Simultaneously, your radiologic technologist resume should also meet the professional standards by following particular formats, templates, guidelines of writing a professional resume that hiring managers might be expecting to see.
Let's talk about professional resume writing guidelines first!
Professional radiologic technologist resume writing guidelines
- Your professional resume should always use the third person, past tense language throughout the resume, in every section, this makes the tone of the resume professional through formal language.
- Your professional resume should avoid using pronouns at any point of sentence or resume because use of pronouns makes the language a bit less formal and we need to make the resume entirely formal.
- Your professional resume should use professionally preferred formats that provide an outline for your specific profile and help you highlight the important parts of your profile. We will discuss more in detail about resume formats in a while.
- Your professional resume should be visually appealing meaning your resume should be well-organized, symmetrical, visually appealing with appropriate fonts, font sizes and font colors. Avoid using multiple colors and stick to black fonts or one or two colors for your font depending on the background of the resume.
- Your professional resume should use maximum action verbs and action words to ensure the efficiency of language in impressing the reader of your radiologic technologist resume.
- Your professional resume should use numbers to quantify the details wherever possible as this will make the information easier to grasp as well as impressive for the reader and make your radiologic technologist resume efficient and impactful.
- Your professional resume should be proofread twice once your are done writing to ensure that there are no grammatical mistakes or spelling mistakes. Such mistakes can leave a really bad impression as accuracy is a standard expected in the professional world. You should also make sure all information is true and there are no factual errors as such can also cause you a lot of trouble at the time of hiring or afterwards in case the company carries out background check and any information is false or inconsistent. Your ethics and integrity maybe questioned in such instances.
Beginning to write your radiologic technologist resume
Now, how can you begin writing your radiologic technologist resume? Should you write a section first or find a template or format or such? We are here to guide you! First things first, research! Which is exactly you were doing when you landed on this article, right? Let's dive in-depth of this task of research!
Research
What should your research and how should you ensure that your resume is written with maximum knowledge and resources utilized? Here's how:
Job Market
The job market research is key to when you are applying for the role of radiologic technologist resume. The job market research includes reaching out to physical people and doing the necessary networking to understand whether there is a requirement for the same. Now it is easier said than done for physical networking, however, if you have been in the industry already then you will have made some contacts along the way that can help you.
If you are switching from a different field but is related then you can hop on to professional social media platforms. Those platforms such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Monster.com, Indeed etc. These platforms will have people employed in the industry various companies of those industries and will have reviews and ex-employees their job descriptions and also information about the company. Read up about the companies and the industry then you will understand the general hiring trend and what sort of candidates they are looking for.
Job Description
The job description bit gets covered in the job market research but it is more nuanced. The nuance is that once you know you will be applying to the fields in this case as a radiologic technologist then you can shortlist the companies which have the applications and which might not be your target but fall into your gambit.
Then you will read their job descriptions and thoroughly make note of how you need to use it in your resume, which will be covered later on in the other section. However, reading job descriptions will give you a broad idea of what you need to be prepared of and what is expected of you and the compensation you will receive.
Self- Assessment
Self- assessment is no test if you are worried and wondering. It is simply introspection and know what you are and who you are. You need to sit down calmly and dissect your entire professional an personal life and write whatever adds value to your personality.
When you start doing this you will realise you will need all the documents all your certificates, all your emails and whatever is necessary from the stand point of proof and writing your resume. This is what we were hoping and aiming for. The introspection will also allow you to find out information that you might have earlier missed on, something that might add value to your resume had you not conducted this self assessment.
Company Research
Company research also gets covered while you are looking for job descriptions and job market research however, here we will thoroughly cover the company information aspect. When you know you will be applying to the companies you have shortlisted or organisations then you will need to read uupu about them for the job application process. There are various levels to an application process as you might be familiar, however, if you are someone who is applying for the first or is not use to the job market then you need to read up about the company.
There are various ways to do this. We have mentioned some professional social media websites firstly that you can access, secondly you will go the company website and thoroughly read their mission and vision statements, their company values, their objective, their history and make notes that you might need later on. The research is to inculcate their values and their language in your resume which we will explain in the next sub-section.
