Health Sciences Resume and Cover Letter Writing Exercise

In this unit, we will write a competitive resume and cover letter for a hypothetical person who is applying to two companies or clinics in the health sciences field.  You can choose from one of three candidates:

    - Stanley Lee an aspiring dentist
     -  Michelle Barnes physical trainer and 
    - Eric Neville, a registered nurse 

 Each candidate is on a specific health sciences career path.  

There are two companies listed for each of the three career paths.  So, there are three applicants/candidates and six companies in all.  

Your goal is to write 1 resume on behalf of one of these candidates and 2 cover letters to the two companies listed in that career path.

When writing resumes and cover letters - with the goal of securing a job in a particular field - you are trying to convince the person in charge of hiring that you are the candidate with the best skills, experience, goals and passion required for the job.  Ultimately, it is a marriage of your skills and goals with the goals and needs of the company hiring.  The Venn diagram above is a graphic representation of this marriage.

To complete this assignment, and for a listing of the 3 candidate's bios and descriptions of all 6 companies, please click on this link.

To access a Powerpoint presentation entitled, Resume and Cover Letter Writing Tips, please click on this link.

For a sample resume template, please click on this link.

For 2 sample cover letters, please click on this link.

For the cover letter revision exercise, please click on this link.


Great Resume Action Verbs

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    Cover Letter Worksheet

I am___________	Because I_______	What this means for your firm (benefits)
reliable	Try to stay healthy	You can count on me to be there when you need me
A good communicator	Listen and try to understand people’s needs	You have a valuable worker who will help make the office a happier and more harmonious place to work
A skilled word processor and writer	Completed an MS Word course at Hyde and enjoy reading	You get a highly productive and efficient online reporter from day one – few spelling and grammatical errors
Online research analyst	Completed a computer tech course that focused on using google keyword searches	You get a savvy researcher who can save the company lots of time in discovering new ways to solve problems