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Career Resources
Nurse's Perspective
The Reasons You Weren’t Hired Part 1
Promoted Too Soon? Rapid expansion within the Pharmaceutical industry has created a legion of new district managers. Are they ready to lead?
Career Survival Skills The current economic downturn has begun to impact all industries, including healthcare. Have you developed the career survival skills that will help you weather the storm?
Starting a Job Search, Part 1
Building Your Career Success
Career success doesn’t occur by happenstance or guesswork. Certainly there are elements of chance that are involved, but for the most part success comes to those who prepare for it and take advantage of outstan
Guidelines for Internet Job Hunting The Internet has begun to revolutionize every facet of society, including the medical profession. More particularly, physician recruitment has developed into a fast-growing area of Internet activity. Doctors who are serious about managing or advancing their careers can access a wealth of online information with a few mouse cl
Wireless Health Personal Digital Assistants may change the face of healthcare delivery. Before you buy that "handheld," look at three immediate uses and one futuristic vision.
Four years into the Internet revolution and accompanying technology, diehard science fiction fans can't help but wonder where the inspiration for some of these cool gizmos came fro
Rx for Success Pharmacists are finding new opportunities and challenges within virtual drugstores.
Tips For Locum Tenens Working locum tenens (temporary employment) is a valuable source of income for many physicians, nurses, and related medical professionals. Other appealing aspects of taking on locum tenens assignments include flexibility in scheduling, opportunity to travel, and experience gained through involvement in a variety of practice settings. Exp
Nursing Perspective "Real" Nursing, School Nursing If you are a nurse looking for a challenging and rewarding career working with children and families, why not consider school nursing? Nurses not familiar with school nursing usually consider school nursing a very simple specialty: giving emergency first aid and assessing simple illne
New Challenges On Old Frontiers Career opportunities and personal challenges abound at aboriginal communities throughout North America.
Interviewing the Interviewer Asking probing questions may be appropriate-just be careful how and what you ask. Job interviewing is a unique experience. It's the occasion for job seeker and employer to explore matters of mutual interest to determine whether a long-term relationship is advisable. To use a familiar metaphor, it's like having
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Careers Finding a comfortable niche in the corporate arena often requires making significant mental and attitude adjustments. How difficult is it to transition from military service to civilian employment? Someone separating after 4-6 years will probably answer that differently than a person retiring after 20+ years of service.
Credit Reports and Job Hunting Employers can request credit reports before making a hiring decision, but applicants should be aware of their rights in this regard. Many job applicants are discovering that employers require pre-employment credit reports before they hire. For many companies, a credit report has become a screening tool to evaluate a candi
Little Things Make A Difference Subjective impressions made prior to and during an employment interview can have significant bearing on a hiring decision. Theoretically, hiring decisions are based strictly on objective criteria. Typically, a printed job description outlines the qualifications for, and responsibilities of, the position to be filled.
Technology Nurse Specialists Smoothly integrating nursing and computer science into professional skill set development.
Overcoming the Fear of Success Limitations to career advancement can be self-imposed-such as harboring the fear of success. Scores of books and articles have been written to address the topic of overcoming the fear of failure. The general thesis is that many people are afraid to tackle new challenges due to some ingrained fear that they really do
Job Hunting On The Internet The widespread growth and consumer usage of the Internet is astounding. Not only have e-commerce companies become the darling of Wall Street; they have revolutionized many industries, including healthcare. In particular, the advancements in Internet technology and user-friendly applications have considerably changed the employment la
Before You Sign The Dotted Line After completing internship, residency or a grueling fellowship program, it's always exciting to launch a full-scale job search and receive several outstanding job offers. Selecting the best offer is not always an easy task, though. Sometimes young physicians have lingering doubts after choosing the practice where they will spend the
A Cure for the Common C.O.L.D. A Physician's Guide to Medical Licensure After what may be days, weeks or (in some cases) months of procrastination, you finally decide to sit down and tackle that pesky medical license application. You sit down at your desk, pen at the ready, and steel yourself for the chore. Suddenly, you break into a col
Meeting The Needs: Advanced Practice For Nurses "Nursing is love in action, and there is no finer manifestation of it than the care of the poor and disabled in their homes"---Lillian D. Wald, founder of the Visiting Nursing Society of New York Since the inception of the American healthcare system, nurses have played an influential role in its development and administration. Their cont
Culturally Competent Care While America's population is continuously evolving, nursing demographics remain overwhelmingly white and female.
You, Inc. There are two ways to view career management issues: from the perspective of working for someone else--or working for oneself. Given the dramatic changes in the healthcare industry and the workplace dynamics that impact individual success, it's appropriate to consider career development in terms of being in business for oneself.&nb
The Changing Face of Physician Practice: Part One, Collective Bargaining The old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" seems to apply more than ever to physicians-but not in the way you may think. There is hardly a physician in the United States today who has not been affected by managed care in the last decade. The "old timers" in particular bemoan the loss of more innocent times when they made most
Accepting and Declining Job Offers The reward of diligent job hunting is to receive one or more impressive job offers. Deciding which employment offer to accept is a pleasant dilemma to face. Once you have made a careful selection, the next step is to formally accept the offer and graciously decline other offers. Certain protocol is involved in the proce
Interviewing 102: Answering Tough Questions Oh, the joys of interviewing!
Job Security How important is job security? Most professionals don't think much about it until a co-worker is terminated or there are rumors of a pending company-wide layoff. At that point nervous employees consider how they can make their own jobs more secure.
Starting a New Job There's another side of the coin, though.
Building Effective Work Relationships There is no secret to developing effective relationships among co-workers. The following commonsense guidel
Handwriting on the Wall Realistically speaking, being let go is not always that shocking. If the individuals were honest with themselves, they would probably admit that there were some fairly obv
Interviewing 101: How to impress an interviewer "Job hunting wouldn't be so bad if it didn't involve interviewing."
6 Common Interview Mistakes As with other things, "practice makes perfect." With experience, it becomes easier to establish rapport with intervi
Why Should We Hire You? Interv
A Question of Ethics Suppose you take a new job and discover that some ethicall
Is Moonlighting In Your Stars? If you answer these questions with a resounding "
Working Successfully With Recruiters Types of Recruiters
What About Counter-Offers? Should you accept it or go with the brand new opportunity? When, if ever, should you accept a counter-offer?
Seasoned recruiters hav
Suppose The New Job Doesn't Work Out Don't panic.
Unless the job is an equi
Don't Blow The Interview! Unfortunately, interviewing will always be an integral part of the job-search process. As hospitals or other companies narrow their list of finalist candidates, considerable importance is given to how w
Hassle-free Relocation Plan a
Confidential Job Hunting
Does The Boss Know You're Looking? If you're not currently seeking to make a career move, you have nothing to worry about-p
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