Do: - Tailor the resume to the opportunity by highlighting your qualifications and expertise that match specific job requirements.
- Highlight your achievements by demonstrating the ways in which the projects you worked on affected the company's bottom line. Did they reduce costs, increase patient satisfaction, or improve quality of care? Use power verbs (see examples below).
- Include special recognition, awards and participation in relevant professional organizations.
- Proofread for errors. You can be screened out for not being detail-oriented.
- Review your resume with your references so they are up-to-date on your current accomplishments.
- Update your resume after every position or assignment. If you have worked for a temporary agency, you should list the agency as your employer and not the specific locations of your assignments.
- Provide a cover letter. The cover letter should include:
Explain why you are sending a resume . Don't send a resume without a cover letter. Don't make the reader guess what you are asking for. Be specific, if you have a job title or posting number, provide it.
Tell specifically how you learned about the position or the organization — in a newspaper, a web site, a family friend who works at the organization. It is appropriate to mention the name of someone who suggested that you write.
Convince the reader to look at your resume – the cover letter will be seen first. Therefore, it must be very well written and targeted to the employer.
Call attention to elements of your background — education, leadership, experience — that are relevant to a position you are seeking. Be as specific as possible, using examples.
Reflect your attitude, personality, motivation, enthusiasm, and communication skills.
Don't: - Misrepresent your education or experiences.
- Give reasons for termination or leaving a job.
- Include personal information such as your height, weight, Social Security number, social activities, and personal or religious philosophies.
- List references or state: "References available on request." The interviewer will assume that you will provide these contacts when asked.
- Use exact dates. Months and years are sufficient.
- List your high school education if you're a college graduate.
- Provide salary information in the resume.
Tips for formatting resumes: - Left justify the document.
- Avoid graphics, italics, underlining, bold and shading.
- Avoid horizontal or vertical lines.
- Use a sans serif font in size 10-14.
Power Verbs for Your Resume accelerated
accommodated
accomplished
achieved
acquired
acted
activated
adapted
added
addressed
adjusted
administered
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advanced
advised
aided
alleviated
allocated
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ameliorated
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analyzed
appointed
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arranged
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authorized
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boosted
brainstormed
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built
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chaired
charted
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coached
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committed
communicated
compared
compiled
composed
computed
conceptualized
concluded
confirmed
consented
consolidated
constructed
contracted
contributed
converted
convinced
cooperated | coordinated
correlated
corresponded
counseled
created
critiqued
customized
debugged
deciphered
dedicated
delegated
deliberated
demonstrated
designated
designed
determined
devaluated
developed
devised
diagnosed
directed
disbursed
dispatched
displayed
drafted
eased
eclipsed
edited
educated
elevated
elicited
employed
empowered
enabled
encouraged
endorsed
engineered
enhanced
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enriched
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envisioned
established
estimated
evaluated
examined
excelled
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exercised
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expedited
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fabricated
facilitated
familiarized
fashioned
figured
finalized
forecasted
formulated
fostered
founded
fulfilled
generated
grew
guaranteed
guided
hired
identified
illustrated
implemented
improved | improvised
increased
indexed
indicated
inferred
influenced
informed
initiated
innovated
inspected
inspired
instituted
instructed
integrated
interceded
interpreted
interviewed
introduced
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investigated
involved
issued
judged
justified
launched
lectured
led
licensed
lightened
linked
maintained
marketed
measured
mediated
minimized
mobilized
modeled
moderated
modernized
modified
monitored
motivated
multiplied
negotiated
officiated
operated
orchestrated
organized
originated
overhauled
performed
persuaded
pioneered
planned
polished
prepared
prescribed
prioritized
processed
procured
produced
programmed
projected
promoted
publicized
purchased
queried
questioned | raised
rated
realized
recommended
reconciled
recorded
recruited
rectified
reduced (losses)
refined
referred
reformed
regarded
regulated
rehabilitated
reinforced
rejuvenated
related
relieved
remedied
remodeled
repaired
reported
represented
researched
reserved
resolved (problems)
restored
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revamped
reviewed
revised
revitalized
revived
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screened
scrutinized
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set goals
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shaped
smoothed
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sought
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spoke
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streamlined
strengthened
studied
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substantiated
suggested
summarized
supervised
supplemented
surveyed
sustained
synthesized
systematized
tabulated
tailored
traced
trained
transacted
transformed
translated
transmitted
updated
upgraded
validated
valued
verified
visualized
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