Essential Skills for Health Career Success strengthens the basic academic skills--such as reading, writing, science, and math--that students need for a successful career in healthcare. Used for a stand-alone course or as a supplement, this text is ideal for students who need a basic skills boot camp and for students enrolled in bridge courses. In addition to basic skill development, the text provides an overview to the healthcare industry; critical safety and infection control procedures; and legal and ethical considerations. Students are also introduced to basic medical terminology and the body systems that they will study in more detailed A&P courses at a later date. As an added plus, chapters on study skills and employability skills increase students' likelihood for success in the classroom and in the workplace. Real-life scenarios form the basis of practice problems that enhance student math, writing, and reading skills. Self-assessment opportunities allow students to gauge their skill level to determine which skills need further practice. Companion and mobile websites provide a variety of interactive activities to supplement the text and allow students to study on the go.

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 interactive text teaches students the skills necessary to achieve career success in the health care industry. The text addresses strategies specific to health care with specific examples from many individual professions. The first part of the book presents essential study and life management skills (test taking, personal organization) with application to practice. The second half of the book is a complete job-search manual specific to the health care market. A wide variety of interactive exercises keep students engaged as they develop and evaluate their own skills and progress.

Congratulations! You have chosen an exciting and challenging occupational area. Health care workers are needed more than ever. An important part of your occupational training is learning technical skills such as taking a blood pressure, but skills like listening and working well with others are just as important. Your future patients want someone who is understanding, listens well, and is respectful. Your future employers want someone who is dependable, cooperative, and ethical. The Career Success for Health Care Professionals DVD Series contains interesting scenarios to help you learn and develop the non-technical skills you will need on the job. The Workbook to Accompany Career Success for Health Care Professionals DVD Series is designed to assist you to fully develop all the skills you will need to be successful in your chosen health care career.

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.

Secrets to Success in Industry Careers introduces you to the differences between what is needed in school and what is needed in industry. It describes the entire process of obtaining a job including analysis of a job description, writing an application, preparation for an interview, and conduct during and after an interview. Most importantly, this book is the ideal “industry-insider guide because it provides you with skills and understanding essential for success on the job. Fictional anecdotes make it easy to understand application of these skills, summarized at the end of each chapter and supported by self guided assessment questionnaires. This is the ideal guide on how to succeed for anyone seeking a job or already employed in both industry and academic environments. Self-assessment tools are included to help identify strengths and opportunities for growth Includes chapters on understanding business goals, leadership and teamwork, communication skills, marketing, discipline, flexibility, innovation, intellectual property, special technologies, quality, ethics, globalization, ambiguity, expectation and career management Author has developed highly successful industry-relevant training for students and new employees and has experience from both industry and academic environments Contains a compilation of essential technical and managerial skills necessary for success in industry, including chapters on expectation management and career management

Tools for Career Success: 101 Answers to FAQs about Public Health is the student, professional, and organizational leadership guide to landing - and being successful in the public health industry. These answers are your tools, resources, and strategies for applying, interviewing, negotiating, succeeding and then tapping into your resources to launch your career and first successful consultant business. Over twenty years of combined experience in retail sales, public health and health information technology are used to empower YOU as a change agent for solving public health problems.