Master the soft skills you need to succeed as a healthcare professional! A guide to personal behaviors,
Job Readiness for Health Professionals, 4
th 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.