Your Last Nursing Class: How to Land Your First Nursing Job: The ultimate guide to landing your first nursing job.and your next !

You may be a top nurse or nursing student but it takes strategic skills to land a job. Do you know what hiring nurse managers are really looking for and how to stand out at every step of the process? You will learn little known tips and strategies as well things you must never do... from an experienced insider.

Hawkes will show you how! She covers how to

• write a professional resume even when you have no experience
• create an “elevator speech” for taking advantage of an unexpected opportunity,
• compile application materials when you have no working experience,
• dodge trick questions in interviews,
• craft a narrative to show potential employers your unique story,
• stand out throughout the hiring process, and
• read a hiring manager’s mind!

Entering the professional world seems like a daunting prospect, but Hawkes uses simple steps to break your job hunt up into manageable milestones. Speak up for yourself, and land the job of your dreams!

Beth Hawkes is a nursing professional development specialist and writer who helps nurses through every stage of their professional development. Her popular blog, Nursecode.com, provides a variety of useful tips and resources for beginning or furthering a nursing career. Hawkes also writes the "Ask Nurse Beth" column at Allnurses.com, the world's largest online nursing forum.