NEW NURSE SUCCESS! RESUME DOS AND DONT'S

May is the time of year when many nursing students graduate from school. Congratulations!! However, don't celebrate too long - it's time to land your first job. The key to getting hired is to start with an excellent resume.  You'd be surprised how unprofessional some resumes look! To weed through their pile of resumes, an experienced recruiter can quickly scan a gazillion resumes looking for the ones they can put into their "no" pile.

Follow these dos and don’ts to make sure your resume gets into their "yes" pile:

THE KEY TO LANDING YOUR FIRST NURSING JOB: BE LIKE GUMBY

Many nursing students dream of getting their first job in the ICU or Emergency Room. These places are action-packed, full of excitement and considered “cool”. Some students know they want to advance their degree and become Nurse Anesthetists and truly need at least one year experience in a critical care unit – cool or not.  However, the job market today isn’t as open to hiring new graduate nurses into critical care environments. 

BUILD WHEN YOU’RE A STUDENT NURSE, AND THE JOBS WILL COME!

Many new nursing graduates are struggling to find their first job working in an acute care environment.  Nurse recruiters can afford to pick the cream of the crop because they are inundated with resumes, phone calls and emails from prospective new nurses!  Unfortunately, by the time some nurses graduate, it may be too late to rise to the top of the pile. 

And that’s why; my advice is to build your resume while you’re still in school.