Resume Template: Guides and Advice

Damon Alexander

Get practical career change resume examples and guidance with skills, keywords, and writing tips to help you build a stronger job-ready resume.

Steve Zimmerman

Lead a registered nurse resume with your license status and certifications, then describe each nursing job by unit, patients and results. New graduates list their preceptorship and clinical rotations as experience and write an objective; experienced nurses write a summary with their specialty and a result. Use the posting’s exact clinical and EHR terms for skills you have, keep the layout simple, and check your state board of nursing for licensing rules.

Steve Zimmerman

A receptionist resume shows that you can run a front desk, that you ran it well, and that you understand the workplace you want to join. Write a short summary for the posting, turn duties such as phones, visitors and scheduling into bullet points that say how much and how well, and name the systems you used. Then tailor the resume to the desk: a clinic, dental practice, salon, hotel, corporate or law office, or vet clinic each hires for something different.

Damon Alexander

What a hair stylist resume needs, from a portfolio link in the header to quantified client retention numbers, skills like balayage and color correction, and tips for landing salon jobs.