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by Carmen Kosicek Rn Msn (Author)
'Best Book Award of 2014' by Amazon Editors' for authors first book, 'Nurses, Jobs and Money'. Healthcare is changing, and therefore, your resume for a career in healthcare needs to change too. Welcome to the guide that will show you how to fuse your knowledge of nursing and healthcare insight together with business for a big bucks healthcare resume." -Innovative Insights by Carmen Kosicek, RN, MSN If you are looking for a resume book that will give cookie-cutter templates, this book is not for you. Why? Because a big bucks resume is not cookie-cutter. So what you'll find here is more than just "before and after" resumes. This book will address the key mix-and-match ingredients of healthcare resume secrets, so that you will learn how to tailor them to your own situation. Filled with examples of real RN resumes from across the nation-from new grad RNs to experienced RNs alike-Nurses, Jobs and Resumes specifically shows you why the resume you're using is not getting you noticed, not making your phone ring for interviews, and not advancing your career. This book gives you the tools you need to build a big bucks resume to showcases your skills and land you the job you've been dreaming about. If you are yearning to learn how to write a resume that will get you to be noticed and remembered by highlighting the skillset you truly offer an employer, then this book is for you Whether you're a new grad RN or an experienced RN, it's time to get strategic with your job hunt. Don't just settle for anything. The job you really want is waiting. Land it-right now-with your big bucks resume Carmen Kosicek, RN, MSN, is a nationally known nursing career coach who showcases real RN resumes from around the nation. She explains, in her unique, bold, and direct style-without sugarcoating it-why many RNs' resumes are not working in today's current economic environment, and what they can do about it. Carmen teaches RNs how to transfer their skillsets with the degree they already have to traditional and nontraditional nursing employment venues alike.
Author Biography
Carmen Kosicek, RN, MSN has an extensive academic and professional background--in the fields of nursing and healthcare. Her educational background spans an Associate of Applied Science in Nuclear Medicine from Triton College in River Grove, IL; Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Joseph College of Nursing at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL; a Master of Science in Nursing with a 4.0 GPA from the globally-recognized leader in nursing education, The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH; and a postgraduate certificate as an Advanced Practice Nurse in nurse-midwifery at one of the top 15 nurse-midwifery and nurse practitioner programs in the country, Frontier University in Hyden, KY. Additional studies in healthcare economics and disease management led Carmen to a certificate from the Certified Medical Representative Institute in Richmond, VA. Carmen also has gained a wide array of practical, firsthand experience in nursing and business. Many of her inspirational insights come from the broad and strong knowledge base she built throughout her healthcare career. Carmen's healthcare career has spanned clinical positions in nuclear medicine, labor and delivery BSN-RN in women's health, OB Nurse Manager, and an Advanced Practice Nurse-Midwife. Carmen's healthcare experience expanded in the arenas of maximum security prison nursing, hospice nursing and community health nursing. The business world pulled Carmen into healthcare sales for eight years with the once world's largest pharmaceutical company. She has been a collegiate nursing adjunct professor in both the ADN and BSN programs for eight years. She became a Director of Development for Nursing & Health Professions at one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America, and later a Associate Dean of Nursing at a nursing college. Carmen is the mother of two teenage children, and wife. 'Best Book Award of 2014' by Amazon Editors' for her first book, 'Nurses, Jobs and Money'--it's a must-read for every nurse and everyone who is one and/or wants to become one! 'Nurses, Jobs and Resumes' is her second book! To contact Carmen for one-on-one mentoring, to learn how to protect your RN license, or to book her for a speaking event at your college or post college venue, contact her at www.CarmenKosicek.com. 'Nurses, Jobs and Money' is available in paperback and e-book versions as well as 'Nurses, Jobs and Resumes'.
