​First of all, there are a few things you should definitely not include with Travel Nurse resume. Bad grammar and misspelled words are a couple of the most important things NOT to include on your resume. Make sure that you use proper grammar and spellcheck if you need to. The language and words you choose are a reflection of You! Next, make sure you have a professional email address, doesn't make you look very professional for a potential employer. Remember, everything on your resume shows what you are made of, make it professional.

Don't include past jobs other than health care related. The recruiter is not interested in your volunteer history or that job you had as a telemarketer fresh out of high school. Keep it short and simple. Give them information about jobs that are related to what it is you are pursuing. That is what they are looking for. Long job descriptions are not necessary either. What was your function and which department did you work in? They know what a nurses' job is, but they want to know what you did while you were in this job.

You want to keep the resume short and simple. No photos or graphics are necessary. They just take up space. Keep it to one page if you can and only include your relevant experience and employment experience for the past seven years. The total resume file should be under 1mb in order to not be automatically moved to the Junk/Spam file by virus protection software.

Leave out any age identifiers if possible. The first one you think of would be graduation year. Just list your degree and school with city, state. BSN, IvyLeague, Beantown, MA. That's really all they need to know to start out.

Well, there are a few good tips for you. We have shared some of these in past blogs but wanted to put it out there again for everybody who is just coming on board as it is relevant information that can help professional healthcare travelers and travel nurses.

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Safe Travels!

Mary Crawford, HealthCare Employment Network