Resume and Cover Letter Resources
Below are useful webpages and PDFs to improve your Resume and Cover Letter writing and formatting. Building a strong resume is the first step and is important to keep updated with new information or revisions. Resumes quickly show your skills, experience, and qualifications to potential employers. With the following resources, you can maximize the amount of relevant information presented to your employer, which will increase the likelihood of being chosen for an interview.
- CSUF's Career Center offers great tips to strengthen and focus your Resume and Cover Letter writing for employers. They also provide resume samples, a resume builder, as well as appointments with a specialist for resume building.
- The School of Nursing has a Writing Center that you are more than welcome to reach out to as well for additional resume, cover letter, and personal statement review/feedback.
- This Nursing Resume PowerPoint created by Dr Kate Bayhan illustrates what employers are looking for when they read your resume. She offers insight and tricks to increase the chances that your resume is properly read and not overlooked.
- The New Grad Nursing Interview Coach provides purchaseable resume templates that are designed to highlight your qualifcations and experiences and ensure that employers process as much information as possible.
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- It is recommended to have a LinkedIn profile as well. You are encouraged to make use of Hiration, a ChatGPT powered Career Platform service provided by CSUF's Career Center that can help you build a strong LinkedIn profile.
- Please feel free to reach out to nursingstipend@fullerton.edu if you would like us to review resumes, cover letters and personal statements.
Interview Prep
The following webpages and PDFs are useful and highly recommended as they prepare you for the job interview process. Interviews serve as the deciding factor for both the employer and you, the candidate. Interviews reveal much more than your resume ever could about your qualifications, personality, fit in the workplace, and communication ability. In short, Interviews bridge the gap between your resume and you as a person.
Job interviews reveal whether you feel that the workplace is a good fit for you as well!
- CSUF's Career Center offers a multitude of exceptional resources to prepare for interviews. You can schedule an in-person or virtual mock interview, browse their Interviewing Resources main page, as well as their Job Interviews page.
- This Nursing Interview PowerPoint, created by Dr. Kate Bayhan, serves as a good starting point to understand the interview process, as well as how to dress, how to act, and what to bring with you to an interview.
- This Commonly Asked Questions PDF, created by Dr. Kate Bayhan, contains Nursing Interview questions separated into their purpose.
- The New Grad Nursing Interview Coach offers both free and paid resources designed to help you prepare for commonly asked interview questions, clinical scenario questions, and more. Here are two of her complimentary interview preparation tools: clincal scenario prep and recorded interview practice.
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- Check out the American Nursing Association's Interview Tips webpage to feel prepared for going into your next interview!
- Please feel encouraged to reach out to nursingstipend@fullerton.edu if you would like interview practice.
