As you prepare your resume in hopes of acquiring your dream job, keep these tips in mind to make sure you give yourself the best chance of being recognized and hired.

Most relevant experience/skills/education first. The order of the information on your resume is different for everyone. It all really depends on your particular education, experience, training, and other background. It also depends on the position you are applying for. You should emphasize your most relevant skills by placing them at the top of your resume.

Be specific and specialized. Employers are looking to solve a problem by hiring someone. Let them know how you can solve their problem. Read the job description very carefully and rework your resume as much as possible to make it look like you are the specialist he/she is looking for. Hopefully you won’t have to rework it that much. If you find you are having to, guess what, you’re not the person for the job. Save yourself the trouble of writing and rewriting and applying only to be rejected later. Concentrate your efforts on job openings you are qualified for.

Use capitalization/bold/italics sparingly. If you capitalize everything, nothing stands out. Use capitalization only for section headings and maybe your name at the top of the resume. That’s it. Capitalization should be used sparingly to make important points stand out. The same goes for bold and italicized font.

Only include relevant information. Resume is not employment history, but an employment summary. Resumes are not supposed to be biographies. No one ever said that your resume should include every job you’ve had since high school. Make sure that the jobs listed on your resume are relevant to the position you are applying for.

Spell check and read, then re-read. Any basic errors could be fatal to your application. Definitely use the spell-check feature on your word processor before you submit your resume. But also be sure to read it before you submit because some words may not be misspelled (and not be caught by spell-check) but are incorrect grammatically. Then it’s a good idea to reread again after several hours because sometimes we just see what we want to see. Sometimes an incorrect word is right there, plain as day, and we don’t see it because we aren’t really reading it because we’re sure what it must say. This issue is so important because even one misspelling or incorrect word can spell doom for your job chances. Employers typically get so many resumes for each and every open position. This creates such intense competition that employers simply don’t need to accept anything less than perfect. In fact they’re looking for reasons to narrow the field down. Don’t give them such an easy reason to toss your resume.

There are several different things to think of when writing your resume for the HealthCare field. There is the style of the resume you're going to use, as well as making sure your job titles and descriptions are clear enough for a variety of people to understand. The most important thing is to be able to show your skills and experience at a glance.

The type of resume you choose depends on the type of work you do. For office and administrative positions, the chronological resume works best while in the medical and scientific fields the Curriculum Vitae may better suit your needs.

Resume: The resume is used mostly for administrative and office positions, and the chronological resume is for management positions. Many healthcare positions, such as accounting, don't require a specific healthcare background so if you've never worked in the healthcare industry before, you may be qualified for a job here. Make sure to show your qualifications for the position.

Curriculum Vitae: The Curriculum Vitae is mostly used by people in the medical and scientific fields. This is a more modest account of your credentials including Education, Professional Experience, Awards, Publications, Speaking Engagements, Affiliations, etc. Don't worry about the length. Some will be one page while others will have multiple pages.

There are several points to make sure to include while writing your resume or Curriculum Vitae in order to show your knowledge in (and outside) your field as well as making it easy to read for a variety of people. Some items to keep in mind are: