Healthcare Résumé Checklist

A. Contact information

Summary is brief and relevant.
Summary is tailored to the type of role.
Summary identifies meaningful strengths.
Summary avoids unsupported claims.
Summary does not use first-person pronouns repeatedly.
Summary does not rely on generic phrases such as "hardworking individual seeking an opportunity."

Skills match the job posting.
Clinical skills are listed only when the applicant is trained and permitted to perform them.
Administrative skills are included when relevant.
Technology and electronic-record experience are included when relevant.
Customer-service and communication skills are included when supported by experience.
Soft skills are demonstrated through experience rather than listed without evidence.
Outdated or irrelevant skills are removed.

Font is readable.
Body text is not extremely small.
Margins are consistent.
Headings are easy to identify.
Excessive colors and graphics are avoided.
Résumé is not overcrowded.
Tables, columns, and graphics are used carefully — some applicant-tracking systems parse them poorly.
File opens correctly.
File name is professional.

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