Job Readiness for Health Professionals

<p>Gain an edge in the competitive job market with the tools you need to develop the personal qualities, habits, attitudes, and social graces to work successfully in healthcare settings. <b>Job Readiness for Health Professionals: Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Edition</b><i> </i>provides an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow format that guides you through essential entry-level soft skills, such as how to dress, speak, and collaborate in a highly professional manner.</p><ul><b> <li>UNIQUE!</b> <b>Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills</b> prepare you to self-reflect and analyze situations and ideas to better manage conflict and to quickly and effectively adapt to changes. </li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b>Building a professional portfolio,</b> including checklists, a certificate, mock interviews, and keeping resumes up to date teach you to evaluate your skills and accomplishments and to create an effective tool to demonstrate job readiness and advancement.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b>Medical literacy education</b> teaches you to effectively and appropriately use and consume social media and other multimedia formats to network with current and future employers and colleagues. </li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b>New videos demonstrating proper interaction with patients in a front office </b>situation provide you with a "real world" experience.</li> <li><b>Behavioral objectives</b> for each skill provide measurable outcomes for you to strive to achieve.</li> <li><b>Work text format</b> with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities gives you opportunities to work through skills and turn in assignments to instructors.</li> <li><b>Case studies</b> illustrate the issues involved with each specific skill to enhance your learning.</li> <li><b>Storytelling approach</b> keeps the tone informal and engaging yet powerful and motivating.</li></ul><ul><b> <li></b><b>NEW! Coverage of emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and soft skills</b> helps you learn how to identify and manage your own emotions, as well as those of others, to improve daily interactions and contribute to a more positive work environment.</li> <li><b>NEW!</b><i> </i><b>Reorganized content</b> helps you find key information quickly and easily.</li></ul>