Undergraduate Career Services
STEP 1: Resume & Cover Letter
Create or improve your resume and cover letter, connect with references, and create your digital brand.
STEP 2: Gain Experience
Build your healthcare experience as a CNA, Student Nurse, or through an externship. Gain leadership skills through student organizations, volunteer opportunities, or programs in nursing.
STEP 3: Job Search
Search for accredited residency programs, positions for new graduates, or explore careers you can do with a nursing degree.
STEP 4: Interview & Job Offers
Prepare for conversations with employers and alumni by reading the attached guides and writing down talking points and examples.
Nursing Career Fairs
The School of Nursing will host two career fairs each academic year with a variety of employers interested in connecting with nursing and and pre-nursing students. Be sure to save the date and stop by anytime during the career fair.
Fall Career Fair
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Cooper Hall Atrium
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Spring Career Fair
Date: Monday, February 3, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Cooper Hall Atrium
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Career Advising
To Schedule an Appointment
Use Starfish to schedule an appointment with Kelli Richards, the School of Nursing career advisor.
Preparing for a Career Advising Appointment
- Review the Career Services website
- Review and draft resumes, CV’s, cover letters, licensure information, post graduation plans, etc. before your appointment. If applicable, email these documents to kelli.richards@wisc.edu prior to the meeting.
- Brainstorm fields of interest, questions about nursing careers, postgraduate location, and clarifying questions prior to your appointment.
Graduate Career Services
A resume is a brief synopsis (one or two pages) of your professional strengths, typically including standard sections such as your educational background, clinical experience, work history and additional skills. It is your opportunity to show the skills you have gained throughout your clinical and other experiences.
Graduate Student Sample Resume for UW Health
Graduate Student Resume & Interviewing Presentation
Curriculum Vitae (CV) Overview
A Curriculum Vitae (CV) goes into more depth than a resume, looks at teaching and research you’ve conducted, works you’ve published, and major presentations. However, because this information is not relevant in many professions, the CV is usually used by those looking for academic, research, scientific, or medical positions that require a more comprehensive look at the applicant.
Curriculum Vitae Samples
Helpful Links
UW-Madison Writing Center Graduate Student Workshops
APRN Career Guide for Graduate Nursing Students
Academic CVs: 10 Irritating Mistakes
The Delta Program– Promotes the development of a future national faculty in the natural and social sciences, engineering, and mathematics that is committed to implementing and advancing effective teaching practices for diverse student audiences as part of their professional careers.
AACN Graduate Nursing Student Academy
UW-Madison Graduate School Professional Development Opportunities
Resources
Campus Resources
Contacts
Kelli Richards
Position title: Career Development & Learning Support Manager
Email:
kelli.richards
Phone: 608-263-5163