Attached applications are only looked at if & when the hiring manager is interested in the standardized application
Priority information at the top
➖Certifications
✻ Relevant
✻ Required on the unit
✻ Desirable
➖ Clinical experience
✻ Relevant
✻ Recent
✻ Applicable duties
✻ Useful skills
✨ f l a i r ✨
➖ Take keywords from the job post & use them in the application
➖ Emphasize the qualities & values that are important to the unit
➖ Communicate your teachability & interpersonal skills
✻ SO necessary - especially for new grads
✻ No one is expected to know absolutely everything
✻ Qualities that make the strongest team members ✻
Eagerness to learn
Accepting feedback
Adjusting your practice in response to notes
Awareness of our own limits
Information considerations
➖ Always include the unit description
➖ Insightful descriptions of your duties & responsibilities
➖ If there are standard skills on your unit - state your experience
✻ Surgical units = lots of suture/staple removal & sterile dressings
✻ Day surgery = IV's for everyone
✻ Long term care & geriatrics = dressings for skin tears & catheterization
➖ List your strengths & the areas you are excited to learn more about.
✻ Shows initiative & excitement to expand on your knowledge base
➖ Float & casual: emphasize your adaptability, teamwork, clear communication, & time-management skills