Customisation
Now you are set in terms of conducting all the necessary research and also collating all the necessary information, now you need to research and understand what and how to use all that information. What customisation means that you need to tailor your resume to the company you are applying to.
Now you will ask us how do we do that. You have all the tools at your disposal but you need to learn how to use them. The way you use them is use their words from their language and put it in your resume, they act as key words and even as adjectives or even action verbs if they have used it.
When you start using them in your resume in the skills, professional experience, achievement section then you will notice how your resume looks starkly different and more elegant. To give you more perspective, not everyone knows this and this is what the company and the hiring managers expect, however, not everyone does it so you are one of few who have this knowledge, please use this to your advantage!
Proof Reading
The last part of completing your resume. What you need to do here is that find ways in which you can improve your resume. Proof reading allows you to find those last mistakes that you might have earlier forgot. Give your resume to your friends, or family or someone who you can trust to give you feedback.
You can put your resume in the AI grammar checking websites to find and english errors, in grammar, spelling, syntax and semantics.
Formats
📌Types of formats
Functional resume:
The functional resume is where the skills section is given more priority than the past experience section. The past experience is not priority as the format is for those who are either starting out their professional career or are switching it.
The skill section you put should have a blend of soft and hard skill depending on the level of management you have been associated with you can put in more soft skills, however, when you put them do corroborate on the examples where you displayed your skills. Since your past experience might not be very heavy or relevant you need to focus on skills.
If you have relevant content for your past experience, where the skills are transferable then you can tweak your resume language in a certain way which highlights how your existing skills will help you in the role of radiologic technologist and how you can pick up on new skills quickly.
Reverse chronological resume:
The name of this format is pretty evident. It is a more common type of resume, where every section's content is in the reverse chronological order. In this type of resume we prioritise the past experience section more than the skills section. In the skills section you can just mention the skills without expanding on them, however, you have to expand on your past experience section.
The other sections you can include are the education section and certifications or courses if you have done any which give you slight advantage over other candidates. All the sections will have their content in reverse chronological order
Combination resume:
The combination resume is a blend between the function and the reverse chronological. Here you can choose to give priority to the skills and past experience section as you see fit. Most people use this resume which is also called the hybrid resume as it give them flexibility between the sections. Even if you are using other sections they still are in reverse chronological order.
Radiologic technologist resume samples' outline
Contact info
The header includes your contact information.
Full Name: You can put in the name as you put it on your government IDs
Mobile Number: The mobile number should always be accessible to you and be on you at all times
Email Address: Use a professional email ID, and not your personal one. Create a professional email ID if you have to
Permanent Address: Providing your full permanent address is not required. However, if you do choose to provide it then you can just mention the area and the area code too
LinkedIn Profile: Update your LinkedIn profile if you are putting it on your resume
Radiologic technologist resume summary
The resume summary is also called the resume objective. It is 2-4 sentences ling and 3-5 lines long depending upon the format, template and font/ font size you have chose. The resume summary is a shorter version of the cover letter. We will focus on the cover letter a bit later. The resume summary is where you mention any key significant experience and how it added value to your personality and how you helped the company and a key achievement if you have any. Now the reason why you mention them here is to state your objective to the company you are applying to.
The company's hiring manager will decide basis your previous experience and how you weave it to you intentions and enthusiasm and decide whether reading the whole resume is worth it.
Professional experience/ work history
Job title and Company:
Mention the job title or the designation or the role you were currently employed in and the name of the company followed by it
Dates of Employment:
The dates of the employment can be 'year-month' or 'year' format and the way it has to be represented is in 'from-to' format
Job Description:
The description is the key element of the professional experience section. Whatever you mention here should be in point format, and it should cover the whole length of the page. You should leave as little white space as possible. Bold those key words you choose and also do not use filler words frequently. Quantify your points as much as possible to create more impact on the hiring manager.
You can pick your points from the job description itself, as that will help yo create sentences, however, if you writing the points then use the language of the company you are applying to.
Key Achievements:
Your key achievements can either fall under this section or fall as a separate section. However, if it is the former then you need to mention the key achievements within them and if it is the latter have them in the reverse chronological order as your professional experience section will also be.
