Job Readiness For Health Professionals

Get an edge in the job market and develop the soft skills - the personal qualities, habits, attitudes, and social graces needed to work successfully with anyone, anywhere. Job Readiness for Health Professionals, Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 2nd Edition provides a unique tool for soft skill programming to help graduates succeed on the job as effective, engaged, and high-functioning employees. This handy resource uses an 8th grade reading level and a consistent, easy-to-follow modular format to guide you through the essential entry-level soft skills like how to dress, speak, and collaborate in the healthcare setting. With two new chapters, new Video Case vignettes, and 48 soft skills and behavioral competencies, it gives you the tools you need to join the healthcare workforce. Behavioral objectives provided for mastering each skill. Worktext format with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities offers valuable review exercises. Critical thinking exercises woven throughout skills include multidisciplinary scenarios from the field. What If? boxes feature short scenarios that encourage you to think about how you would handle a situation in the workplace. Case studies throughout use fictional vignettes to illustrate the issues involved with the specific skills. Down a Dark Road vignettes depict what can go terribly wrong when a skill is ignored or not mastered. Experiential Exercises are actions or experiments that you can perform on your own to gain a deeper appreciation for the skill. Cross Currents with Other Skills ties together and cross-references related skills, pointing out the synergies and connections between them. NEW! Highly anticipated Finding Your First Job chapter highlights competencies that you need to consider and prepare for when starting your job search, beginning a career in the health professions, writing your resume, and interviewing. NEW! Video Case vignettes with assessment and implementation tools on interview skills, active listening, dealing with others, problem solving and decision making, communication, presenting yourself for the workforce, working as a team, dealing with authority, and enhancing your promotability provide a multimedia component with real-life workplace scenarios for your review. NEW! Being a Student chapter covers competencies where students often struggle, including: taking meaningful notes, remaining calm and confident during assessments, and successfully preparing for practicum interviews. NEW! New content on financial literacy, including managing finances and paying back students loans, covers the impact financial decisions have on your life - both personally and as you look for a job.

Master the soft skills you need to succeed as a healthcare professional! A guide to personal behaviors, Job Readiness for Health Professionals, 4th Edition covers 48 different soft skills, including effective communication, collaborating with colleagues, time management, and searching for and applying for jobs. Engaging, hands-on exercises help you apply these skills in a variety of circumstances and practice settings. Easy to read and easy to follow, this book describes the proven strategies and practices that will help you find your first healthcare job and advance in your career. Guidelines to building a professional portfolio include checklists, a certificate, mock interviews, and ways to keep resumes up to date, all helping you create an effective tool demonstrating job readiness and advancement. Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills prepare you to analyze and handle situations, to better manage conflict and to quickly and effectively adapt to changes. Case studies show how specific soft skills are related to the challenges and issues of the healthcare profession. Work-text format includes journaling and self-reflection activities, providing opportunities to practice and apply skills. Learning objectives for each chapter provide measurable outcomes for you to achieve. Logical organization of topics begins with self-management and interpersonal skills, and moves on to communication skills, career building skills, and finally planning and advancing a career. Storytelling approach uses vignettes and realistic scenarios to make the content more personal and relatable. NEW! Preparing for the Externship chapter is added to this edition. NEW job readiness content includes up-to-date information on the use of social media, as well as certifications and registrations for healthcare professionals, mentoring, work-life balance, and continuing education. NEW! Updated content on diversity, equality, and inclusion is also added to this edition. NEW What If? scenarios and case studies are added.

