Three-page resume

2 There has been discussion in the past regarding 2 vs. 3-page CVs or resumes.

I'm here to say that with over 18 years of nursing experience and being as succinct as possible.....

I had 3 pages.

I have interviews-didn't scare any away-working toward my dream job-wish me luck!!!!.

Just as an FYI.
well, you have many years of experience so 3 pages is appropriate good luck! what is your dream job?

I've heard you're only supposed to put your 3-5 last jobs on your actual resume and keep it 2 pages or less. A cover letter would be a good place to summarize your overall career.Glad you got interviews! Congrats & good luck!

I only list my last five employers and have trouble keeping my resume to one page. I just do not have that inpressive of a career to go to three pages. Congratulations on your career. Personally I would rather read a well written, substantial resume of three pages, than a vapid one pager any day if I were the hiring manager.

I believe a 3 pager is good since mine is also 3 pages.

When I was about to graduate back in '95, we were told that HR might give your resume 2 minutes, cover letter included. With so many nurses needing jobs, dozens of resumes takes too much of their time. We were advised 1 cover letter boasting our strenghts, and a one page summary resume.

Short...sweet dto the point...if you get the interview they will ask you all the other things they are truly interested in...that is how I do it...I just do a quick check of the resume and see what jumps out at me

Quote from OtessaThere has been discussion in the past regarding 2 vs. 3-page CVs or resumes.I'm here to say that with over 18 years of nursing experience and being as succinct as possible.....I had 3 pages.I have interviews-didn't scare any away-working toward my dream job-wish me luck!!!!.Just as an FYI.

Quote from mspeirsI believe a 3 pager is good since mine is also 3 pages.

Educator in a hospital setting.

Quote from BackfromRetirementWhen I was about to graduate back in '95, we were told that HR might give your resume 2 minutes, cover letter included. With so many nurses needing jobs, dozens of resumes takes too much of their time. We were advised 1 cover letter boasting our strenghts, and a one page summary resume.

If you have a lot to write in a resume, I suggest taking the time to write a curriculum vitae (CV) that allows you to expound on your professional experiences. It is fine to use for bedside positions, and pretty much expected for advanced nursing positions (educator, admin, CNS, NP, CNM and CRNA). In a CV, you literally have no page limits, but you also should not be redundant. You can include things such as: educational history, publications, research, professional organizations and offices held, grants submitted and funded, committees served on, presentations, CE attended, honors and awards. I have been an RN for 21 years and an educator for 17, and my CV is over 20 pages. I have to submit the CV routinely for things such as my annual evaluation, part of grant applications, as evidence when doing legal consulting, when being nominated for awards, when applying to be on a review panel for a nursing journal as well as when applying for a job. I would suggest doing a Google search for CV or spell it out. Get some basic samples and decide what layout you wish to use. I used a CV from a nursing professor who was willing to share with me. Hope this helps!

I'm 23 and only recently graduated college and I have a hard time keeping it all on one page. I've had a lot of jobs. I leave some of them off, but there are quite a few I want to keep on because the experience I gained, while not directly relateable, is still valuable towards my future nursing career.For e.g. 4 years of being a waitress, working as a patient support assistant, working as a multi-skilled tech, working at E&Y doing auditing, another accounting summer internship (took a lot of initiative and completed some awesome projects for a hospital), working at a pharmacy, teaching at a 4-year university....Smashing down a resume is a hard job! I've been told by career counselors that at my age, I should stick to a one page resume and not switch to a CV but they also tell me to put all that work experience on there... duno what to do!