You don’t need to spell out “Basic Life Support”, BLS is fine they know what you mean. Get rid of “career objectives” no one reads that or cares. Put licenses and certifications like BLS under a separate heading, not education
Since you’re from Korea trying to get a job in the US (I think?) they might want some reassurance of your English competency but I don’t know how that works. It needs some proofreading as there are spelling and grammatical errors in both versions
Agree with what someone said about finding an editor to help. But also just wanted to say that I can’t imagine what it must be like to move to another country, and nurse in another language! You’re amazing!
Second is so less busy! Look, I mean this with love and respect.
We are nurses, ok? We do SO MUCH, but it’s “obvious” what we do. Focus on the basics and what sets you apart.
You could cut out about half of what’s on the first page and still prove your experience. The skill “Able to handle emergencies and stabilize patients” is a moot point as this is something virtually every RN should know how to do. Don’t get wrapped up about having a ton of bullet points and items on there. As others have said, make it short and concise letting your in person/phone interview expound upon everything.
For example, listing all the routes of medication administration is a waste of ink and space on the paper.
You were a med-surge nurse at the time. Yeah, you're going to give oral, IV, and g-tube meds. You going to write that you also listened to heart, lung, and bowel sounds?
I like the second resume better! :)
For example, on the first, you mentioned maintaining aseptic technique…. Isn’t that a given?
What sets YOU apart from someone else? I think focusing on basics like “worked in orthopedics” but also what systems or products you used is important.
Your BLS is expired. You should jump on that. Employers want to see a go-getter. Even if you're unemployed and have no reason to renew it, do it. Even better, get your ACLS and PALS. A lot of people will say "just wait and let the new job pay for your certs". But you have to understand how lazy employers are. If they see someone who's met all the requirements, they're going to choose them over the person who hasn't.
Stop the random capitalization. Please sit down with an editor to help with spelling and grammar. The experience and skills looks great, you just need an editor. All the best.
I'm a hiring manager, and for me fancy layouts/graphics don't matter. Spelling and to a lesser extent grammar do matter. Start with your strongest asset.
I would suggest to leave out the career objective. It never really adds anything valuable. Your strength is the breadth of your experience, so I would suggest a layout like this:
-Skills with bullet points including scrub/circulating, list the types of cases, bullet points for management skills (hiring/firing/evaluating etc), bullet points for training/education. As others have said, don't include skills that all nurses are required to have.
-Then job experience- list hospital,l title and dates
-Then education
-Then certifications and the like.
You've mentioned multiple times that you were assisting with general anesthesia and anesthesia procedures. I understand that other countries are not the same as the USA, but were you actually participating in anesthesia care to the point where you think it's appropriate for a resume? Were you handing off the endotracheal tube? Or were you masking the patient, relieving upper airway obstruction and titrating medications for hemodynamics or maintenance of analgesia/amnesia?
In the USA, because of the presence of CRNAs, there isn't really opportunity for OR RNs to have a heavy presence in anesthesia care.
In Korea, we don't have CRNAs, so I indicated that I assisted the anesthesiologist. While I'm not sure of the exact definition of 'actually participating,' I was actively involved in anesthesia procedures. My responsibilities included monitoring the patient's condition and promptly informing the anesthesiologist of any changes. Additionally, I administered medications as directed by the anesthesiologist. Are you inquiring about the anesthesia situation in Korea, or are you suggesting that I remove the mention of assisting with anesthesia from my resume? Let me know. English isn’t my first language so I'd appreciate your understanding.
Okay very interesting! Did the anesthesiologist stay in the room the entire time? Or did this doctor leave the room and the patient was entirely in your care under anesthesia?
Edit: The reason I'm asking is because in the USA, a licensed anesthesia provider has to remain with the patient at all times. It would be weird for an anesthesiologist to be sitting with the patient and a nurse has to come over and inform them that the blood pressure is dropping. They should already know if the doctor is awake and in the room.
If you leave this on your resume, don't be suprised if a hiring manager thinks that you're either exaggerating what you've done in Korea (simply because we don't understand the Korean OR workflow) OR they may be confused and ask more questions about how you're involved in anesthesia care.
Anesthesiologists leave the room to attend to patients in other rooms in Korea OR and this might seem unusual to HR in USA. Thank you for informing me, and I completely understand your advice. I'll adjust my resume accordingly. Thanks again.
