Need help from Student or New Grad.

wv_nurse 2003 · Sep 29, 2003

A lot of word processing programs (Word, Works, and Word Perfect) have built in templates for common documents (like resumes)--check them out. They are great starting points! Good luck!

llg, PhD, RN · Sep 29, 2003

Many of the major nursing journals and the books dealing with nursing careers have sample resumes in them. Have you looked into them at your local nursing library?

I am not a new grad, but someone who reads resumes a lot for possible hire. The key is to communicate your strengths clearly and make it easy for the reader to see who you are and what your experiences have been. Don't get too cutesy or clutter the resume up with a lot of distracting information, clip art, etc.

For a new grad, there is no need to list all the places you had clinical as a student or all the courses you took. However, I would list anything "extra" or "special" that you did that relates to the field in which you are applying for a job. For example, if you did a special senior-year project on a related topic in that field, I would list it.

Good luck,

llg

memphispanda, RN · Sep 29, 2003

This semester part of our requirements for graduation includes writing a resume and cover letter. yuck. They told us to use http://www.monster.com to do the resume, and to check out the cover letter samples they have. Maybe that will help you!

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Sep 30, 2003

In my resume, I listed an objective (that I wanted to work in an ICU), then my education (including GPA), then where and on what type of unit I did my clinical rotations, and lastly I listed other recent non-related jobs and any awards/honors. You can use bolt or italic font and bullets to make it look spiffy. :)

PSA, RN · Sep 30, 2003

Thanks so much for all of the advice. Hopefully I will get this done and get a job.

Pam