You might know how to properly bill patients, draw blood, or code in a professional work environment, but are you prepared to find and keep your next job? Using an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow format, Job Readiness for Health Professionals: Soft Skills Strategies for Success gives you an advantage in the job market by guiding you through what you need to know to master the essential soft skills — such as professional habits, attitudes, and personality traits — needed for every entry-level healthcare job. If you want long-term success as a working professional, then this book is for you! Critical thinking exercises woven throughout skills include multidisciplinary scenarios from the field. What If? boxes feature short scenarios for the you to think about how you would handle a situation in the workplace. Case studies use fictional vignettes to illustrate the issues involved with the specific skills. Down a Dark Road vignettes illustrate what can go terribly wrong when a skill is ignored or not mastered. Behavioral objectives provided for mastering each skill. Worktext format with journaling activities give you opportunities for self reflection on your skills progress. Experiential Exercises are actions or experiments that you can perform on your own to gain a deeper appreciation for the skill. Cross Currents with Other Skills cross references related skills, pointing out the synergies and connections between them.

Get an edge in the job market and develop the soft skills — the personal qualities, habits, attitudes, and social graces needed to work successfully with anyone, anywhere. Job Readiness for Health Professionals, Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 2nd Edition provides a unique tool for soft skill programming to help graduates succeed on the job as effective, engaged, and high-functioning employees. This handy resource uses an 8th grade reading level and a consistent, easy-to-follow modular format to guide you through the essential entry-level soft skills like how to dress, speak, and collaborate in the healthcare setting. With two new chapters, new Video Case vignettes, and 48 soft skills and behavioral competencies, it gives you the tools you need to join the healthcare workforce. Behavioral objectives provided for mastering each skill. Worktext format with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities offers valuable review exercises. Critical thinking exercises woven throughout skills include multidisciplinary scenarios from the field. What If? boxes feature short scenarios that encourage you to think about how you would handle a situation in the workplace. Case studies throughout use fictional vignettes to illustrate the issues involved with the specific skills. Down a Dark Road vignettes depict what can go terribly wrong when a skill is ignored or not mastered. Experiential Exercises are actions or experiments that you can perform on your own to gain a deeper appreciation for the skill. Cross Currents with Other Skills ties together and cross-references related skills, pointing out the synergies and connections between them. NEW! Highly anticipated Finding Your First Job chapter highlights competencies that you need to consider and prepare for when starting your job search, beginning a career in the health professions, writing your resume, and interviewing. NEW! Video Case vignettes with assessment and implementation tools on interview skills, active listening, dealing with others, problem solving and decision making, communication, presenting yourself for the workforce, working as a team, dealing with authority, and enhancing your promotability provide a multimedia component with real-life workplace scenarios for your review. NEW! Being a Student chapter covers competencies where students often struggle, including: taking meaningful notes, remaining calm and confident during assessments, and successfully preparing for practicum interviews. NEW! New content on financial literacy, including managing finances and paying back students loans, covers the impact financial decisions have on your life — both personally and as you look for a job.

This unique, interactive text teaches students all of the skills neces sary to achieve career success in the health care industry. Students w ill learn job search strategies specifically for the healthcare market, as well as basic study and life management skills like test taking a nd personal organization. The book includes a complete job-search manu al for healthcare professionals. A wide variety of interactive exercis es and specific examples from various health fields keep students enga ged as they develop their skills and plot their course.

From life management to job search skills, discover the first steps toward navigating your health care career! Packed with tips and suggestions, this practical guide teaches the skills needed to achieve success in school and beyond with an encouraging, up-beat tone. This text is designed to help you attain four important goals as a health care student: 1) Complete your educational program 2) Think like a health care professional 3) Find the right job 4) Attain long-term career success. Self-paced format allows you to work through the text independently Small units with self assessment facilitates a self-paced approach and makes the content less intimidating Illustrations, photos, and cartoons provide visual aid to catch and keep your attention Key terms and objectives provides goals and a basis of knowledge before reading the chapter Focus on resume building emphasizes how to build a successful resume from the first day of your education On The Job boxes and Prescription for Success exercises reinforce how the skills presented relate to your career in health care Expanded useful Spanish phrases offers a quick reference for translations that will prove valuable in the workplace UNIQUE! Chapter focusing on non-traditional students adds further guidance to this growing population in health careers education UNIQUE! Summaries of short interviews with employers and working professionals provide first hand information about how to prepare for the future UNIQUE! Tips from recent graduates who are successfully employed help you apply successful skills for both school and your career