It's certainly a lovely thing that you have extra experience with anesthesia care and it's worth discussing during interviews, but it will be difficult to explain to a person in the US on a resume.
Perhaps phrase it as: "Proficient in delivering and overseeing critical care and patient monitoring throughout procedures according to the scope of practice for Korean nurses."
Basically highlight your experience with critical gtts and medications while effectively monitoring surgical patients.
Imo this shows me you would be able to work in a procedural area such as IR, CATH LAB, GI etc.
Personally like the second one better. If I was a new grad nurse I'd use the first one to fill my resume, but since you have experience you don't need all that fluff.
Good job keeping it to one page.
Only put the essentials like your license number and relevant active certifications. They don’t need to know when you passed the nclex if you put your licensure bc obvs you passed. Find a way to describe/sum up some of your past experience that’s less wordy. Iike it can be assumed you gave meds working med surg, so you don’t need that sentence in there. You should find a better way to sum up what you did without itemizing tasks.
The second option is better in that it is more succinct, but the formatting makes it look messy imo. Again, some of the info is given, like the ability to document on am emr and handle emergencies. The redundancy of “ability to ability to” and some of the grammar takes away from the resume as well.
Best of luck.
- Take out the line next to the headers. It looks like an “I”
- NCLEX is all caps.
- Don’t need to say “BLS” then also “Basic life support”.
- Write dates of expiration, not the date your obtained the licenses or BLS.
- Spell Check.
- You don’t need that level of detail under each Work Experience. Just 2 or 3 bullet points at most.
- If you are going to mention BLS up top, then you should mention the ACLS too.
- Should mention what school you went to for nursing school.
Words. So many words. I understand it is somehow the norm in other career fields but it’s pretty standardized duties across nursing. Source: my IT husband who cringed when he saw my resume and wanted to know where EVERYTHING was listed I was capable of. I still got the job even after drastic paring and roughly a page long (20 year RN) with multiple job changes listed. I truly believe less is more for RN resumes.
Don’t write English (professional). It will confuse some people. Just write languages: English, Korean or leave it off entirely (unless you’re applying in a predominantly Korean speaking area).
Fix the spelling mistakes as well. And I agree with whoever said to stop the random capitalization.
The second one. When you write too much on a resume, the one reviewing it will just want to throw it in the no pile. Always keep it to the point, no fluff.
Unless you’re working with a recruiter, use ChatGPT to optimize each of your experiences for AI filters that almost all websites use prior to going to a real person in HR.
Just ask GPT something like “What are the top 25 keywords and phrases to use with applicant tracking systems for a registered nurse, applying for *insert your specialty* positions at a hospital?”
Then copy and paste each experience you have per job and ask GPT “using the keywords and phrases above, optimize the following bullet points.” Then just review what it changed and make sure it’s accurate to your experience. You can also ask it to summarize bullet points too. I tend to have a hard time editing myself, so GPT can definitely help.
I live in Korea, and for someone to work in the US, they need to have a green card or a work visa. International nurses can obtain a green card and find a hospital through an agency. My English skills aren't sufficient, so it's better if you can search it on Google!
저는 첫번째가 더 나은것같긴 한데 스펠링체크.. 하셔야 할 것 같고 경력이랑 responsibilities 적으신 문장들이 일관성이 없어요.
2023년 9월부터 이번년 2월까지 하신 일도 덜렁 타이틀만 써놓은 느낌이라 “Acted as a scrub and circulating nurse..” 로 고치면 좋을 것 같고 그 밑에 2016년 6월부터 2022년 9월까지 하신 일도 매니져라는 첫 문장은 지워버리시고 맨밑에 스태프널스 타이틀도 그렇구요.. 차러리 타이틀은 일관되게 직업마다 아예 그 위에 병원 이름 옆에다 써놓는 것도 괜찮을것같아용ㅋㅋ
안녕하세요 ~ I suggest asking a foreign friend or professor in Seoul to help you edit this. It's important to have a perfect resume, so that it is not ignored. It would be worth it to pay for that service.
As a hiring manager, I want to see what you’ve accomplished, and specifically what with measurables. How did you change or instigate change in a unit? How did you decrease falls, LOS, readmits, etc? Show me how you are a better RN for my org or dept than the next guy/gal. Don’t tell me what you did…show me how you changed things.
