How Is My First Resume?i Need Advice. The Job Is In A Nursing Home.?


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First name last name
address state zip code
Cell phone email
Objective:
To be employed at a healthcare facility that will improve my skills and to prepare for a future nursing career.
OR
To obtain skills in a healthcare employment opportunity for preparation in my future nursing career.
Education:
Glaiuds Vermont Calf, Me 04894
2006- January 2009
High School, Rose, PA 18598
2009-Present
Qualifications Summary
Ability to complete tasks on time and to maintain calm and flexible in challenging environments.
Experience in a nursing home through participating in activities with the residents and through shadowing two LPN’s on the job.
Ability to work in diverse teams and to communicate well with others.
Experience in fund raising and recruiting volunteers for events.
Computer Skills
Experience with both PC and Macintosh computers
Proficient in Word and Internet Searching
Pre-Professional Experience
Leadership
Volunteered at a nursing home to provide the residents with holiday entertainment and gifts. Help organized a haunted house and face painting night at an elementary school for 1-4 graders.
President of a Jr. High Program, Reach, which helped at risk students volunteer and participate in the local community.
Team Work Skills
Worked with my former Reach members to organize fund raising events for the Reach program and our school.
Participated for 3 years in a community girls basketball team, received a trophy for 2nd 3rd and 1st place and an award for most improved player.
Participated in reading, writing and speech clubs to improve my skills and to help our school.
Helped organized and write information for a graphic design and hosting websites. Worked with the owners to create website information and design that appropriately captured their business.
Organized and participated in a play at my Jr. High School for younger students.

2 Comments so far

  1. Nita on February 26, 2010 9:23 am

    You need lots of help on this!
    First, it’s not easy on the eyes. Consider better formatting using underlined section descriptions and bullet points under each of those sections.
    Second, you’ve included a lot of personal info that is not needed and will hurt more than help. You’re putting your whole life history in it, and a resume should include just enough to create an interest for them to ask you to interview. You can tell them the details DURING the interview. This resume is much too wordy.
    Third, you should use a format that structures your resume chronologically as far as your experience goes.
    You also don’t want to make a different resume for every job you apply to. Make a comprehensive one that will suffice for any industry you choose to work in.
    My resume has my demographic info centered at the top of page 1. Under that is my Objective, followed by Employment History,then Education/Licenses/Credentials and lastly Skills.
    You have a nice background of skills and your volunteer work will look great once you get a professional resume format and plug the info into the proper categories.
    I agree with the other person’s answer, too – I’m not too sure about Career Builders, because I asked them to critique my resume and I never heard back from them. I would recommend your local unemployment office for help in creating a nice resume.

  2. not 2 B fooled on February 26, 2010 10:06 am

    There are several websites that will critique your resume for free to help write it for more effectiveness – http://www.careerbuilder.com is one example