PN Students will meet on Wednesday this week instead of Thursday due to Sophomore Tours.

Resumes

Students will continue working on resumes and/or make suggested corrections and improvements.

Some of the most common corrections/suggestions for resumes include:

• Include hyphens or bullets to separate areas of the address and contact info in the heading section.
• An example of formatting for city, state, and zip is:  1801 11th Street, Alva, OK 73717 which includes the comma after the name of the city with the two letters in abbreviation for state capitalized.
• Use either (580) 327-0344 as a format for telephone numbers or 580.327.0344 but not (580)-327-0344 .
• Include a qualification statement what explains what your goal is or leave it out.  This is not a two or three word area.
• Education section should include the most recent education at the top of the list. Be sure to include the city and state of the school.
• The section headings should be in a larger font than the information in the sections.
• Be consistent with font and font sizing.  Section headings can be a larger font than section information however the headings for all sections need to be consistent in size and font.
• Be consistent with spacing (such as spacing between sections and between bulleted items, etc.)
• Be consistent with date formats.  If you spell out the names of months then be consistent throughout the resume.
• Information in sections should be bulleted if possible and not in sentence format.
• Include information for three references. References cannot be friends.  Include your relationship for each reference such as instructor, previous employer, etc.
• Be consistent in capitalization.
• Be accurate in job titles and descriptions (aid, aide, nurses, nurse, etc – ex. Long-Term Care Certified Nurse Aide)
• Be consistent in tense of duties (managed, manage, assist, assisted, etc.)
• Include dates in the education section.
• Have all dates listed at the right side.  Ask me for help with setting a right align tab.
• Include degrees or program areas in the education section.
• Include the following sections:  Qualification Summary, Education, Licensure or Certifications, Experience (Work Experience), Professional Memberships, Community Activities (Community Service), Honors (Awards), Skills (if not included in work experience), and References

Sample resumes  – Nursing Student Sample Resume  – Resume For Nursing Student With Clinical Experience