Getting a Job in Health Care (Job Basics: Getting the Job You Need)

Health care offers many possible job settings. This is the guidebook needed to locate where to work, doing what, and how to make it happen. Covering the wide range of health care jobs--technicians, counseling, laboratory science, medical imaging, radiation therapy, and vision-related services, among many more--this is a comprehensive guide to the field. Complete with suggested educational pathways, training and licensing/certification requirements, job search and interview strategies, on-the-job training and continuing education opportunities, and what to expect on your first day of work and beyond, this is a one-stop reference for anyone interested in exploring the possibility of a health care career. Its strong emphasis on career preparedness meshes perfectly with the relevant informational text reading standards of the Common Core Curriculum. Health care offers many possible employment settings. This is the guidebook needed to locate where to work, doing what, and how to make it happen. It covers a wide range of health care jobs including technicians, counseling, laboratory science, medical imaging, radiation therapy, and vision-related services. Readers are presented with suggested educational pathways, training and licensing or certification requirements, and job search and interview strategies. They'll learn about on-the-job training and continuing education opportunities, and what to expect on the first day of work and beyond. It is a one-stop reference for anyone interested in exploring the possibility of a health care career. Surveying the field of health care Your health care education Searching for health care jobs Preparing for testing and job interviews Acing your job interview The first day of your new career. Outlines on how to get a job in health care and describes the work environment and what sort of training, education and certification are required.