Do Your Homework

· Read the job posting

· Tailor your resume to the knowledge, skills and abilities listed

· Modify your resume (slightly) as needed for the specific job for relevance to highlight your qualifications that match the job description

Why Me?

· Ask yourself this question every step of the way: of a hundred applicants, what makes you stand out?

· Make a list of your attributes and accomplishments

· Highlight the keywords in the job description that are related to required skills, abilities, qualifications, and attributes

· See which of items from your list match up with the highlighted keywords

· Remember you can supplement work and education with other activities: volunteering, positions in unrelated fields where certain skills were used, coursework outside of nursing, student clubs, community affiliations, etc.

· Identify your relevant skills and attributes with resume buzzwords. These action words can be found on approximately five zillion websites around the world wide web. If you’re struggling to find your own action words, look some up for inspiration.

· Be careful of too many buzzwords. If you describe yourself as an “experienced and skilled leader who is passionate about creative and strategic focus to motivate workers to specialize in promoting progressive expertise” you have used so many buzzwords that they’ve ceased to have meaning. Sprinkle the buzzwords, don’t dump them. Be authentic.

· Follow this link for the article from which I took that list of overused buzzwords (it has some nice tips): https://www.careercontessa.com/advice/resume-buzzwords/

From the Top:

· The “Contact Me” section includes your full name (no nicknames), phone number, and email address. Home address is optional, but may make data entry into the system easier once you are hired

· Can include professional social media profile such as LinkedIn in this contact section. (Side note: consider changing all other social media settings to private.)

· Be sure your outgoing voice message and email address are professional. No voicemail messages that are funny, sexy, startling, etc. And it’s time to delete your spankymcgee51@hotmail.com account.

Professional Summary Section:

· The smallest snapshot ever of skills, career goals, and how you could contribute to the organization. Give a clue about who you are in no more than two sentences. They don’t even have to be complete sentences.

· Healthcare professional with 10+ years of experience in long-term care.

· Demonstrated ability to develop strategy for large and diverse organizations while working with a variety of partners and stakeholders.

· Strong background in labor relations, recruitment, and organizational design with the ability to lead a team effectively.

· Possesses excellent interpersonal, multitasking, time management, and organizational skills.

· Thrives in a fast-paced environment and adapts easily to changing priorities and deadlines.

· If you really have no experience or qualities you feel you can draw from here, try something like, “Motivated nursing student looking to develop more extensive experience working with pediatric patients.” This style is more of an objective; a less popular choice, but it can work.

Skills Section (Summary of Qualifications, Proven Competencies, Strengths, etc.):

· Influences how the employer perceives you; adds further context beyond work and education.

· Select skills that match the position for which you’re applying! Examples can include: leadership skills, project management, analysis and problem-solving, patient advocacy, etc. Whatever skills you say you have, be ready to back them up with examples in an interview!

· This can be a bullet list

Employment Experience Section:

· Reverse chronological order, starting with most recent. List the institution, job title, dates.

· Use concise phrases that highlight relevant skills

· Use action verbs in these concise phrases

Licenses, Certifications, etc.

· License number when you have it, CPR, First Aid, any other relevant certifications

Education

· Reverse chronological

· Helpful to emphasize if you have little or no experience

· Include clubs, academic awards, GPA

Clinical Experience

· May be especially helpful for those without work experience in healthcare.

· List experiences that pertain to the position or that highlight your stated skills

· Reverse chronological

Accomplishment section

· This is where you provide examples of things you’ve done that prove you have the skills you listed

· What action did you take and what resulted from your action? Make it measurable if possible (saved $XX or XX hours). Also acceptable for the result to unmeasurable such as sense of pride or improved work culture.

· Be honest. Give yourself credit without overinflating.

References

· Unless the application instructions specifically ask for references to be included, skip it. All employers know they can request references if they are considering hiring you.

· Prepare by asking the people you’d like to use if they’d be willing and have that contact information ready to go so you can immediately send it to the employer when asked.

· Not even “references available on request.” Don’t do it.

Example

· https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/nursing-student-resume

· Take a look at the bottom of this article for an example of a nursing student resume

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