If you decide to write your own resume, the best place to start is to analyze resume examples that utilize common resume formats. This will give you a good idea of the resume templates being used successfully today to land nurse-practitioner jobs.

Next, look at medical and nursing-related web sites and publications to help you choose the key words you need to emphasize in your resume so that scanning software used to identify strong job candidates won’t pass you by.

Writing a powerful resume for a mid-level practitioner job is important because this particular field has become very competitive in recent years, and your resume should be able to put you through for an interview. Strictly clinical and technical resumes must be avoided. Instead, aim to construct a more universal style that can be applied to a variety of work environments