Radiologic Technologist resume skills. The words recruiters search for.
The 18 skills, tools and credentials that come up in radiologic technologist job posts, sorted by type, and how to put them in bullets a recruiter believes.
By Nazir Elmurodov, Founder, LaunchCV · Updated
/ The list
Keywords by type. Use only the ones that are true for you.
Hard skills · 12
- Radiography (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Digital radiography (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Patient positioning (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Portable radiography (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Fluoroscopy (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Trauma imaging (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Radiation safety (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- ALARA (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Quality control (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Patient care (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Infection control (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- HIPAA (used in Lauren's sample resume)
Tools & software · 3
- C-arm (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- PACS (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- RIS (used in Lauren's sample resume)
Licenses & certifications · 3
- R.T.(R)(ARRT) (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- Radiographer license (used in Lauren's sample resume)
- BLS (used in Lauren's sample resume)
18 of 18 appear in Lauren's sample resume. See where
/ How to use them
Put keywords in bullets, not just in a skills list.
A skills list tells the software you have a skill. A bullet shows a recruiter what you did with it.
Radiography, Digital radiography
Weak: Skills: Radiography, Digital radiography
Strong: Perform 40–50 radiography exams a shift across the ED, inpatient floors and outpatient imaging on digital radiography (DR) equipment
Radiography, Portable radiography, Fluoroscopy, C-arm
Weak: Skills: Radiography, Portable radiography, Fluoroscopy, C-arm
Strong: Run portable radiography in the ICU and C-arm fluoroscopy in the OR for orthopedic and general surgery cases
Patient positioning
Weak: Skills: Patient positioning
Strong: Cut repeat images on my shift from 6% to 3% by standardizing patient positioning for portable chest and extremity exams
Radiation safety, ALARA
Weak: Skills: Radiation safety, ALARA
Strong: Apply ALARA and radiation safety on every exam — collimation, shielding where protocol calls for it and pediatric technique charts
Strong bullets come from Lauren's sample resume and our radiologic technologist bullet examples. Names and figures are illustrative.
/ Use them honestly
Keywords get you found. Proof gets you hired.
Mirror the job post's wording for skills you really have. If a radiologic technologist post asks for R.T.(R)(ARRT) and you've used it, say R.T.(R)(ARRT), in the post's spelling, and show where.
Mirror the job post's wording
If a radiologic technologist post says "Radiography", write "Radiography", not a near-synonym — as long as it's accurate. Recruiters search for the post's exact term.
Only claim what you can back up
Expect to be asked about every term you list. If you couldn't spend two minutes on Digital radiography — what you did and what changed — leave it out.
Show it in a bullet
A skills list says you know Radiography. A bullet like the one under Radiologic Technologist in the example above shows what you did with it.
No stuffing, no hidden text
Repeating a word or hiding keywords in white text doesn't make you a better match. A person reads the resume in the end.
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/ Questions
Radiologic Technologist keywords, answered.
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How many keywords should a radiologic technologist resume have?
There's no magic number. Lauren's sample resume uses all 18 terms on this page, because each one fit that job. Cover what your post asks for that you can back up, each where it fits; repeating a keyword doesn't help.
Should I copy keywords exactly from the job post?
Use the post's wording for skills you really have. If a radiologic technologist post says "R.T.(R)(ARRT)", write "R.T.(R)(ARRT)" rather than a synonym, so a recruiter searching for that term finds you. Don't add skills you don't have just because the post lists them.
Where should keywords go on my resume?
In your summary, a short skills section and, above all, the bullets under each job, where you show what you did with the skill. In Lauren's sample, Radiography shows up in a bullet under Radiologic Technologist. Plain text in the body of the page is easiest for applicant tracking systems to read.
Which tools should I list on a radiologic technologist resume?
The ones you've used and the post mentions. Common ones in radiologic technologist posts include C-arm, PACS and RIS. Name the tool in the bullet where you used it, not only in the skills list.
How should I list R.T.(R)(ARRT) and Radiographer license on my resume?
Spell them the way the job post does, and include both the abbreviation and the full name if you have room. Put licenses and certifications in their own section or next to your education, and only list ones that are current.
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