Resume Overkill? Experienced RN

[livistarr]

I have been a nurse for 14 years and have an abundance of experience in many areas...ICU/CVIC/SICU, Level I Trauma Center Charge Nurse, Pediatric ER, Corrections, Litigation Consultant, Risk Adjustment...see what I mean? These aren't jobs that I worked for a month and quit...each one has at least 3 years experience. My resume is 2 pages and honestly I would like to add in my volunteer work but between jobs, education and certifications I have NO room! My resume currently has a "Experience" paragraph that essentially summarizes all of my specialty areas. Then I have each job listed with date, job title and location with a mini 3 or 4 sentence summary of what each consisted of. The education tab just states where I graduated from and with what degress. Certifications have bulletted lists of ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC. I am wanting to do litigation full-time again and need to know how much I should stream-line. I want to take credit for all of my areas and also seem well rounded but am not sure how to compile that effectively without being overkill. I don't personally know anyone with the kind of "all over the place" experience I have to even ask. Advice? Thanks!

[vanlo001]

I have a long list of specialties and jobs too and I tried to stay at least a few years at each location. This is what I do when applying for different types of jobs. I have my general resume that lists all my expereinces, places I've worked, education, certificates. So the only thing I change for different jobs is the experience paragraph. If I'm going NICU, I higlight areas in other jobs that might he relabent to the position I'm applying for but mostly I focus on NICU stuff. For instance I did management at one job. If I wanted another position in managemnt I wouldn't emphasize my leadership roles, charge nurse, preceptorships, etc. And emphasize what experience I had in my management position.

Consider a profesionsl resume company. It has been suggested to me with so much experience and a broad background to use the services of a professional resume company, however, I've always gotten the job I wanted using what I have so I've never done this. (it was suggested by job placement people professional headhunters, etc). Best of luck. I know I've grown as a result of all my experience, and i'm sure you have too.

[llg, PhD, RN]

One possibility is to do a single-page "Execytuve Summary" resume that is labeled as such. Then enclose the complete resume for those who wish to see the details.

People who just want to see the executive summary can just read the first age and then stop. People who want more information can keep reading.

[livistarr]

Thank you both. I think I will research an Executive Summary. I have too much non-clinical experience that I want to capture and I think that may help. I'm hoping not to hire someone...dang it Im a nurse! I can do ANYTHING!! LOL

[llg, PhD, RN]

"Executive Summaries" are not specific to resumes. It's a general term used in business writing to refer to a very short summary of a much longer report. The 10-page report might begin with an executive summary that is one page or even less.

Good luck!