Resume HELP!

[rmariee]

I'm getting ready to finish nursing school and I'm having some serious resume issues. I saw career advisors at my school and they had me make this huge 2 page resume with all of this info. (Mind you I am about to graduate with a BSN and no work experience as a nurse)

So I showed the resume to a few instructors at my school. I'm getting very mixed feed back. Currently my resume is 2 pages long. I have a 4 line professional summary. I've been told to remove this and put it on a cover letter but I've also been told to keep it.

I don't have my address listed because I plan on applying to jobs out of state. Should I including my mailing address?

I have all of my clinical experience listed this is what makes my resume 2 pages because it is so long. Some instructors told me to keep it others told me to remove it. The reason for removing it would be because I am in a BSN program it would be useless to list everything.

I was also told to remove my previous work experience which includes a summer camp job and a medical billing job. Should I list those or not?

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

It is ok if your resume is two pages long. Mine has always been more than one page. The four line professional summary may be too much and may be redundant. I think putting that info in a cover letter may be a good idea. You should have an adress on your resume. Even if out of state. I personally think describing clinical experience helps a resume especially if you are applying out of state and may be unfamiliar with your local hospitals. You dont have to include all. Just include the ones with a connection to the specialty you're applying to. You should always attempt to tailor your resume to the job. Definitely list your job experience. You need to show that you are responsible to be gainfully employed. Best of luck to you!

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Moved to the Nursing Resume Help forum

[DrKim]

Yes to the address. It shows that you are not transient. Some HR departments will look the address up in Google Maps because that's usually the first thing an unstable person would lie about.

It all depends on where you are applying. If you want to work on a peds unit then the summer camp job is applicable. If you want to work in a primary care clinic, then medical billing is applicable. Listing your clinical rotations, especially if they were at good facilities is beneficial. You also want to list any impressive internships too. There's no one way to do this...some more appropriate than others but no hard rules on this one.