New CD Compiles Career Management Resources
Are you preparing for a certification exam, eyeing a promotion, or looking to become a more effective manager?
AAMI has produced a new CD called Career Moves: Advancing Your Career in Medical Technology, which is filled with career-related tools, tips, and resources. Designed for both beginners and veterans, the CD offers more than 60 articles from experts in the field. For example, the CD includes articles on how to:
- Search for a job and polish your resume
- Prepare for a certification exam
- Develop specialized skills
- Strengthen your knowledge of information technology
- Transition into management, and
- Develop new midlife career skills
The CD also provides specific guidance on how to survive a merger, prepare for a midlife career change, launch a new business, manage workplace stress, stay motivated, and prepare for a retirement.
Each topic includes practical, detailed guidance to help you chart your career path. For example, the “job search” section includes tips on preparing for an interview, conducting phone interviews, and making an out-of-state job transition.
Another section, focusing on certification, provides tips on preparing for an exam, tools that you should use during in your studies, and tips on preparing your continuing practice journal.
The CD also includes a complete list of biomed schools and organizations, a sample job description, resume, cover letter, and interview questions.
“Since most of the authors share their personal and professional experiences, the tips and advice they provide can be used as a blueprint by those looking to enhance their career,” says May Piotrowski, editor of Career Moves.
These articles — the best career-related articles published from AAMI’s journal, BI&T — are compiled in a CD to allow users to search by keywords and navigate the document with the help of bookmarks and a hyperlinked table of contents.
The resource is available to AAMI members for $75 and non-members for $125. The order code is CAREERCD, and the source code is HA.To order the CD, call (877) 249-8226 visit http://marketplace.aami.org.
SOURCE: AAMI News: Vol. 40, No. 10, November 2005