Help with your Resume

[Kyrshamarks, BSN, RN]

This is some of the best advice I have seen in a long time for help with your resume. I actually have been doing most of thises things for a few years already.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/power-your-future/ignore-10-outdated-pieces-career-advice-195617879.html

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by Alison Green

Job-search advice that worked a decade or more ago isn't always effective today. In fact, some of it can hurt your chances.

Here are 10 pieces of job-search advice that are now outdated and you should ignore:

1. You must use a landline for a phone interview. These days, many people don't even have access to a landline, so this advice has become unrealistic. It's still better to use a landline if you have one, but if you have to use a cell phone, check first to make sure that you're somewhere quiet with good reception and strong sound clarity.

2. Your resume can only be one page. At some point in the past, resumes were supposed to be limited to one page. But times have changed, and two-page resumes are common now. People with only a few years of experience should still stick to one page, but two pages are fine for everyone else.

3. Every job has to go on your resume to present a complete account of your professional history. Your resume is a marketing document, designed to present your candidacy in the strongest possible light. It doesn't need to be an exhaustive accounting of every job you've held...

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

Re: #2, the one page or two page resume, there are still plenty of HR folks who do not like more than 1 page of a resume, so I don't think I'd ever feel comfortable using more than one page for a resume unless I know in advance that the person receiving it will be ok with a multi-page resume.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to Nursing Career Advice - good article.

[casi, ASN, RN]

Thank you for this! My resume and cover letter are currently getting a massive re-do and this has helped me more than any other article.

[tmurs]

Hello Kyrshamarks.....

I have no way to private message you but say that you work in the med center and live in katy! I got some questions for you (if your willing to help) and didnt know if there was a way to pick your brain a bit on here? My wife is a BSN working in North Carolina and Im in the Army but we're due to come back home to Houston and live in Katy within the next 8 months of so.

Thanks in advance!

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