and expense records

List your education, licenses and endorsements

License first with the class and state, then endorsements, then screening and inspection status, then training, then education last.

Adaptable resume license and education example

Illinois Commercial Driver's License, Class B with passenger (P) endorsement, valid through 2029. Illinois Class D license held continuously since 2014.

Motor vehicle record: no at-fault collisions and no moving violations in the last 5 years. Abstract available on request.

Screening: cleared annual platform driving and criminal history rescreening in each year 2021 to 2026. Annual vehicle inspection passed each year.

Training: Entry-Level Driver Training completed through a provider listed on the FMCSA Training Provider Registry, 2022. Defensive driving course, 2024. CPR and first aid, American Red Cross, 2026. Passenger assistance and wheelchair securement, 2023.

High School Diploma, Kelvyn Park High School, Chicago, IL, 2012

A note on the commercial license, because drivers ask. On licensing, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration states plainly that "FMCSA does not issue Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs)" and that "State governments are responsible for issuing CDLs", and that "special endorsements may be required" for driving "a passenger vehicle" among others (fmcsa.dot.gov, retrieved 17 September 2026). Separately, the federal Entry-Level Driver Training regulations "set the minimum Federal requirements for training that entry-level drivers must complete before being permitted to take certain CDL skills or knowledge tests", administered through the Training Provider Registry (tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov, retrieved 17 September 2026). For this reason, write your own state's class and endorsement exactly as your license reads, and name the registry-listed provider if you trained through one.

Choose the right layout and design

For layout, use a single column, 11 or 12 point, clear section headings, no photograph, no icons, no rating bars. That matters because fleet, courier and transport employers run high-volume applicant systems, and two-column templates are where those systems lose your license number.

Also, put the driving record block in plain text with the numbers on their own lines. In practice, a recruiter scanning forty driver files is looking for four things: years, volume, incidents, license class. So make all four findable in three seconds.

Uber driver job market and outlook

For context, platform driving sits inside an occupation BLS reports as taxi drivers, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, and it is the lowest-paid of the driving occupations the Handbook publishes.

MeasureValue
Median annual wage, taxi drivers, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, May 2025$37,960
Typical entry-level educationNo formal educational credential
Bus drivers, median annual wage, May 2025$49,390
Delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers, median annual wage, May 2025$43,950
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, median annual wage, May 2025$58,640

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, last modified 27 August 2026.

At the sector level, BLS reports that employment in transportation and material moving occupations is projected to grow about as fast as the average, with about 1.6 million openings projected each year on average over the decade (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, published 27 August 2026).

Statistical insight

The wage median describes the occupation, not the platform

Read the $37,960 carefully, because it is easy to misuse. It is the May 2025 median annual wage BLS reports for taxi drivers, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, last modified 27 August 2026).

Platform driving is not paid as a wage. It is paid per trip to an independent contractor who supplies the vehicle, the fuel, the insurance and the maintenance, and who files their own taxes: Uber's own guidance describes the driver as an independent contractor owing quarterly taxes, and publishes an "annual tax summary" of "yearly earnings and potential deductible business expenses, including miles driven while using the Driver app" (uber.com, retrieved 17 September 2026).

So the median describes the occupation as BLS measures it, not what any platform pays. What the number is genuinely useful for is direction. The three adjacent driving occupations BLS publishes on the same page all pay above it: delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers at $43,950, bus drivers at $49,390, and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers at $58,640, all May 2025 medians. That gap is the argument for writing your platform record as a work history rather than a stopgap, because the record is what moves you into one of those three.

What salary you can expect as a rideshare driver

The median annual wage for taxi drivers, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs was $37,960 in May 2025 (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, last modified 27 August 2026). That is the published figure for the occupation, and it is the honest one to plan against.

However, what it does not tell you is your own income from a platform, and nothing published can. That is because platform earnings depend on your city, your hours, the trip mix you accept, and your own costs for vehicle, fuel, insurance and maintenance. As a result, the only accurate figure for your own driving is in your annual tax summary and your 1099 forms, which is why those documents are worth keeping.

Meanwhile, the useful comparison is upward, and it is the point of writing this resume properly. For example, delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers had a May 2025 median of $43,950, bus drivers $49,390, and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers $58,640 (BLS, May 2025). In other words, those are wage jobs with a vehicle you do not own and fuel you do not buy. As a result, moving into one is a raise of $6,000 to $20,000 at the median, and the lever is not a new qualification. It is a resume showing five years of documented, screened, incident-free commercial-volume driving instead of two words.

Key takeaways for an Uber driver resume

  1. First, write the employer line as self-employment, never as an invented job title.
  2. Then give the driving record its own block: tenure, trips, rating, cancellation rate.
  3. State your rating with the window it averages over, and the volume behind it.
  4. Also, say you cleared annual rescreening and annual vehicle inspection, with the years.
  5. Only write a number you can produce; if a figure is unavailable, use one you can evidence.
  6. Finally, put license class, state and endorsement exactly as your license reads.
  7. Aim the page at the next job up: courier, shuttle, medical transport, fleet or dispatch.

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Uber driver resume questions, answered

Does platform driving count as real work experience?

Yes, and it is better documented than most jobs. It has a start date, a volume, a behavior record, an annual background rescreening and an annual vehicle inspection. Write it as self-employment with the platform named in the bullets, and give the numbers. A fleet manager cares about continuity, incidents and volume, and platform driving evidences all three.

What job title should I use for Uber driving?

None that implies an employer gave you one. Use a descriptive self-employment line such as "Self-Employed Driver, Rideshare and Delivery Platforms" and let the bullets carry the detail. Invented titles are the fastest way to lose credibility with someone who hires drivers for a living.

Should I put my star rating on my resume?

Yes, with the volume and the window. Uber states that "your driver rating is an average of the last 500 ratings from your riders" (uber.com, retrieved 17 September 2026), so a rating is a rolling recent measure rather than a lifetime one. Write "4.94 across the rolling 500-trip window, 11,400 lifetime trips" so the reader knows what they are looking at.

What if I cannot find my trip count or my rating?

Use what you can evidence and say what it is. Months active, miles from your annual tax summary, trips completed in one documented year, or the number of consecutive periods you held a loyalty tier. Never estimate a lifetime figure. A smaller number you can prove is worth more than a larger one you cannot, and being caught out on one line costs you the whole file.

How do I explain gaps or overlapping dates from platform driving?

State them plainly. Platform work is flexible by design, so overlapping a warehouse shift with evening driving is normal and reads as effort. If you stepped away for months, write what you were doing. Transport employers see this constantly; what they will not accept is a date range that does not add up.