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10 Tips For Writing A Winning Resume
By Conrad
Your resume (or curriculum vitae), combined with the cover letter, are the master keys to opening the prospective employer's mind and door so that you can proceed to the next step in the process - the big interview!
RESUME WRITING TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Here are 10 valuable tips for anyone writing their own resume, or who is having someone else write one for them. These tips and strategies are an abridged version of what is contained in my new eBook, "Instant Home Writing Kit".
1. Keep It Focused and Businesslike
A resume should be specific and all business. Don't try to be too smart or too cute. After all, you are asking an employer to invest significant time and money by choosing you over many other similarly qualified people. Employers mainly want to know whether you are appropriately qualified and experienced, and if you have the ability to "deliver the goods."
2. More Than Two Pages Is Too Much
For students, recent graduates, or people with just a fewyears of experience, try to keep your resume to one page,two as an absolute maximum. Even a resume for someone with 20 years or more of extensive working experience, should not exceed three pages. In some cases, one or two "optional" pages can be referred to as .......
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 Travel Nurse Contract Problems
By Conrad Lopez
I got a very disturbing email from a travel nurse today. She tells a tale of signing a contract, getting moved into housing after traveling 2000 miles and starting to settle in to her assignment.
Then the trouble started.
“When I was hired, I was told there were 2 facilities I would be working in. I was even told what scrubs were required. My housing was arranged so that I can look out my window and see these 2 facilities.”
“I have been here 3 weeks today, and I have not been to either of these places. Instead, I travel sometimes 1 to 1 & 1/2 hours away. I don’t know my way around, I am learning. One morning, I was able to make a u-turn off the freeway to get back on the other direction, and an 18 wheeler side swiped my brand new car. I was so shook up and very late for my shift.”
Her complaints to the recruiter not only went unheeded but she says she was threatened with financial penalties if she didn’t co-operate.
“I wish I had never done this.”
There was quite a bit more to her email but to assure her anonymity I am will stop here.
Article continues... ER Nurse Enjoys Variety of Assignments
By Susan SchneiderCoquet Williams has the soft, calm voice of someone who is content and happy with her life’s choices.
After listening to her stories, you might ask, "What’s not to like?"
Williams, an emergency room nurse, and her husband, Jerry, are self-described "gypsies at heart" who are enjoying traveling to places they would never have experienced if she hadn’t decided to try travel nursing after their children left the nest.
"Jerry was in the military when we first got married," Williams explained. "So there was a lot of international travel in the early years. But after he retired from the military, he worked in the high-tech industry for 19 years and we stayed pretty much in one place for a long time."
"After he retired the second time, he was ready to get out and ............. Article continues... Online Nursing Degrees
By Conrad LopezNurses can now get degrees from a top university and do it all online. These programs are surprisingly affordable and you can work at your own pace.
Are you a busy professional that just does not have time to attend classes in person?
Are you a TRAVEL NURSE who is on the move but needs to upgrade your credentials?
To get information on the following programs just click on the link and fill out the short form. We will make sure the information is provided to you. And good luck!
Click here for LPN to RN,
here for RN to BSN, and here for Masters Degree Programs
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