Picking up a
profession will depend on the type of education you have taken during
your academic years. However, there are many who keep changing their
profession regardless of their education and experience for some
reason, or the other. This type of practice people follows to survive
has, on the other hand, has generated three different types of
resumes. Whether you are right into the nursing profession from the
beginning, or trying to make a career change, here are the three
different types of resumes you will be using from.
Chronological Resume
This is the most
popular one and widely used in the job market. When using this type,
you will start from describing your current job first, and then the
immediate next one. This way, the job that you start at the beginning
of your career will be the end in the list. Besides, the type of
sections you have to add are: Summary of Qualification, Skills,
Experience, Education and Reference. While there is no rule about
which section should come first, it is still better to follow the
order they are given here.
In the Summary
section, you will include key nursing skills and years of experience
you have. The description should provide a snapshot of your overall
credentials for the job. The only change in this type of resume is
the description of your experience, which has to start with the
current job first. Each on your accomplishment in the respective job
should be precise and true. Overall, the information in the
experience section should portray a clear picture of the kind of work
you have done and can do for the new employer. After the experience
comes the 'Education section.' Under this category, you will list the
name of the nursing degree, the college/university you graduated
from, the year of passing, and the city and state you received the
degree in. Last section will be the Reference. Do add at least two
names since it increases the probability of selection.
A
chronological nursing resume is useful for those candidates who had
been and wanted to be in the healthcare profession for a longer time.
View some samples on www.bestsampleresume.com
for reference.
Functional Resume
If you are
returning into the nursing profession after a long gap, or making a
career change, a functional resume is the best to use. The main
purpose of the functional resume is to highlight your skills and
experience. While going through such types of resumes, the employers
want to know how your previous experience and skills would be useful
for the career you are seeking.
This type is also useful for new
graduates or entering into the nursing field for the first time. The
only drawback of this type of resume is that it is not easily scanned
by an applicant tracking system (ATS).
Combination Resume
A combination
resume combines the essential elements of chronological and
functional resumes. It is a kind of mixture of the latter two. Your
experience and skill-sets will be listed first in this type followed
by work history in reverse sequential order. The order of your work
history will be: job title/position, company name with city and
state, and the employment dates. As you have already created a Skill
section at the beginning, you can skip information in the experience
section since employers will see your professional expertise only.
These are the
three types of resumes you need to know for your nursing profession.
Whether you are new to this field, changing career, or are
experienced, any of these types of resume will help you in get the
job.
