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Job Readiness for Health Professionals

Soft Skills Strategies for Success

  • 3rd Edition - March 21, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Elsevier Inc
  • Language: English

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 se… Read more

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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. Job Readiness for Health Professionals: Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 3rd Edition 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.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills prepare you to self-reflect and analyze situations and ideas to better manage conflict and to quickly and effectively adapt to changes
  • UNIQUE! Building a professional portfolio, 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
  • UNIQUE! Medical literacy education teaches you to effectively and appropriately use and consume social media and other multimedia formats to network with current and future employers and colleagues
  • Behavioral objectives for each skill provide measurable outcomes for you to strive to achieve
  • Work text format with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities gives you opportunities to work through skills and turn in assignments to instructors
  • Case studies illustrate the issues involved with each specific skill to enhance your learning
  • Storytelling approach keeps the tone informal and engaging yet powerful and motivating

Table of contents

UNIT I: SELF-MANAGEMENT AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

1. Who Are You?

2. Managing Your Emotions

3. Building Personal Emotional Strengths

4. Enhancing Your Well-Being

UNIT II: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

5. Building Relationships

6. Managing Conflict

7. Creating Successful Interactions

8. Mastering Professional Communication

UNIT III: CAREER BUILDING SKILLS

9. Being a Student

10. Preparing for Your First Job

11. Apply for Jobs

12. Landing the Job

UNIT IV: GO FORTH AND PROSPER

13. Ready for Work

14. Planning for Career Success

15. Advancing in Your Career

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 21, 2020
  • Language: English