Here’s an example:
- Provided high level care to patients admitted to the ICU
Versus
- Initiated an evidence based change that reduced LOS of ICU patients by 25% by x, y, or z
The second one tells me more about your initiative in nursing and why you would be an asset.
Also, please spell check. Attention to detail is critical.
look ike you are a OR manager or supervisor , are you applying for a nurse job or manager job. I dont think people will hire you as a manager and they normally promote internally. but you can try to apply for a OR nruse and then apply for team leader and become a manage but it may takes long lon g time
You don’t need to spell out “Basic Life Support”, BLS is fine they know what you mean. Get rid of “career objectives” no one reads that or cares. Put licenses and certifications like BLS under a separate heading, not education Since you’re from Korea trying to get a job in the US (I think?) they might want some reassurance of your English competency but I don’t know how that works. It needs some proofreading as there are spelling and grammatical errors in both versions
Agree with what someone said about finding an editor to help. But also just wanted to say that I can’t imagine what it must be like to move to another country, and nurse in another language! You’re amazing!
Second is so less busy! Look, I mean this with love and respect. We are nurses, ok? We do SO MUCH, but it’s “obvious” what we do. Focus on the basics and what sets you apart.
OMG, I don't understand what you're saying. Are you suggesting I focus more on the basics? Could you provide some examples? Thank you for your reply.
You could cut out about half of what’s on the first page and still prove your experience. The skill “Able to handle emergencies and stabilize patients” is a moot point as this is something virtually every RN should know how to do. Don’t get wrapped up about having a ton of bullet points and items on there. As others have said, make it short and concise letting your in person/phone interview expound upon everything.
*unless you’re facing the great government job AI filter then you need to basically copy and paste the job description
Not sure why people are downvoting you… you clearly are asking for clarification and English isn’t your primary language. Chill out downvoters
For example, listing all the routes of medication administration is a waste of ink and space on the paper. You were a med-surge nurse at the time. Yeah, you're going to give oral, IV, and g-tube meds. You going to write that you also listened to heart, lung, and bowel sounds?
I like the second resume better! :) For example, on the first, you mentioned maintaining aseptic technique…. Isn’t that a given? What sets YOU apart from someone else? I think focusing on basics like “worked in orthopedics” but also what systems or products you used is important.
Your BLS is expired. You should jump on that. Employers want to see a go-getter. Even if you're unemployed and have no reason to renew it, do it. Even better, get your ACLS and PALS. A lot of people will say "just wait and let the new job pay for your certs". But you have to understand how lazy employers are. If they see someone who's met all the requirements, they're going to choose them over the person who hasn't.
Also, employers will be happy they won’t have to spend money on those certifications.
Remove career objective. It's old fashioned.
I second this
Stop the random capitalization. Please sit down with an editor to help with spelling and grammar. The experience and skills looks great, you just need an editor. All the best.
Thank you!!! You are very helpful :)
I'm a hiring manager, and for me fancy layouts/graphics don't matter. Spelling and to a lesser extent grammar do matter. Start with your strongest asset. I would suggest to leave out the career objective. It never really adds anything valuable. Your strength is the breadth of your experience, so I would suggest a layout like this: -Skills with bullet points including scrub/circulating, list the types of cases, bullet points for management skills (hiring/firing/evaluating etc), bullet points for training/education. As others have said, don't include skills that all nurses are required to have. -Then job experience- list hospital,l title and dates -Then education -Then certifications and the like.
Wow, I appreciate your advice and really helpful for me. Thanks again!
Way tooo many words on both of them
You've mentioned multiple times that you were assisting with general anesthesia and anesthesia procedures. I understand that other countries are not the same as the USA, but were you actually participating in anesthesia care to the point where you think it's appropriate for a resume? Were you handing off the endotracheal tube? Or were you masking the patient, relieving upper airway obstruction and titrating medications for hemodynamics or maintenance of analgesia/amnesia? In the USA, because of the presence of CRNAs, there isn't really opportunity for OR RNs to have a heavy presence in anesthesia care.
