Job Readiness for Health Professionals Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Help your students gain an edge in the competitive job market by providing them with the tools they 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 students through essential entry-level soft skills, such as how to dress, speak, and collaborate in a highly professional manner.
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Job Readiness for Health Professionals - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- NEW! Coverage of emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and soft skills 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
- NEW! Reorganized content helps you find key information quickly and easily
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- NEW! Coverage of emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and soft skills helps students learn how to identify and manage their own emotions, as well as those of others, to improve daily interactions and contribute to a more positive work environment
- UNIQUE! Critical-thinking and problem-solving activities prepare students to self-reflect and analyze situations and ideas to better manage conflict and to quickly and effectively adapt to changes
- UNIQUE! Guidelines for building a professional portfolio, including checklists, a certificate, mock interviews, and keeping resumes up to date teach students to evaluate their skills and accomplishments and to create an effective tool to demonstrate job readiness and advancement
- UNIQUE! Medical literacy education gives students the foundation they need to effectively and appropriately use and consume social media and other multimedia formats to network with current and future employers and colleagues
- UNIQUE! New videos demonstrating proper interaction with patients in a front office situation provide students with real-world communication examples that will enhance training and provide insight into their own behaviors and thinking
- NEW! Reorganized content helps students find key information quickly and easily
- Behavioral objectives for each skill provide measurable outcomes that students can strive to achieve
- Work text format with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities gives students opportunities to work through skills and turn in assignments to instructors
- Case studies illustrate the issues involved with each specific skill to enhance learning
- Storytelling approach keeps the tone informal and engaging, yet powerful and motivating
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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 -
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