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3 Tips To Make Your Newborn Care Specialist Resume STAND OUT!

You Are Amazing, Here’s How To Make Sure Your Resume Is Too

 

 

Newborn Care Specialists work very independently, typically at night between 10 pm and 6 am, tending to all-things-baby so that the family can rest up and enjoy their busy waking hours with their new babe. Usually, nannies start at 3-5 months of age, so few people in the nanny community actually have that 2-day-old baby experience. In taking a thorough course on the subject (like the ones offered by Newborn Care Solutions,) you’ll be shocked to see how much there is to learn. Like a nanny, an NCS works hard to support family’s personal values, educates and empowers the parents and shows them how to care for their new baby. The difference is that as an NCS, your goal is to work with a family for a short, specific period of time while the baby is an infant with the goal that the parents + additional caretakers (nannies coming on board around 3-5 months) feel confident to take over by the time you’re done working with the family.

Working as an NCS is extremely gratifying and requires high-attention to changing industry standards, product recalls, and many other vital details that impact vulnerable infants. As a result, this remains one of the more competitive areas of child care so making your resume incredible is a must, and we have some ideas to help you do just that!

 

1. Target Your Professional Experience

The experience section of your NCS resume is where you’ll identify the specific skills and experiences you have mastered. In bullet point format list job duties and notable achievements from your previous work experiences.

Ultimately, parents are seeking candidates that can help them solve a problem or satisfy a need within their family, and you can’t present yourself as a solution to their problems without stating how you solved similar problems in other homes + employment situations.

  • Focus on what you did on the job, not just the title of ‘NCS’
  • Include a one or two line job description first, then specifically list your accomplishments
  • For each point try to include the benefits of your work for the family
  • Accomplishments should be unique to you, not just a list of general tasks
  • Avoid using the generic descriptions of the jobs you originally applied for or held
  • Leave out any previous roles that aren’t related to child care

 

2. Include Documentation Of All Credentials

When you are working with infants that are days and sometimes even hours old, trust and experience are the two primary requirements for hiring parents. Parents are seeking candidates that can help them manage the care of their kids at the most vulnerable stage in life, often while the parents themselves are extremely tired and incapacitated, so they need to have implicit trust in your experience, your abilities, and your character.

  • Provide a high-resolution copy of each certification or professional credential you’ve earned
  • Include detailed explanations of each certification, along with the date that you received them
  • Avoid including any awards or recognition items that are not relevant to child care
  • Leave out any previous roles that aren’t related to child care

 

 

3. Provide Exceptional, Descriptive NCS-Specific References

In addition to wanting to verify your work experience with copies of relevant credentials, it is imperative that your resume gives the hiring parents a strong sense of your personality and character. They want to know how previous employers would describe their experiences with you, and gain a more personal understanding of your methods and day-to-day vibe. With each NCS role that you take on, it’s important to work diligently to establish a respectful and professional relationship with the hiring parents and when appropriate, to ask for a detailed reference towards the end of your contract.

  • Share the most positive and descriptive references from your prior families
  • Be extremely mindful of protecting the privacy of each previous employer as you share references (remove any names, identifying details,etc. from the document)
  • Only include references that are relevant to working as a newborn care specialist
  • Reach out to previous employers prior to sharing their reference so they can be expecting a call from the agency

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Do you have any resume tips for others? We’d love to hear about your personal experiences – reach out to us on Facebook, Instagram, and check out the other posts on the blog!

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