Quantify you achievements too as that will create significant impact on the hiring managers and they will focus on those numbers rather than the whole sentence.
Education section
Degree Name:
The name of your education qualification will come here, state is as per what you received in the certificate after you graduated
Institution Name:
The name of the institution as per what the certificate you received after graduation
Location and Date:
The location can just be the area of where your institution was. The date can be written as 'year-month' or just 'year' in the format 'from-to'
GPA (Optional):
To mention your GPA is optional however, if you can choose to mention it if you have maintained really high grades and consistent through out your academic career
Skills section
We have a hoard of skills for you to pick from to put it in your resume. These skills also act as your key words so you can ace the ATS and then your interview. Skills section is important because it ensures that your particular skills are highlighted well and catches the reader's attention and gets registered on their mind. Skills section should include a list of skills that are balanced blend of soft skills, hard skills and technical skills as well as any important and very relevant to the role-skills! In addition to checking out the list of relevant skills for your radiologic technologist resume below, you can also check out skills that are mentioned in the job descriptions of your position.
📌List of relevant skills for your radiologic technologist resume:
- patient safety
- imaging equipment
- imaging procedures
- routine diagnostic imaging procedures
- patient care
- prepared patients
- ensure patient safety
- patient medical records
- geriatric patients
- optimal patient care
- diagnostic imaging
- diagnostic images
- radiologic technology
- diagnostic radiographic procedures
- fluoroscopic procedures
- maintained patient film records
- patient education
- patient satisfaction scores
- diagnostic imaging procedures
- quality diagnostic images
- positioning patients
- educating patients
- appropriate infection control
- quality assurance
- appropriately shielding reproductive organs
- technical skills
- appropriate positioning protocols
- superior patient care
- specific physician procedure requirements
- patient identification
- radiation safety measures
- monitoring patients
- correct technical factors
- appropriate radiographic images
- minimize radiation exposure
- computed radiography GE equipment
- communication skills
- patient correctly
- routine division administrative matters
- patient apparatus
- surgical c arm exams
- hospital information systems
- quality control
- requested prior records
- beam restrictive devices
- obtain optimal images
- patient understanding
- fixed and mobile radiography
- radiologic procedures
- patient calls
- surgical procedures
- position patients
- producing diagnostic images
- physician orders
Extra sections
Extra sections help you stand out. You can include information such as your language fluency, your personal hobbies and interests, any relevant extra exposure you might have had and much more in extra sections. Information in extra sections will set you apart from your fellow job applicants who might have the similar skills and experience as you, but not the same extra sections that make you a more favorable candidate.
Bonus Tips
References
You should give a maximum of 3 references. Your references act to your advantage and they are someone whom you can trust. The references when contacted should be able to explain the hiring manager why you are a valid candidate and why you deserve the job you are applying to.
Cover letter
A cover letter is an essay or a narrative of your resume. You have more creative freedom and can use expressive words to convey your professional life to the hiring managers. The narrative you weave over here gives the hiring manager a chance to create an image of your personality. The skills, experiences, and achievements your write will all give an idea to the hiring managers whether you are a good fit for the company. Below we have created a guideline for you to follow on how to write a cover letter.
Header
The header will be as you mention it in the resume contact information. The name, phone number, professional email and your LinkedIn ID.
Salutation
The salutation how you greet the hiring manager. For example you can use 'Dear hiring manager', or 'Respected hiring manager' etc.
Introduction
The introduction of the cover letter is where you instill you enthusiasm for the job opportunity you have applied to. You can mention where you learnt about it and how eager you are to join the company for the position that they have available. You can also mention a hint about the company and relate it to your personality which will allow the hiring manager to get a hint of what sort of outgoing person you are.
Moreover, the introduction needs to tell your positive outlook for this opportunity and how you have been in the past as well. Since the cover letter covers things from the past.
Body
Here is where you try to materialise your enthusiasm which you were showing in the introduction paragraph. The body needs to contain your key experiences, your key achievements and your key skills which you acquired during your professional tenure.
