Do I need a cover page for my resume?

Cover page - no. Cover letter - Yes. Do not, however, create a template for a cover letter. Each cover letter should be targeted specifically to the job being applied for. The cover letter needs to be addressed to a person (not "To Whom It May Concern" or Dear Sir or Madame") If you can't be bothered to do the homework of finding out who is going to be looking at these, why should the company be bothered to review your resume.

Hints - stay away from general things like "I am a good team player" "I work well in stress-filled situations" or "I am punctual" These things do NOT make you stand out and are ignored by HR and hiring managers. You probably don't even need a personal statement. What is needed are your responsibilities and duties - these go in the resume. Then, in your cover letter, you explain how you used these responsibilities and duties to be an asset for your employer - for example, if you were a stock clerk, your resume would say something like Responsible for stocking shelves and ensuring that shelves were fully stocked prior to opening and throughout the day" (Nothing special, but that's what a stock clerk does", but in the cover letter you could point out some achievement such as "As stock clerk, I took the initiative to rearrange the warehouse stock shelves to put more popular inventory near near the sales floor. This re-organization saved stock clerks an hour per day through more efficient stocking of the sales floor and allowed the company to avoid filling a position when a stock clerk left - saving his salary".

The company you are applying to wants to know what you can do for them, not what they can do for you (sure, wanting to be department supervisor shows initiative, but if the current supervisor is doing the hiring, may threaten them - no lie, I interviewed a person who said that his goal was to be division supervisor within 1 year (not to mention there were five people ahead of him) and Secretary of Labor within 10 years (which of course is an instant fail since Sec. Labor is an appointed position). needless to say, the supervisor was not thrilled with the answer and as such, he did not get hired.

Cover page? What are you writing, a novel? A resume should be as short as possible. One page is standard. The only exception is where the potential employer wants specific data that take up a lot of space, such as a list of publications. People in HR just skim through resumes, looking for ways to eliminate that person from consideration. Don't help them.

Well, maybe you need create a cove letter.

Remember, the most important is try to find a job in the most important job boards and submit your resume there:

http://empleox.us/job-category/health-care/

www.monster.com/?disRe=true

indeed.com

www.snagajob.com

etc.

Regards