Healthcare Career Advice
Check out all of Monster’s career advice articles for healthcare workers. Learn about healthcare careers and get tips on finding a job, writing your resume, preparing for an interview, planning your next career move, dealing with on-the-job issues and more.
Job Hunt Strategy | Resumes & Cover Letters
Interviewing | Salary & Benefits | Career Development | In the Workplace
JOB HUNT STRATEGY
Getting Started
- Healthcare Stepping-Stone Jobs
- Enhance Your Healthcare Career Options with Hourly Jobs
- Stepping-Stone Jobs in Allied Health
- Find Your First Healthcare Job
- Find Your First Medical Assistant Job
- Tips for Working with a Healthcare Recruiter
- Reenter the Healthcare Job Market
- Healthcare Careers for Workers with Disabilities
- Choose a Travel Healthcare Company
Career Assessment
Company & Industry Research
Med/Lab
- Opportunities in the Lab
- Clinical Laboratory Scientists: Healthcare’s Detectives
- Cytotechnologists Are Cell Sleuths
- Unsung Blood-Bank Heroes Ensure Safe Blood Supply
Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Specialties
- Hospital Pharmacists Play Bigger Role in Patient Care
- Clinical Pharmacists Play Critical Roles in Direct Patient Care
- Diverse Opportunities Await Pharmacists in Industry
- Faculty Shortage Calls Some Pharmacists Back to School
- Retail or Hospital Pharmacy?
- Online Pharmacists
Radiologic Technology
- Which Rad Tech Specialty Is Right for You?
- Hot Niches for Radiologic Technologists
- Cardiovascular Technologist Careers
- Pediatric Radiologic Technologists
- Fight Cancer as a Radiation Therapist
- Bone Densitometrists Help Detect Osteoporosis
- Calculate a Career in Medical Dosimetry
- Radiologist Assistant Career Path Expands Rad Tech Role
- Radiography Careers Outside Healthcare
- Radiologic Technologists Explore Career Options
Social Work
- The Truth About Social Work
- Careers in Forensic Social Work
- Medical Social Workers
- Child-Protection Social Workers
- Geriatric Social Workers Help Make the Golden Years Shine
- Social Workers Link Veterans to a Range of Services
- How Social Workers Help Substance Abusers Beat Addiction
- EAP Professionals Provide Guidance Through Crisis
- How Social Workers Advocate for American Workers
Therapy Services
- Emerging Areas in OT
- OTs Set Designs on Accessible Living
- OTs Find Niche Consulting to Assisted-Living Facilities
- Occupational Therapists Open Eyes to Careers Serving Low-Vision Patients
- New Niches in Physical Therapy Practice
- Physical Therapists Help Obese Patients Get Moving
- Geriatric Physical Therapy Specialists Aid Aging Patients
- OTAs, PTAs Ride Demographic Wave to New Opportunities
- Treat the Pros as an Athletic Trainer
- Respiratory Therapists Help Ease Chronic Conditions
- VA Offers Unique Opportunities to Therapy Professionals
- School Speech Therapists
- How Speech Pathologists, Audiologists Work with Aging Patients
- Speech Pathologists Build a Profitable Niche in Accent Reduction
- Hand Therapists Lend Helping Hand in Rehab
- Music Therapists
- Therapists Saddle Up to Hippotherapy
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Other Healthcare Professions
- Common Healthcare Career Myths
- Healthcare Career Guide for Students
- Seven In-Demand Healthcare Jobs That Require No Prior Training
- Entry-Level Hospital Jobs Offer Career Growth
- Six Tips for Choosing an Allied-Health Support Career
- Find Temporary Work in Healthcare
- Get Started in Health Information Management
- Nonclinical Healthcare Careers
- How to Work in Healthcare Without Being a Caregiver
- The New Medical Admin
- Home-Based Health Services Businesses
- Healthcare Careers for Biology Grads
- All the Comforts of Home Healthcare
- Careers in Dentistry
- On the Job with Physician Assistants
- Patient Advocates Help People Negotiate Healthcare Maze
- Put Your Bachelor’s in Healthcare Administration to Work
- Where Can You Work with a Master’s in Healthcare Administration?
- Medical and Health Writing Careers
- Diabetes Educators Needed to Respond to Growing Epidemic
- Genetic Counselors
- CDC Careers
- Public Health Careers Provide Opportunities to Improve Many Lives at a Time
- After Disaster, Public Health Workers Head for the Front Lines
- Red Cross Healthcare Volunteers Help in Disaster Relief
- Healthcare Students Can Serve -- and Be Served -- in National Health Service Corps
- Travel Healthcare Workers Learn and Earn on the Move
- Travel Healthcare FAQ
- Healthcare Workers Make a Difference as Summer Camp Volunteers
Healthcare Industry Trends
- Healthcare Jobs
- 2012 Healthcare Jobs Outlook
- Allied-Health Job Outlook
- 2011 Healthcare Employment Outlook
- 2010 Healthcare Employment and Salary Outlook
- What Effect Will Healthcare Reform Have on Jobs?
