I've been out or work for a year at the end of this month. During that year, I've applied to countless jobs. I've even put in volunteer applications at my local hospitals of which one has almost finished my application. I've also studied for my GREs so that I can go back for my Masters. I recently had an interview and he hiring manager gave my feedback on what to add to my resume to make it stand out better. I've done one of the two things. The question I have is.. How do I put all this into my resume without lying?


Please advise..! Thanks!


Sincerely,


Hopeful career seeker!

Do you have a functional or skills-based resume, showing off how you can save money and make money for a company?

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Do you have a functional or skills-based resume, showing off how you can save money and make money for a company?

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Yes, my resume has all of that and more. I owned my own business for 9 years and even showed how much of a profit I made...

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Yes, my resume has all of that and more. I owned my own business for 9 years and even showed how much of a profit I made...

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Have you sent your resume "cold"?

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Have you sent your resume "cold"?

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"cold"? Sorry, I didn't understand that.

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"cold"? Sorry, I didn't understand that.

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Research and list companies you want to work for and send them a resume. There's no job opening that you know of.

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Research and list companies you want to work for and send them a resume. There's no job opening that you know of.

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No, I've done all that. The main reason I haven't been getting anything is because of experience. After owning my own business, either I'm over qualified or under qualified because of the lack of healthcare experience.

My background is in healthcare administration. That's where I'm lacking the experience. So, Im hoping the adding the two things that my last interviewer told me would help. The only thing I'm confused about is how do I put volunteer applications or the entire process as well as studying for my GREs on my resume if I haven't gotten the responses and haven't gotten accepted to the school yet on my resume.

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No, I've done all that. The main reason I haven't been getting anything is because of experience. After owning my own business, either I'm over qualified or under qualified because of the lack of healthcare experience.

My background is in healthcare administration. That's where I'm lacking the experience. So, Im hoping the adding the two things that my last interviewer told me would help. The only thing I'm confused about is how do I put volunteer applications or the entire process as well as studying for my GREs on my resume if I haven't gotten the responses and haven't gotten accepted to the school yet on my resume.

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Are you sending resumes only to health-care places? If so, such as?

You can certainly add grad school to your resume, as long as it is a sure thing.

And if I were you, I'd job-hunt for more than health-care type jobs.

First of all you should nowhere mention about your preparation for any entrance exam for higher studies anywhere in your resume or an interview. This will reflect to the interviewer that you are confused between higher studies and job. Secondly you should try not to lie about anything in your resume just to clear an interview. Just add what you have done and leave the rest.

I agree, that you do not put on a resume that you plan on getting more education. If they see you plan on more education, they may feel you would not be dedicated to their position, or merely will leave after you get more education. The non profit or volunteer positions do not have to be shown as volunteer, you merely show them as experience.

Also no one cares how much money you made at your own business, what you want to show is what training, what skills that you got from that.

Also many jobs are gotten though "who you know" and also in some field, placement agencies (headhunters)