Career Ready
This document highlights your education, experience, skills, and accomplishments when applying for a job.
What is a résumé?
This is the amount a student pays for the classes they take at a college or university.
What is tuition?
This healthcare professional helps patients with medications, treatment plans, and managing their health conditions.
What is a pharmacist?
This is what you should do when someone is speaking to you during an interview or professional conversation.
What is active listening?
These are activities, subjects, or topics that you genuinely enjoy or want to learn more about.
What are interests?
This means showing up on time, completing your responsibilities, and being someone others can count on.
What is reliability?
This type of financial aid does not usually need to be repaid as long as the student meets the requirements.
What is a scholarship or grant?
This healthcare professional provides care to patients, monitors their condition, and works with doctors and other members of the healthcare team.
What is a registered nurse?
This should be professional, appropriate, and easy to understand when communicating with an employer, teacher, or college representative.
What is professional communication?
These are things you are able to do well, such as communicating, organizing, solving problems, or working with people.
What are skills?
These skills include communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, and professionalism.
What are employability skills?
This application is commonly used by students applying to multiple colleges and universities.
What is the Common Application?
This healthcare professional takes images such as X-rays and may perform other diagnostic imaging procedures.
What is a radiologic technologist?
During an interview, an employer asks, “Tell me about yourself.” Your response should focus on your personality, education, skills, experience, and this.
What are your career goals/interests?
This describes the beliefs or principles that are important to you and can influence your decisions.
What are values?
A student has excellent grades but frequently misses deadlines, arrives late, and does not communicate with their team. This type of behavior could prevent them from being successful in the workplace.
What are professional/workplace skills?
A student wants to attend college but is worried about paying for it. Name TWO resources they could explore to help pay for their education.
What are scholarships, grants, financial aid, work-study, or student loans?
This healthcare professional helps people improve their ability to perform everyday activities after an injury, illness, or disability.
What is an occupational therapist?
You disagree with a coworker during a group project. Instead of arguing, you listen to their perspective, explain your own, and work toward a solution. This demonstrates this workplace skill.
What is conflict resolution?
A student enjoys helping others, communicating, and working with people. They are interested in careers where they can make a difference in their community. These clues can help the student identify this when exploring careers.
What is a career pathway that matches their interests, skills, and values?
You are offered two jobs. One pays more, but the other provides better opportunities for training, advancement, and gaining experience in your career field. This is an example of considering more than just this when making a career decision.
What is long-term career growth?
A student is interested in healthcare but does not want to immediately commit to a four-year degree. Name TWO postsecondary pathways they could consider.
What are community college, certificate programs, technical/vocational programs, apprenticeships, or associate degree programs?
A patient needs help recovering movement after an injury or surgery. This healthcare professional develops exercises and treatments designed to improve movement, strength, and physical function.
What is a physical therapist?
You make a mistake at work. Instead of blaming someone else, you acknowledge it, take responsibility, communicate with your supervisor, and work to correct it. This demonstrates this professional quality.
What is integrity/accountability?
A student chooses a healthcare career simply because they heard it pays well. Before making the decision, they should also consider their interests, skills, values, education requirements, work environment, and this important question: “Can I see myself doing this type of work?”
What is career fit?