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testimonials on resume?

Hi everyone! I am working on my resume, as I am on track to graduate from my RN program pretty soon!

Searching the internet, I've seen some suggestions to include testimonials on your resume. By testimonials, I mean quotes from people like supervisors/instructors, etc.

What do you guys think about this? I have statements from annual evaluations from supervisors and statements from reccomendation letters from clinical instructors (that I could provide if needed) that I think would be good to include on a resume in short snips...

things like "WANT2BANURSESOON consistently has patience and compassion when dealing with patients and families" from supervisors and "WANT2BANURSESOON demonstrated sound clinical judgement" from instructors.

Do you think including 1-3 testimonials like this on a resume would be a good idea? or does it look tacky?

I just feel like rather than me saying that I am hardworking, etc, if I can show a quote of SOMEONE ELSE saying that, it would be better?

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    Ummm , interesting never heard of this before, hoping an HR would commit on this

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    It makes me think of the positive critic comments publishers put on the backcovers of books. Or on movie posters.

    It strikes me as unprofessional somehow. I'd just put those people on my list of references.

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    These are the types of gimmicky things my friends and I laugh at when we see them. I remember one resume that was so full of this sort of thing that we joked about it getting "2 thumbs up" from the movie critics.

    Keep it professional and keep the focus on your credentials, experience, and accomplishments. Don't make the formatting of the resume be the focus of attention instead of the content.

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    Oh, no. Just say NO to the testimonial idea. Reads as "silly",not "professional".

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    I agree that testimonials come across as much less professional than you'd hope. I'd list these people as references and let them rave about you when HR calls them.

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    You would just be taking up valuable space on your resume for something someone in HR won't read. When I worked in HR, I gave each resume less than a minute to decide if I would interview them. That was for nursing positions. I sure as heck wasn't going to read a testimonial. It's immature and would immediate have turned me off the candidate.

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    We reviewed one that had all these testimonials in it. It was like reading an informercial and it was circular filed. Keep it clean and simple.

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    Okay, thank you everyone. I will leave testimonials off.

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    We reviewed one that had all these testimonials in it. It was like reading an informercial and it was circular filed. Keep it clean and simple.
    Sounds like a press release!
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    How does it add to your resume?

    What would you expect from a testimonial? "Nancy Nurse shows excellent personal hygiene skills by clipping her toenails in the employee bathroom rather than at the nurses desk".

    Use the valuable real estate on your one page resume to highlight what will make you attractive to that employer.

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    How does it add to your resume?

    What would you expect from a testimonial? "Nancy Nurse shows excellent personal hygiene skills by clipping her toenails in the employee bathroom rather than at the nurses desk".

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    I vote we hire Nancy!! :D

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    If you have letters that say those things, you can put them in your portfolio. There is no guarantee that anyone will look at that either, but it feels good to have them in there at the interview (secret confidence boost).

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