by Allen Alberson

Created on: June 28, 2009   Last Updated: June 30, 2009

In today's tough economic climate a good resume can be the difference between success and failure. Even in the medical field competition for jobs has gotten fierce. With more and more people going into the health care field due to losses of jobs in other fields, the situation will only get tougher. Changes to health care may help create more jobs, but this will in turn bring more people into the field in search of a job. Give yourself every advantage by dusting out that resume and checking if any improvements can be made. Here are some tips on tweaking your resume.

List all your work history. Most employers are looking for at least ten years of work experience. If you are new to the Healthcare field don't be upset by this. List all work experience. This helps show a potential employer that you are a hard worker. It also helps show them if you are someone who stays in a job for a long period or flits from one job to the other. Replacing a employee can cost a company money so they like to have some assurance a employee will stay for a while.

If you are a recent graduate make sure you list any work history that you do have. Not having a long work history is not always a deterrent. Many companies would rather pay starting salary than to pay for an employee with several years of experience. Each hospital, clinic or other health care facility has it's own criteria for new hires and all you can do is be honest and as thorough as possible. List summer jobs, part time jobs and any work study that you participated in during school. Anything that can give your potential job a positive impression of your work character.

Try to fill in gaps in employment. If you were unemployed for several months, list any schooling or classes you took part in during that time. If you were job hunting on a daily basis be honest, times are hard and everyone knows that, but if you can fill that gap with school or even volunteer work, it will add to your hire ability. If you took time off to be a homemaker list it. Anyone who thinks being a full time parent isn't work, has never tried it.

List all your education. Do you have a two year degree in marketing? Surely that doesn't have any reflection on how good a health care worker I will be, right? Wrong, every extra bit of education helps. Most employers are not looking for robots to simply fill a spot. They want someone with ability and personality. Marketing might seem a light year away from anything medical, but departments

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