Developing a Career Defining Resume for Recent Dental Graduates

About This Course

Learn the essential elements of resume writing for the dental profession. Discover how to highlight skills, education, and affiliations with this comprehensive course.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common problem faced by UK dental professionals – how to create a strong resume that stands out in a competitive job market. With the help of this course, dental professionals can learn how to tailor their resume to the dental profession, highlight their relevant skills and achievements, and leverage tools and technologies to enhance their resume even further. By crafting a strong resume, dental professionals can increase their chances of landing their dream job in the dental industry.

This course on resume writing is beneficial as it teaches you how to create a strong and effective resume tailored to the dental profession, with emphasis on relevant skills, achievements, education and affiliations. It also covers the role of a resume in job hunting, as well as important elements such as crafting a career objective, leveraging tools and technologies, and the significance of cover letters and references.

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How This Course Supports GDC Enhanced Dental CPD

“Dental professionals have a duty to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. A primary qualification is only the first step in their education and development which should last throughout their professional life” General Dental Council

Learning Objectives	Anticipated Outcomes
#REF!	1: Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to have honed their resume building skills, effectively showcasing their expertise, proficiencies, and accomplishments in the field of cosmetic dentistry.
	2: As a result of this course, learners will likely elevate their professional identity within the community of cosmetic dentistry, setting them apart in a competitive job market.
	3: The course should lead to an increased recognition of the importance of digital presence in a ever-evolving, digital age. Participants should be able to leverage various online platforms to enhance their professional visibility effectively.
	4: In the wider context, the course aims to contribute to the overall professional development of cosmetic dentists, helping them stay updated in a fast-changing field of practice.
	5: Following the course, the expectation is that attendees will actively seek continuous professional development opportunities and reflect these effectively in their resumes and online portfolios.

Regulatory Standards

GDC	CQC
✅ A – Effective Communication ✅ B – Effective Management ✅ C – Maintenance in Field of Practice ✅ D – Maintenance in Patient Confidence	✅ Caring ✅ Effective ✅ Leadership ✅ Responsive ✅ Safe

🕐 90 minutes of Enhanced Dental CPD

Course Description

This course teaches the importance of a strong resume, covering topics such as introduction to resume writing, the role of a resume in job hunting, essential elements of a resume, tailoring your resume to the dental profession, crafting a career objective, stating professional achievements, listing dental education and professional affiliations, highlighting relevant dental skills, leveraging resume enhancing tools and technologies, and the role of cover letters and references.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course focuses on the importance of a strong resume and covers topics such as introduction to resume writing, the role of a resume in job hunting, essential elements of a resume, tailoring your resume to the dental profession, and evaluating existing resumes.

Section 2

Section 2 covers the professional summary and objective section of a resume, including crafting a career objective, stating professional achievements, emphasising entrepreneurial experiences, and crafting an impactful professional summary. It also includes an exercise in drafting your own career objective and professional summary.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course focuses on the education and professional affiliations section of a resume. It covers the importance of including dental education, clinical rotations, internships, professional affiliations, and continued professional development. A case study highlights the impact of a well-written education section on a resume.

Section 4

Section 4 of this course focuses on the Skills, Certifications and Experience section of a resume. It covers highlighting relevant dental skills, listing important certifications in dentistry, detailing work experience and dental practice involvement, and balancing hard and soft skills on a resume. There is also an exercise on identifying skills and certifications from real job postings.

Section 5

Section 5 focuses on review and enhancements of the resume, including the importance of proofreading and peer review, using action verbs and power words, leveraging resume enhancing tools and technologies, and the role of cover letters and references. The section also provides key takeaways from the course.

Course Reviews

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This course helped me understand the essential elements of resume writing for the dental profession. I particularly appreciated the section on tailoring resumes to match job descriptions.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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The course was comprehensive and well-structured. I learned new techniques for highlighting my professional achievements and dental skills in my resume, which I believe will help me stand out in the job market.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I found the section on leveraging resume enhancing tools and technologies to be particularly useful. It taught me how to use different platforms and software to create more visually appealing and effective resumes.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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