Hello TADA Student- 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 Thanks! Jessica Smith 817-993-9553 [email protected]
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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:

YOUR N AME
Full Address City, Texas Zip Code
email address phone number
(check your voicemail, is it professional?)

PROFILE

Summarize your experience in a couple of sentences.

Do NOT provide details of positions here— I want to get the big picture, just a sentence or two about your
background. For example: I have worked as a waitress for 5 years, I want to be a dental assistant because…, I have
been in the dental field for 2 years; recent graduate with experience in sales and customer service seeking
registered dental assistant position; stay at home mom ready to re-enter the workforce.

What are your favorite things to do as a dental assistant?

Why did you come to school to join the dental field?

List 3 words that describe YOU as a worker.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Foreign Languages Are you bilingual? List language and level of fluency and if verbal/written

What are you best known for at work or school? Why are you a good worker?
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?

Have you won any awards? Please list.

Computer Skills Include hardware, operating systems, software, etc.

IMPORTANT QUESTION – Why should I hire you? If I was the office manager of a dental office, what would you say
to me to convince me to interview and hire you?

D E N T A L S K I L L S (please review this list and delete anything you haven’t learned)
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 June 2014)

Are you CPR Certified? If not, when is it scheduled?

Do you have your updated Hepatitis B Vaccines?

EDUCATION
List all degrees, certificates, diplomas received. Provide detailed information for each. Please begin with the most
recent and work backwards.

Texas Academy of Dental Assisting – Fort Worth, Texas Completing 06/2014

 Registered Dental Assistant Certification Focus
 Hands-on Dental Assisting Training

Have you attended college?

College Name – City, State
 Dates Attended:
 Did you graduate? When?:
 Degree Type (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Associate, etc.):
  Major:
 Minor:
 GPA:
 Honors/Awards/Scholarships:
 Extra-Curricular Activities (leadership, sports, clubs, study abroad, etc.):

High School Name – City, State

 Graduation Month and Year:
 GPA:
 Honors/Awards/Scholarships:
 Extra-Curricular Activities (leadership, sports, clubs, study abroad, etc.):

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.

Most Recent Job:

Company Name – City, Texas 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? Briefly describe your routine duties, responsibilities and level of authority. Use
numbers (size) and percentages, quantify budgets, state with whom you interacted, etc.: Provide 2 to 3 brief
sentences about your major overall area of responsibility and list them in order of importance.
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What have you achieved in your job — have you saved your employer any money or achieved any other
quantifiable measure (helped the company make money, become more efficient, improve safety, improve
customer service, etc.)?

Why did you leave this position?

Job #2:
Company Name – City, Texas 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? Briefly describe your routine duties, responsibilities and level of authority. Use
numbers (size) and percentages, quantify budgets, state with whom you interacted, etc.: Provide 2 to 3 brief
sentences about your major overall area of responsibility and list them in order of importance.
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What have you achieved in your job — have you saved your employer any money or achieved any other
quantifiable measure (helped the company make money, become more efficient, improve safety, improve
customer service, etc.)?

Why did you leave this position?

Job #3:
Company Name – City, Texas 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? Briefly describe your routine duties, responsibilities and level of authority. Use
numbers (size) and percentages, quantify budgets, state with whom you interacted, etc.: Provide 2 to 3 brief
sentences about your major overall area of responsibility and list them in order of importance.
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What have you achieved in your job — have you saved your employer any money or achieved any other
quantifiable measure (helped the company make money, become more efficient, improve safety, improve
customer service, etc.)?

Why did you leave this position?

Job #4:
Company Name – City, Texas 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? Briefly describe your routine duties, responsibilities and level of authority. Use
numbers (size) and percentages, quantify budgets, state with whom you interacted, etc.: Provide 2 to 3 brief
sentences about your major overall area of responsibility and list them in order of importance.
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What have you achieved in your job — have you saved your employer any money or achieved any other
quantifiable measure (helped the company make money, become more efficient, improve safety, improve
customer service, etc.)?

Why did you leave this position?

Job #5:
Company Name – City, Texas 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? Briefly describe your routine duties, responsibilities and level of authority. Use
numbers (size) and percentages, quantify budgets, state with whom you interacted, etc.: Provide 2 to 3 brief
sentences about your major overall area of responsibility and list them in order of importance.
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What have you achieved in your job — have you saved your employer any money or achieved any other
quantifiable measure (helped the company make money, become more efficient, improve safety, improve
customer service, etc.)?

Why did you leave this position?

If you have had more than 5 jobs in the last 10 years please add the information for those positions below.
Copy and paste the template from above as many times as needed. OR you can write a few sentences as a
summary – for example previous sales and customer experience at XYZ company.

Extra Info: If these sections don’t apply, just put N/A.

COMMUNITY SERVICE / VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Where have you volunteered? Name of organization, years involved, positions held, describe

MILITARY
Military Experience Include branch of service, locations, position, rank achieved, years of service, honorable
discharge, key accomplishments, special recognition, awards, etc.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Other “work” If you haven’t held a lot of “real” jobs please include information about other work such as regular
babysitting, community involvement, school activities, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What else should I know that will help build your resume? Additional training, professional development classes,
other experience, 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

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