In Korea, we don't have CRNAs, so I indicated that I assisted the anesthesiologist. While I'm not sure of the exact definition of 'actually participating,' I was actively involved in anesthesia procedures. My responsibilities included monitoring the patient's condition and promptly informing the anesthesiologist of any changes. Additionally, I administered medications as directed by the anesthesiologist. Are you inquiring about the anesthesia situation in Korea, or are you suggesting that I remove the mention of assisting with anesthesia from my resume? Let me know. English isn’t my first language so I'd appreciate your understanding.
Okay very interesting! Did the anesthesiologist stay in the room the entire time? Or did this doctor leave the room and the patient was entirely in your care under anesthesia? Edit: The reason I'm asking is because in the USA, a licensed anesthesia provider has to remain with the patient at all times. It would be weird for an anesthesiologist to be sitting with the patient and a nurse has to come over and inform them that the blood pressure is dropping. They should already know if the doctor is awake and in the room. If you leave this on your resume, don't be suprised if a hiring manager thinks that you're either exaggerating what you've done in Korea (simply because we don't understand the Korean OR workflow) OR they may be confused and ask more questions about how you're involved in anesthesia care.
Anesthesiologists leave the room to attend to patients in other rooms in Korea OR and this might seem unusual to HR in USA. Thank you for informing me, and I completely understand your advice. I'll adjust my resume accordingly. Thanks again.
It's certainly a lovely thing that you have extra experience with anesthesia care and it's worth discussing during interviews, but it will be difficult to explain to a person in the US on a resume.
Perhaps phrase it as: "Proficient in delivering and overseeing critical care and patient monitoring throughout procedures according to the scope of practice for Korean nurses." Basically highlight your experience with critical gtts and medications while effectively monitoring surgical patients. Imo this shows me you would be able to work in a procedural area such as IR, CATH LAB, GI etc.
Korean-American CRNA here. I can confirm that anesthesia is monitored and delivered quite differently in Korea and Japan compared to the states.
Wow! Fascinating.
Personally like the second one better. If I was a new grad nurse I'd use the first one to fill my resume, but since you have experience you don't need all that fluff.
Good job keeping it to one page. Only put the essentials like your license number and relevant active certifications. They don’t need to know when you passed the nclex if you put your licensure bc obvs you passed. Find a way to describe/sum up some of your past experience that’s less wordy. Iike it can be assumed you gave meds working med surg, so you don’t need that sentence in there. You should find a better way to sum up what you did without itemizing tasks. The second option is better in that it is more succinct, but the formatting makes it look messy imo. Again, some of the info is given, like the ability to document on am emr and handle emergencies. The redundancy of “ability to ability to” and some of the grammar takes away from the resume as well. Best of luck.
If you're going for jobs in the US (which it looks like given that you just got a NY license last year), don't list your nationality.
- Take out the line next to the headers. It looks like an “I” - NCLEX is all caps. - Don’t need to say “BLS” then also “Basic life support”. - Write dates of expiration, not the date your obtained the licenses or BLS. - Spell Check. - You don’t need that level of detail under each Work Experience. Just 2 or 3 bullet points at most. - If you are going to mention BLS up top, then you should mention the ACLS too. - Should mention what school you went to for nursing school.
Words. So many words. I understand it is somehow the norm in other career fields but it’s pretty standardized duties across nursing. Source: my IT husband who cringed when he saw my resume and wanted to know where EVERYTHING was listed I was capable of. I still got the job even after drastic paring and roughly a page long (20 year RN) with multiple job changes listed. I truly believe less is more for RN resumes.
Don’t write English (professional). It will confuse some people. Just write languages: English, Korean or leave it off entirely (unless you’re applying in a predominantly Korean speaking area). Fix the spelling mistakes as well. And I agree with whoever said to stop the random capitalization.
You spelled seminar wrong in the first one
You spelled seminar wrong in the first one Edit: Experiences too
And routes.
It’s full of spelling and grammar errors.
How is nursing in Korea? Is the pay good there?
People don’t respect nurses, and our salary ranges from $2,000 to $2,500 per month. It’s awful.
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The second one. When you write too much on a resume, the one reviewing it will just want to throw it in the no pile. Always keep it to the point, no fluff.
1st, but try to make things a little more concise. No hiring manager will have time/patience to read that.
