Hello Students- Are you excited about finishing school and beginning your Dental Assistant job search? Let’s get started on your resume! Please answer each section as completely as possible.
I know the questionnaire is long, but it’s important to help create a resume that captures you!
Remember to Save As and save often! If you get stuck, skip that part and move on!
Do not hesitate to contact me with questions - Jessica Smith 817-993-9553
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DOCUMENTS
If you have them available please attach the following documents (PDF or Word document preferred):
Current Resume (even if it’s bare bones)
Cover Letter (if you have one)
Letters of recommendation and/or previous performance evaluations
Additional documents + job description if you have a specific job in mind.
Don’t stress if you don’t have these available. They are just a helpful tool for me to get to know you, send what you have! I will follow up as I have questions.
Please answer the questions or fill in the requested information:
WHY ARE YOU DIFFERENT? WHY SHOULD I HIRE YOU?
Your Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Is your voicemail professional? Double check!
PROFILE:
Why do you want to be a dental assistant?
What 3 words describe you?
Why should “I” hire you?
If I were to call one of your professional references (old boss, co-worker, client) what would they say about you?Explain. (don’t worry, I won’t call anyone) (If you have any letter of recommendation please forward them to me, even if they are old!)
What accomplishments are you the most proud of?
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS: (you can skip this section)
- Experience
- Passionate about
- Ability to
DENTAL ASSISTANT SKILLS:(you can skip this section)
Hands on dental assistant training, new patient paperwork and medical history, oral anatomy, X-Ray techniques, radiation safety precautions, Intra Oral Camera operation, impressions and model trimming, crowns and bridges, making temporaries, root canals, sterilization procedures.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners - Registered Dental Assistant (Exam Scheduled March 2015)
CPR Certified(If not certified yet please list month of your certification test)
EXPERIENCE:
Begin with most recent employer. Include self-employment, contract and volunteer or unpaid work. Please copy and paste the following section as many times as necessary to provide information for the past 10-15 years. List month and year for dates - mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy and answer questions for each.
Replace the words “Company Name” “Job Title” “City, State” with the actual information.
Company Name – City, State Dates: mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy
Job Title
How did you find this job?
What is the most important part of this job? How do you make the biggest impact?
What were you hired to do? What were your duties?
What was/is your favorite thing about this job?
Why did you leave?
Company Name – City, State Dates: mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy
Job Title
How did you find this job?
What is the most important part of this job? How do you make the biggest impact?
What were you hired to do? What were your duties?
What was/is your favorite thing about this job?
Why did you leave?
Company Name – City, State Dates: mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy
Job Title
How did you find this job?
What is the most important part of this job? How do you make the biggest impact?
What were you hired to do? What were your duties?
What was/is your favorite thing about this job?
Why did you leave?
Company Name – City, State Dates: mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy
Job Title
How did you find this job?
What is the most important part of this job? How do you make the biggest impact?
What were you hired to do? What were your duties?
What was/is your favorite thing about this job?
Why did you leave?
VOLUNTEER:
List volunteer experience including name of organization, title, dates (years) and description
EDUCATION:
List all degrees, certificates, diplomas received. Provide detailed information for each. Please begin with the most recent and work backwards.
University of the Incarnate Word – San Antonio, Texas Completing 03/2015
- Registered Dental Assistant Certification Focus
- Hands-on Dental Assisting Training through School of Extended Studies
Have you attended additional college classes?
College Name – City, StateDates: mm/yyyy – mm/yyyy
- Did you graduate? When?:
- Degree Type (Bachelor, Associate, Diploma, etc.):
- Major:
- Minor:
- GPA:
- Honors/Awards/Extra-Curricular Activities:
High School Name – City, State
- Graduation Month and Year:
- GPA:
- Honors/Awards/Scholarships:
- Extra-Curricular Activities (leadership, sports, clubs, study abroad, etc.):
COMPUTER SKILLS:
List computer skills
LANGUAGES:
List languages
Anything else I should know? What else should I know that will help build your resume? Additional training, military, professional development classes, other experience, etc.
If you haven’t had a lot of “real” jobs did you babysit, do lawns, etc.?
REFERENCES
Your references will be listed on a separate page that you can provide in an interview. Please list 3 (or more) professional references that know how you work. Instructors, managers, co-workers, people you have volunteered with, your dentist (if they know you well), etc. IMPORTANT – talk to your references first and ask them if you can list them! Also, send them a copy of your final resume!
If you have the following information please fill it in, otherwise, go ahead and send me the rest of the questionnaire while you gather information from your references. Thanks!
REFERENCES
Name
Organization/Company
Title
Phone Number
Email Address
Name
Organization/Company
Title
Phone Number
Email Address
Name
Organization/Company
Title
Phone Number
Email Address
Email completed form and attachments to
I will respond within 72 hours to confirm that I receivedyour information. I am working on resumes for a lot of students, so it may take several weeks. Be patient, but check in with me if you have an interview so I can try to finish it early for you!
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Thank you!
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Jessica Smith
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