Nurse for Hire

The first step in making yourself more marketable is for you to know what your strength and weaknesses are. Take the time to make a list of all of your skills and be sure to not just inclued your nursing degree and specialty but also the other attributes that makes you who you are.

From this compile a list of strength and weaknesses and find ways to use those as a marketing too for yourself.

For example, you can say that you are goal oriented but that doesn't mean too much in today's job market as its a keyword that most people use to describe themselves. You want to be careful using keywords like that because if you use it, you have to be able to back it up instantly if someone asks you why you are a goal oriented person.

This is where you come up with: When I see what I want I make a list of steps to achieve that goal and do not stop until I have reached my goal an example is...

So by knowing your strength and weaknesses, you will be able to answer any questions a potential company might have about you.

If you want to be more marketable as a nurse, you need to stand out in a positive manner.

The look at me attitude is fine in this case as long as once they get to you, it becomes obvious that you are a team player and a leader by making the me turn into a we.

Here are some ways to stand out:

1. Use heavier weight paper for your resume
2. Write and self publish yourself on nursing sites and sites like Ezine articles. You will then be a published author and can add that to your rseume which will show your go getter attitude.
3. Make an online resume page about yourself. You can add all skills and current things you are doing that would not fit in a regular resume while making it look good. Add the url to your resume in your resume.

The more skills you have the better as it makes you shine amongst the crowd. Here are a few useful skills to learn:

1. A new language, bilingual nurses earns 30% more then a non-bilingual nurse.
2. Know how to use Microsoft office well.
3. Take some extra management courses
4. Join Toastmasters
5, Take leadership courses, even if its just a couple of seminars
6. Take counceling and relationship courses.