What skills should a Midwive put on a resume?

O*NET rates Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Listening, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Midwive list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes AS/400 Database, Email software, Enterprise resource planning ERP software, Extensible markup language XML, and MEDITECH software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Midwive work?

O*NET records 14 titles for this occupation, including Certified Professional Midwife, CPM, Homebirth Midwife, and Licensed Certified Professional Midwife. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Midwive need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 33% reported their level of education as "Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Midwive role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Midwive resume example

A resume for a Midwive needs to show the work itself: provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance. Day to day that means work like this: monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations; identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Certified Professional Midwife
CPM
Homebirth Midwife
Licensed Certified Professional Midwife
Licensed Midwife
LM
Birth Center Midwife
Certified Direct-Entry Midwife
Lay Midwife
Licensed and Certified Midwife
Licensed Direct Entry Midwife
Birth Doula
Certified Midwife
Direct-Entry Midwife

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.
Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.

36 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

AS/400 Database
Email software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Extensible markup language XML
MEDITECH software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Patient electronic medical record EMR software
Private Practice
Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Automated blood pressure cuffs
Automated external defibrillators AED
Baby scales
Bedpans
Blood drawing syringes
Blood glucometers
Desktop computers
Digital medical thermometers
Episiotomy scissors
Evacuated blood collection tubes
External fetal monitors
Fetal doppler units

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Social Perceptiveness
02Critical Thinking
03Monitoring
04Active Listening
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Service Orientation
07Speaking
08Coordination
09Reading Comprehension
10Active Learning

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Customer and Personal Service
Medicine and Dentistry
Psychology
Therapy and Counseling
English Language
Biology
Education and Training
Sociology and Anthropology

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

33%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
29%Master's Degree
16%Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Common questions

What does a Midwive do?: Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance. Day to day that includes work like monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations and Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
What skills should a Midwive put on a resume?: O*NET rates Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Listening, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Midwive list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes AS/400 Database, Email software, Enterprise resource planning ERP software, Extensible markup language XML, and MEDITECH software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Midwive work?: O*NET records 14 titles for this occupation, including Certified Professional Midwife, CPM, Homebirth Midwife, and Licensed Certified Professional Midwife. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Midwive need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 33% reported their level of education as "Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Midwive role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

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What this page cannot tell you

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This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
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