Career Resource Center

Student Career Binder

This binder is a tool to help SON students better manage their careers. It provides a convenient, comprehensive way to organize the extensive information that you will collect while at the JHU School of Nursing. We encourage you to utilize this binder immediately and hope that it will become a trusted resource throughout your career.

Getting Started - Begin here!

Contact Information

A letter from the Dean of Student Affairs

Table of Contents

Print these sections and include them in your binder!

1. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Values Statement
    
2. Why Career Management?
    
3. Nursing Skills and Emotional Competencies
    
4. Career action plan - Traditional, Accelerated, or Full-time Masters
    
5. Clinical Rotation Summaries - (MS Word format) -
   Complete one for each rotation
        Performance evaluations - Include one from each rotation
    
6. Description of the Job You Are Seeking - (MS Word format)
   Review and update regularly
    
7. Resume guide and sample resumes - download the resume guide and sample resumes and include them here. Store versions of your resume here as well
    
8. Interview guide - download the interview guide and store it in this section
   Hallmarks of the Professional Nursing Practice Setting: What Every Nursing School Graduate Should Consider when Seeking Employment
    
9. Share day - (MS Word format) - Use your share days as a way to explore the field of nursing. Use this exercise to thoroughly evaluate what you’ve learned about yourself and the this potential opportunity.
    
10. Clinical Nurse Internships/Nursing Assistant Positions -
    (MS Word format) - complete one for each position
     
11. Potential Employers - store information about organizations for which you may be interested in applying
     
12. Jobs for Which I’ve Applied - complete one for each position you’ve applied
     
13. Job Tracking Form - (MS Word format) - complete one for each position for which you’ve applied
     
14. Networking Contacts - (MS Word format) - Use this section to manage information about networking contacts you’ve made
     
15. Professional Associations/Memberships - use this section to keep track of your memberships in professional associations as well as information about organizations in which you are interested
     
16. General career information/Resources - use this section to store information you've gathered about nursing careers (specialties, certifications, etc.)
     
17. Where I Want to Live - Information about where you might like to live upon graduation
     
18. NCLEX Information - use this section for information you’ve collected about the NCLEX examination
     
19. Work Samples - store work samples for which you are especially proud. Make copies to share with potential employers