- Is a Healthcare Career Right for You?
- What Jobs Will Healthcare Stimulus Funding Create?
- Healthcare Workforce Rx: More Diversity
- Wanted: Bilingual Healthcare Workers
- Opportunities in Healthcare for Military Veterans
- Options for Older Workers in Healthcare
- Resources for Minorities in Healthcare
- Research a Healthcare Employer's Diversity Policies
- Healthcare Careers Are Fostering Diversity
Where to Work in Healthcare
- Work at a Top Hospital
- Why Hospital Work?
- New Venues for Healthcare Careers
- Army Hospitals Need Civilian Health Professionals
- Rural Healthcare Jobs in the American Indian Community
Professional Networking
- Professional Associations for Healthcare Workers
- Pharmacy Associations Offer Customized Benefits
- Make the Most of a Healthcare Conference
- Mentor Me
RESUMES & COVER LETTERS
Resume Writing Tips
- Resume Tips for Healthcare Professionals
- Accessorize Your Healthcare Resume
- Resume Tips for Pharmacy Technicians
- Three Steps to a Winning Pharmacist Resume
- Resume Tips for Physical Therapy Professionals
- Resume Tips for Radiography Professionals
Resume Samples
- Sample Resume for a Medical Assistant
- Sample Resume for a Dental Assistant
- Sample Resume for an Entry-Level Medical Lab Technician
- Sample Resume for a Medical Technologist
- Sample Resume for a Phlebotomist
- Sample Resume for a Pharmacist
- Sample Resume for an Entry-Level Pharmacy Technician
- Sample Resume for a Midlevel Pharmacy Technician
- Sample Resume for a Physical Therapist
- Sample Resume for a Radiography Professional
- Sample Resume for a Social Worker
- Sample Resume for an Entry-Level Clinical Data Specialist
- Sample Resume for a Health Information Technician
Cover Letter Tips
Cover Letter Samples
INTERVIEWING
- Be Ready for the Behavioral Interview in Healthcare
- Prepare for a Medical Assistant Interview
- Sample Medical Assistant Interview Questions
- Medical Office Receptionist Interview Questions
- Medical Billing/Coding Specialist Interview Questions
SALARY & BENEFITS
Salary Information
Negotiation Tips
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Education & Training
- Online Healthcare Education Guide
- Advance Your Career with a Healthcare Master’s Degree
- Even When Not Required, a Certification Can Boost Your Allied-Health Career
- Manage Your Healthcare CEUs
- Indispensable Med/Lab Skills
- What It Takes to Get into Pharmacy School
- Postgrad Residencies Help Put Pharm Grads on the Fast Track
- Pharmacist Specialty Certification: Can It Help Your Career?
- Physical Therapists Stand Out with Specialty Certification
- A DPT in Your Future?
- Get into Radiologic Technology School
- Clinical Ed Checklist for Radiologic Technologist Students
- CE for Radiologic Technologists
Getting Promoted
- Get Noticed in Your Healthcare Job
- From Med Tech to Manager
- Lead a Professional Healthcare Association
Changing Careers
- Four Skills You Can Transfer to a Healthcare Career
- Navigate a Healthcare Career Transition
- Second-Career Rad Techs
- Take Your Tech Career to Radiography
IN THE WORKPLACE
Leaving a Job
Work-Life Balance
- Stress-Management Tips for Healthcare Workers
- Battling Burnout in Healthcare
- Beat Burnout in Home Health
- Ergonomics for Rad Techs
- Fight Burnout in Social Work
Workplace Issues
- Deal with Pushy Patients
- Difficult Patients
- Good Bedside Manners Make a Difference
- Tips for Effective Patient-Provider Communication
- Tips for Working with a Medical Interpreter
- Master a Healthcare Merger
- Survive the Night Shift in Healthcare
- Cope with Working the Holidays in Healthcare
- Safety Tips for Home Healthcare Workers
- Ethical Dilemmas in Home Healthcare
- Make Travel Healthcare Workers Feel Welcome
- Work with International Healthcare Colleagues
- Automation Reshapes Opportunities for Med Techs
- Personal Beliefs Can Pit Healthcare Workers Against Patients and Colleagues
- When Pharmacists Say No
- Techno-Pharm
- Physical Therapists Push Wellness
- Radiographers and Workplace Safety
- Confidentiality in Social Work
- Social Workers Get New Standards for End-of-Life Care
- Technology Advances the Role of Critical-Care Teams
Learn more about healthcare careers.