New Grads and Resumes

[ilovenursing2009]

hi!

anyone up for swapping resumes for constructive criticism?

during my time in school i participated in many seminars to perfect resume writing and interviewing skills; which i am sure you did to! i was also a tutor for nursing students which i helped assist many students write their resumes and cover letters.

i thought this would be a great way to share ideas of what we learned and help each other make our resumes and cover letters stand out!

if you would like to participate pm me and i will give you my email address to swap resumes. please take off all identifying info (name, address, phone number) from your resume. i don't want o be responsible for it!

can't wait to swap resumes!!!!:wink2:

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[sunrock]

:mad:HELP, i am from the old school, new RN, need help writing a resume, could someone please post a generic one, so i can have a general idea, of what to put, having been a lpn for years, and only filled out application, resume, ARRGH!, WOULD be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[fuuchan]

This website helped me out a lot.

http://www.nursing.umich.edu/studentresources/resumes/resume_guide.pdf

[sunrock]

Thank you so much, very thorough:yeah:

[newgradlauren]

deleted d/t being in wrong spot! sorry

[newgradlauren]

Hi Tclema,

I was wondering if you would still be up for looking over a resume. I think mine needs some serious help, the more eyes that can look at it the better! Thanks! :)

[Trayci18]

hello, i am currently a senior nursing student and was wondering if you would still like to swap resumes

-Tracy

[Starfish1]

hello, i am currently a senior nursing student and was wondering if you would still like to swap resumes

-Tracy

we can trade?!?!? I have one...

[Starfish1]

does anyone have time to review my resume? I have a question regarding mine....it has to do with a summer program I joined with an area health center over the past summer and I want to make sure my resume is in the right format.

thank you

[HCC_Nurse]

Just finished my resume!! Does anyone want to swap? I'd really appreciate any feedback...

[gmac22]

I am wondering if anyone has added elective nursing courses to their resume, like I took courses in oncology, women's health, critical care, and Reiki. I'm not sure if I should add these to my resume or where to put them. Also, I had a community rotation at a cancer center, and am interested in oncology so I'm wondering if it would be good to put that somewhere.. and again, if yes where??

[tainted1972, ASN, RN]

oops i was going to post my resume but it didnt work right .. so im editing to delete it... :)

[BraeRN]

I've been lurking allnurses.com for awhile now and finally decided to join! I graduated in December and I'm facing the same problems that a lot of new grads are facing. There are actually plenty of jobs available in my area but they won't hire me because I don't have experience. On the other hand, all of my classmates who worked as patient care techs during school got hired immediately and I didn't work as one. If only I had known... Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to look at my resume as well. We had to submit a resume and cover letter to the career services at our school for feedback, then turn it in for a grade in one of our classes and they said it was fine but I feel like it could be better.

And if anyone could give tips on how to set up a good cover letter. I've been applying to med/surg positions the most but I'm not sure what I should be putting on there. I do the usual "I'm applying for..." and "Thank you for your consideration, I may be contacted at..." but the body seems lacking. Any tips would be helpful. What a frustrating time this is for new grads!