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Resume Critique

I am applying to a nursing program that requires a resume to be included with the application. I don't have much experience in the health field except for when I volunteered at a hospital. I was hoping to post my resume to see if anyone else had any opinions are suggestions to make my resume better. Thank you!

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[TD=colspan: 4]Allyson Sanders

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[TD=colspan: 4]Objective

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[TD=colspan: 4][still haven't decided]

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[TD=colspan: 4]Skills Profile

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[TD]- Newborn Education

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[TD]- Outstanding interpersonal skills

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[TD]- Culturally sensitive

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[TD]- Energetic and organized

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[TD]- Cooperative team member

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[TD]- Computer literate

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[TD]- Customer service

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[TD]- Quick learner

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[TD=colspan: 4]Employment History

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[TD=colspan: 2]Sporting Goods

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[TD=colspan: 2]4/1/2012-7/1/2012

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[TD=colspan: 4]XXXX, Ca

-Delivered prompt, accurate and excellent customer service.

-Directed specific questions to appropriate personnel.

-Demonstrated that customers come first by serving them with a sense of urgency.

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[TD=colspan: 3]Certifications

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[TD=colspan: 3]- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, July 2014

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[TD=colspan: 2]Activities

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[TD=colspan: 4]-Volunteer in the Maternity Care Center, XXXXXX Hospital, XXXXX, Ca

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    First, a little friendly advice- change your avatar to something more anonymous, and take your name off the resume on here. There are lots of reasons to protect your identity on a public forum, especially once you're a nurse!

    *Expand on what you did in your volunteer experience. Describe your tasks and activities. Include dates.

    *Put the expiration date of your BLS, not the issue date.

    *For your sporting good job, any cash handling? Multi-tasking? Problem-solving? Resolving customer service concerns? This kind of stuff is good to include.

    *Skills profile- take out things like "quick learner" or "energized and organized". These belong in a cover letter. Keep your resume objective, and save the subjective for the cover letter (which I realize you aren't submitting, but even still, these stay off your resume).

    *Any babysitting experience? What kinds of responsibilities go with that?

    I hope that helps! :) Good luck getting into your program!

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    Thanks very much! I thought I did X out my name oops!

    Well I don't have baby sitting experience but I do have my own child, so I'm not sure if it would be professional or along those lines to include that.

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    Thanks very much! I thought I did X out my name oops!

    Well I don't have baby sitting experience but I do have my own child, so I'm not sure if it would be professional or along those lines to include that.

    I wouldn't include any parenting experience. Did you do any other volunteering when you were younger? Anything out of the box you might be able to include?

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