Well, I don't know if it's my problem or not but something is going on and I don't know what to do about it. I worked med/surg for a little bit under three months for my first job. I worked from the beginning of November to the end of January. Because I worked from 2011 to 2012, hiring managers and recruiters who are just skimming my resume and falsley assume I worked a year in med/surg. I noticed that in the last 3 interviews I have gotten, EACH ONE had made that mistake and had chosen to interview me because they believed I had one year med/surg. It is very embarassing to tell them IN THE INTERVIEW that no, I only worked from November 2011 to January 2012, which was only 3 months, not a year. And thusly, the interview ends because, obviously, I do not have enough experience. Since Jan 2012, I worked 3 months between march and june in 2013. So in the past two years, I have had a total of 6 months experience. I mean, I am fortunate that I am getting responses to my job applications and every time I get a call about my application, I get excited. But since I started looking for work again since june, it's been an emotional roller coaster to have this happen. I feel jerked around.
One thing this has taught me is that once I get that magical year experience, finding a job will be SO MUCH EASIER. The New Grad year sucks.
So my question is what can I do to my resume that will keep recruiters and managers from making this mistake? I can't help that they skim resumes. But it's very embarassing for me to have to correct this mistake to people who are looking to give me a job. And hopefully, no one else will have to go through this either?
ILoveHealthCare
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I wouldn't have put my license number on there. Anyone can identify you. See if an admin can edited it out for you. Just my $0.02.
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