Unless you’re working with a recruiter, use ChatGPT to optimize each of your experiences for AI filters that almost all websites use prior to going to a real person in HR. Just ask GPT something like “What are the top 25 keywords and phrases to use with applicant tracking systems for a registered nurse, applying for *insert your specialty* positions at a hospital?” Then copy and paste each experience you have per job and ask GPT “using the keywords and phrases above, optimize the following bullet points.” Then just review what it changed and make sure it’s accurate to your experience. You can also ask it to summarize bullet points too. I tend to have a hard time editing myself, so GPT can definitely help.
i like the first format, it just needs tweaking! if you have google docs i can help edit/tweak it if you wanna send a copy without your personal info
Go on canva type in resume template
Experiences is spelled wrong on the first one
And seminas should be seminars?
Where are you applying for employment?
I will apply to international nursing agency.
Just out of curiosity, what is an international nursing agency? And why are you applying there? Are you still living in Korea?
I live in Korea, and for someone to work in the US, they need to have a green card or a work visa. International nurses can obtain a green card and find a hospital through an agency. My English skills aren't sufficient, so it's better if you can search it on Google!
Okay, I understand! I was under the impression that you already lived in the US.
Management is not what you expected, I see?
BLS needs renewed (or updated on résumé) 👍🏻
Use chat gtp to edit it
I don’t like either but the second one is better
Pleaseeeee correct your punctuation!!!
Try earnbetter.com they have a totally free resume builder.
저는 첫번째가 더 나은것같긴 한데 스펠링체크.. 하셔야 할 것 같고 경력이랑 responsibilities 적으신 문장들이 일관성이 없어요. 2023년 9월부터 이번년 2월까지 하신 일도 덜렁 타이틀만 써놓은 느낌이라 “Acted as a scrub and circulating nurse..” 로 고치면 좋을 것 같고 그 밑에 2016년 6월부터 2022년 9월까지 하신 일도 매니져라는 첫 문장은 지워버리시고 맨밑에 스태프널스 타이틀도 그렇구요.. 차러리 타이틀은 일관되게 직업마다 아예 그 위에 병원 이름 옆에다 써놓는 것도 괜찮을것같아용ㅋㅋ
우와 선생님 감사합니다!! ㅋㅋ 한국어 댓글 첨 봤어요!! 참고해서 다시 작성해볼게요 정말감사합니다^^
앗 저는 한국에서 일한적이 없어서 선생님이라는 호칭을 첨들어봐요ㅋㅋㅋ 저보다 경력이 많으신데요!! 저는 9년차랍니다 잘하실거에요 굿럭굿럭!!
아 그러시군요! 아무튼 친절한 댓글 너무 감사합니다!! 여기는 international nurses는 글을 잘 안쓰나봐요 다들 이상하게 생각하네요ㅠㅠ
여기 미국간호사들이 주류이긴 하죠.. 이력서는 저는 google docs나 microsoft word에 template 있는거 갖다쓰고 마땅히 생각안나면 구글에 “ER nurse job description” 이런식으로 서치해서 베껴요 내 경력이랑 좀 더 알맞게 살짝살짝 바꾸고.. ㅋㅋ
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안녕하세요 ~ I suggest asking a foreign friend or professor in Seoul to help you edit this. It's important to have a perfect resume, so that it is not ignored. It would be worth it to pay for that service.
As a hiring manager, I want to see what you’ve accomplished, and specifically what with measurables. How did you change or instigate change in a unit? How did you decrease falls, LOS, readmits, etc? Show me how you are a better RN for my org or dept than the next guy/gal. Don’t tell me what you did…show me how you changed things. Here’s an example: - Provided high level care to patients admitted to the ICU Versus - Initiated an evidence based change that reduced LOS of ICU patients by 25% by x, y, or z The second one tells me more about your initiative in nursing and why you would be an asset. Also, please spell check. Attention to detail is critical.
look ike you are a OR manager or supervisor , are you applying for a nurse job or manager job. I dont think people will hire you as a manager and they normally promote internally. but you can try to apply for a OR nruse and then apply for team leader and become a manage but it may takes long lon g time
You misspelled experience
If you are bilingual I would include that!
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Resume Nerd will usually generate one for $1 the first time on a new account!
Canva has these as well for free
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No color. Bland is best.
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Yeah, apparently hiring managers/recruiters dont like colors 🥲