Including resume in my application

tutusandfrogs · Jan 26, 2006

I didn't have to send a resume or anything like that? They didn't ask for anything specific... but I included a letter in my application, along with my transcripts.

karmyk · Jan 27, 2006

I submitted a resume for my ABSN and ELMSN application packages to Samuel Merritt College. I believe the schools are trying to get a feel for who you are as a person and look at your professional experiences... It's a quick & direct way of showing them what you have to offer. I just submitted my regular resume... My entire background has been in electrical/network engineering and the military (I was an Air Force officer), and it was difficult to show/integrate everything I've done in the essay (along with answering their questions).. so I was happy when they recommended including a resume with my application.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jan 28, 2006

I too submitted a resume for my ADN, I believe they were looking for your work experience.

Good luck

Wondergirl0905 · Mar 7, 2006

I am sending in my application for an accelerated BSN program and they too want a resume. I'm just touching up the one I already have. I have never included an Objective at the beginning of my resume. Do most resumes have this these days & should it be my objective of getting into school or one of what kind of nursing job I want upon graduation?

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 8, 2006

My guess is that because in an MS program you are usually specializing in some specific area of nursing. A look at your resume is going to show them if you have been engaged in that kind of nursing already and not just making a decision off the top of your head. A resume is also going to show them if you have already been engaged in any nursing research, writing, education, professional or administration activities already. These are things that probably don't have room to be placed on an application, so a resume is the better place to showcase it.

NHRNmomof3 · Mar 8, 2006

I am gathering information so I can apply to grad school next year, as I am finishing my BSN this year. All the ANP programs I have looked at require a resume.

lovingpecola · Mar 8, 2006

i applied to three graduate entry programs. i didn't exactly submit a resume, but i did submit my "cv" which pretty much the same thing but slightly more academic. none of the schools asked for it, but i wanted them to see it!

similar to a resume: education, work history, voluteer positions, and reference section...

included on my cv but not on my regular resume: research conducted, shadowing experiences, future research interests, scholarships/awards, and academic service sections...

hth,

lp

pshs_2000 · Mar 9, 2006

If you're recently graduated and don't have much work experience, your resume is a good venue to point out your volunteer work, awards, language or computer skills that won't fit anywhere else in your application. I know it might seem redundant but whatever you include on the application include it on your resume. If it won't fit on your application, write: see attached resume.

CEG · Mar 10, 2006

Just make sure you research resume writing. There are different forms and techniques, but there are basic rules that apply. Like, maybe God could have a two page resume, but everyone else's should be one page. SPELL CHECK and have someone proof it. Check your grammar, have someone else check it. Make sure you make the language general, i.e. if you are a computer programmer looking to go to nursing school make sure a nurse could understand your job description, etc. Use resume paper and a good printer. Make sure your contact info is correct.

My husband does hiring for a fortune 500 company and he gets resumes with all the above mistakes- they go immediately into the trash. First impressions mean a lot.

lovingpecola · Mar 10, 2006

the one-page rule: this is the main reason i switched to a cv rather than a resume (other than the fact that a cv is what is used for academic things like this) - i had gotten to the point where i couldn't fit everything on one page without leaving anything vital out!!!

but honestly, i don't think admissions committees judge as harshly as fortune 500 companies when comes to this...i think they would rather know that you are who's who & on merit scholarships & conducting research & volunteering for a non-profit, ect...than for you to try to pick out the most important thing out af a bunch of really important, and different things (if that makes sense)

i agree with ceg about spellcheck and human proofing and making sure it's readable to your audience!!!!!!

lp

CEG · Mar 11, 2006

LP is right, it's hard to comb through all the details and pick out the important ones. Just remember that the admissions committee is looking at hundreds of applications. If you send a two pager they have to pick out the important details themselves and there's no guarantee that they will. Or that what they focus on will be what you wanted them to focus on. There's no guarantee that they will even look at the second page. By making it shorter you can choose what you want them to focus on.

If you are like me (and by that I mean older and changing career fields totally) the things you did in your other career are likely not that applicable. Also, since I am in a program for adults with career and world experience, college really doesn't matter that much. So in my resume I include awards I received that sound impressive and things I did that sound impressive and leave out the rest even though it's all good stuff.

Just my .02 but I have seen first hand what happens with resumes that don't adhere to the general rules (both in job situtations though my husband and in school apps).