Looking to get resume ready (1 Viewer)

[ghostguy123]

I have basically never done a legitimate resume.  I had a contract signed while I was in college pretty much guaranteeing me a position, and I never had to put together a resume. 

I have worked for the same hospital, same unit, since I graduated in 2004.  I was looking to put together a resume for another job.  Is there a good website for that?  Maybe something where you can input information and it lays out a nice format for you?  Maybe some good example resumes?  I am a registered nurse if that matters at all for formatting purposes, or maybe there is a site specializing in that.  I don't know.  Figured I would ask. Any help is appreciated.

 

[boofatty]

Your industry or position youre seeking may be different but my only advice includes three points:

1. Skip the traditional cover letter, thats what an email is for. Instead write an executive summary with career highlights, 1-2 sentence success stories. Summarize your career in bullet point format.  If you cant think of a highlight, get creative and accentuate your 'atta boy' moments as highlights.  Think of the summary page as your brochure.  Sell your self on this one page.

2. Limit yourself to one page for all the education, training and work history info.

3. Write a resume tailored to the position youre applying for. Not necessarily the company, but the position. Not too generic. 

 

[The Big Guy]

I had mine done professionally and was impressed by the outcome. The interview process and the way he was able to take things that I would consider normal in my work and present them as gold was worth the money I spent.

 

[ghostguy123]

Your industry or position youre seeking may be different but my only advice includes three points:

1. Skip the traditional cover letter, thats what an email is for. Instead write an executive summary with career highlights, 1-2 sentence success stories. Summarize your career in bullet point format.  If you cant think of a highlight, get creative and accentuate your 'atta boy' moments as highlights.  Think of the summary page as your brochure.  Sell your self on this one page.

2. Limit yourself to one page for all the education, training and work history info.

3. Write a resume tailored to the position youre applying for. Not necessarily the company, but the position. Not too generic. 

All good.  I mostly need help on the formatting itself.  Really need help on the formatting and how to present things, so I might just take Big Guys advice and pay someone.  Could be money well spent.  Only need to do it once.  gotta be less than 100 bucks right?

 

[Insein]

All good.  I mostly need help on the formatting itself.  Really need help on the formatting and how to present things, so I might just take Big Guys advice and pay someone.  Could be money well spent.  Only need to do it once.  gotta be less than 100 bucks right?

In addition to boofatty, keep the key contact info at the top (name, address, email, phone etc). 

I like to start off with my goal for this application. Something semi cheesy but that's what they want. 

"To build a rewarding and satisfying career as [position applying for] in the [field it is in]"

I don't think you need to pay unless you just don't have the time. The payoff with doing it yourself is that you put it together so you know the key points. Memorizing something someone made for you doesn't give it the same feel. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Doesn't Rude write resumes?  

 

[xulf]

My wife is an RN that has worked ER and L&D.  Are you looking for the same position at a different hospital or an entirely new role in a new department?

 

[The Big Guy]

All good.  I mostly need help on the formatting itself.  Really need help on the formatting and how to present things, so I might just take Big Guys advice and pay someone.  Could be money well spent.  Only need to do it once.  gotta be less than 100 bucks right?

I was more than that, a fair amount more, but he also had other services like sending it out as blast to hundreds of recruiters(useless feature-live and learn) that I went with.  Also came with 3 different cover and thank you letters that I could send out.  I was trying to get a banking job in the midst of the banking crash, so I felt the added boost would be well worth it to me.

 

[MattFancy]

I've found Lifehacker has some great info for resume writing and interview tips

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

The company I work for has a division that specializes in placing healthcare folks including RNs.  I could get a couple of examples of what they consider strong RN resumes and send them to you.  Use them as examples for formatting ideas.  

If interested, just let me know.  I would need you to admit your 17 straight years of never losing on the NFL is BS though.

 

[=Smackdown=]

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