Getting a Job in Health Care

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.