Clinical rotations are great because medical students get to shadow physicians and residents at teaching hospitals. They also gain valuable hands-on experience. The problem is that every student has to do clinical rotations, so it is important to make your experience stand out on your resume. Emphasize clinical rotations in a way that shows you …
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If you ask someone what an IQ score is, they will likely tell you that it is a measure of one’s intelligence. This may lead you to think that an IQ score is an excellent thing to include on a resume! Other types of scores, such as SAT scores are sometimes listed, so are IQ …
When given the option, sending a resume and/or cover letter via email adds a personal touch hard to achieve through a job posting on websites such as Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. Through an email, you can address a hiring manager by name. If you are unaware of the recruiter’s name, do your best to research and …
Cover letters can be the most difficult part of job-hunting for some. There are many questions about cover letters which are often unclear: What should my cover letter be about? What should I write in the introduction? Who do I address it to? Does this make me sound too pompous? Because formatting and rules for …
Because a resume is a professional document, the way you structure your words and language is very important. The rules for using abbreviations can be tricky because it depends on what section of the resume you are working on, and how much experience you have. Let’s look at some of the most common rules. As …
The advent of technology has transformed the way job applications are being processed by employers, which has its pros and cons. In the same vein, applicants have also been encountering both convenience and inconvenience in catching up with all of these changes. In today’s post, we’ll discuss a concern commonly encountered by applicants who are …
One of the most common ways we humans greet each other is by asking “How’s it going?” We say this no matter how well we know a person, and sometimes it is a “safe” icebreaker for people who are acquaintances rather than close friends. You might not be aware that there are multiple ways to …
A resume is a summary of your educational and professional experiences. A large part of formatting these experiences on a resume is including the dates that they occurred. The question we need to answer with a resume is not only “when?”, but also “for how long?”. How can we answer both of these questions in …
With all the loads of emails going to a recruiter’s inbox every day, reading a job post response means skimming through the most important parts only. From the applicant’s perspective, this also means that drafting the email response to make it stand out is meanwhile a challenging task. Email writing, or writing in general, may …