Now when you mention your key experiences, you need to customise it and relate it with the company you are applying to so that the hiring manager can sense some familiarity in your writing. The customisation also helps in gaining the points on being a good fit for the company. The hiring manager already understand you have read a researched about the company, and you are trying to incorporate its values into your practice, which is the reason why the hiring manager will favour you over those who have not done this.
Your key achievements can be anything, can be from your previous work or before that or even related to you personal life. The achievements should highlight some skills of your that have added value to you as a person. If it is work related how did you accomplish that, how did you add value to the company and how did the company add value to you. These points if you mention and weave it in your narrative then you will have secured some brownie points with the hiring manager.
As a bonus tip please quantify all your key experiences and achievements wherever possible. By quantify we mean that you need to use numbers to explain what you did and what you achieved. The visual representation of the numbers will create more impact on the hiring manager.
Conclusion
The conclusion will include a summary of your personality and how you have added value in the past experiences. Moreover, the conclusion will then weave the enthusiasm from the introduction to your past experiences and close the argument by expressing one last time how eager you are to join the company and how elated you are for the opportunity.
Closing
The closing section of the cover letter is how you sign off the cover letter i.e., 'Sincerely' or 'Warm Regards' and then you sign it off with your full name once more
Keywords
Key words and action verbs are very crucial to resumes and cover letter alike. Let us cover the resume first. The resume is where you list all your experiences and achievements in pointer format. Which means that you do not have the freedom to create paragraphs and explain your experience the way you want to as the reader does not have the time to read everything from all the participants in the application process.
Therefore, you need to focus on key words. Key words pop out of the page and you can even highlight them by having them as the bold font. The key words also first help with clearing the ATS - applicant tracking system. The ATS is where most of the resumes get short listed and majority of them get rejected. Therfore, you need to first beat the ATS. Once you get past the ATS is when the hiring managger gets a chance to read the resume. Placing the key words randomly is not an option so be careful.
Now coming on to the cover letter. Even when you are weaving a narrative you need to be careful of using the right vocabulary for the scenario. Since it is formal letter to the company and the hiring manager, use their words and values and customise it so that those words pop out to them.
📌List of relevant keywords for your radiologic technologist resume:
- radiology technician
- medical facilities
- pharmacy
- radiologic procedures
- beam restrictive devices
- quality control
- hospital information systems
- communication skills
- patient referrals
- radiation safety measures
- quality assurance
- patient history
- radiologic technologist skills
- positioning patients
- quality diagnostic images
- diagnostic imaging procedures
- patient satisfaction scores
- lab and insurance provider
- fluoroscopic procedures
- diagnostic radiographic procedures
- radiologic technology
- diagnostic images
- physical therapy
- diagnostic imaging
- optimal patient care
- geriatric patients
- student radiologic technologist
- radiologic technologists
- patient care
- radiology department
- imaging procedures
- imaging equipment
- patient safety
- radiologic technologist
- radiologic technologist jobs
Conclusion
In conclusion we hope we were able to give you some much needed direction in how to write a job winning resume for a role of radiologic technologist. Our website has a collection of formats and templates you can refer to and use to create the resume you want and we will be sure to guide you through the process. We also provide the service of creating the resume using AI and ChatGPT like functions which we guarantee removes the stress of formatting the resume and proofreading.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Do I need a cover letter with my radiologic technologist resume?
You should always keep a cover letter with your resume and always customise it to the organisation you are applying to as well. Either the job application process will have the in the system in place with relevant question that you will answer in your cover letter, or they will ask you to submit one.
Should I keep my radiologic technologist resume 2 pages long?
A resume should ideally be 1 page long and anything longer than that become your CV or Curriculum Vitae, however, we are not aiming to create a CV. Therefore, try to keep you resume 1 page long and use the correct font and font size for it to be legible
Do I need a master's degree on my radiologic technologist resume?
Not necessarily, you may or may not need a master's degree depending on what the hiring managers are looking for in their ideal candidate who they'd choose as their employee as a radiologic technologist. You should always check the job description before applying and make sure that your profile and resume matches the requirements and qualifications described in the job description.
