Occupational Therapistsresume guide.
Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general A strong Occupational Therapists resume shows active listening, monitoring and service orientation, and names the tools you have worked with, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office software and Microsoft Excel.
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O*NET02Skills employers expect
O*NETImportance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | Very high | Advanced |
| Monitoring | Very high | Advanced |
| Service Orientation | Very high | Advanced |
| Critical Thinking | Very high | Advanced |
| Instructing | Very high | Advanced |
| Judgment and Decision Making | Very high | Intermediate |
| Reading Comprehension | Very high | Advanced |
| Social Perceptiveness | Very high | Advanced |
| Speaking | Very high | Advanced |
| Writing | Very high | Advanced |
03Knowledge areas
O*NET- Therapy and Counseling
- Psychology
- Customer and Personal Service
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Biology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
04Common responsibilities
O*NETOrdered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.
- Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
- Complete and maintain necessary records.
- Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
- Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
- Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
- Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
- Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
- Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
- Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
- Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
05Software and tools
O*NET33 tools across 16 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.
- Text to speech software
- Language arts educational software
- Math educational software
- Physical education educational software
- Science educational software
- Social studies educational software
- Special education educational software
- Text reader software
- eClinicalWorks EHR softwareHot
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- HMS
- Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
- Casamba Smart
- Lexrotech LxPediatric
- Microsoft WordHotIn demand
- Crick Software Clicker 4
- OpenOffice WRITER
- Screen reader software
- Screen magnification software
- Computer drawing software
- Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
- Text scanning software
- Duxbury Braille Translator
- Fifth Walk BillingTracker
- Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
- Music software
- Microsoft Office softwareHotIn demand
- Tactile graphic production kits software
- Microsoft ExcelHotIn demand
- Speech recognition software
- FacebookHot
06Education and preparation
O*NET07Putting it on your resume
ResumeXRays guidanceLead with what you built. For a Job Zone 5 role, hiring managers and parsers both look for outcomes before credentials. Put two or three results at the top of each job entry, with the scale or effect stated plainly.
Name the tools exactly. This occupation is heavy on named software. A skills section that says "Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Excel, eClinicalWorks EHR software" matches more job descriptions than a general phrase. Use the spelling employers use.
Show monitoring and service orientation, not just active listening. Monitoring and service orientation rank close to active listening for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.
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