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Welcome
to the NEW Career
Resource Center. Our goal is to provide you with
the tools you need to successfully navigate your career
choices. Whether you are a new graduate or a
current employee looking for advancement within
UMHS, we have the on-line tools that will help
you succeed. We look forward to assisting you
in any way we can.
Resume Writing
Obtaining your first professional position begins
by developing a resume that reflects the kind
of candidate you are. Here are some links to
tips regarding writing a successful resume and,
potentially, what Nurse Managers are looking
for.
Mastering
a Job Fair
Many students and
candidates attend job fairs or career fairs to gain more information
about prospective employers. We have review many sites and have found
the site listed below to be the most comprehensive in offering you
assistance in gaining the most out of the career fair experience.
Interviewing
You have an interview scheduled.
Are you prepared for it? Here are some tips
to help you.
First
Year Professional Position
The first year of life in your new Professional
Position is exciting and can be challenging.
We have researched several sites and found
the following information from John’s
Hopkins to be the most comprehensive resource
on this topic.
*This is a
pdf file, which requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Useful Nursing Links
Nursing
Associations/Organizations
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Nursing
Certification/Licensure
- American
Nurses Credentialing Center -- Administers
more
than 37 specialty and advanced
practice certification examinations
each year
including community
health nursing, gerontological nursing, home health nursing, pediatrics,
among others.
- Nurse
Week -- Includes AANC certifications
as well as many
others (i.e., lactation specialist,
diabetes educators, etc)
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Career
Resources
- National
Student Nurse Association Career
Center -- great general career resources
including: juggling nursing school and family, tips for thriving in
nursing
school, occupational outlook for nursing, etc.
- National
Student Nurse Association Career Resources -- Career
section of the National Student Nurses’ Association
web site. Timely articles on specialty
nursing, career profiles, preparing
for licensure
- Minority
Nurse -- Easy-to-use US map (also includes
Puerto Rico,
Guam,
Virgin Islands, and N. Mariana Islands). Click on the location
in which you are interested
to get contact information for hundreds of health career organizations
- Professional
Nursing Network - Search for nursing
positions both in the US and internationally.
- Hospital
Web -- Lists more than 1100 hospital
web sites
- Nursing
Volunteer - Abroad-- Provides information
for nursing volunteer opportunities
in developing nations
- Sigma
Theta Tau International Honor Society
of Nursing - Provides links to volunteer
opportunities
in health care and as well as
other useful
links
for living abroad
- Peace
Corps
- National
Peace Corps Association - Association
for returning Peace
Corps volunteers.
- Project
Hope - Project HOPE's mission to achieve
sustainable
advances
in health care around the world
by implementing
health education
programs, conducting
health
policy research, and providing humanitarian assistance
in areas of need; thereby contributing
to human dignity, promoting
international
understanding,
and enhancing
social and economic development. The essence of Project
HOPE is teaching;
the basis is partnership.
- Campus
Career Center - Registration required
to access job listings. Search
can be restricted to international
jobs.
Most positions
require previous
experience.
- Escape
Artist - Links to hundreds of job
bank sites by country and region. Includes
other useful information
anyone wanting
to work,
study or live abroad.Jobweb
(maintained by the National Association of Colleges
and
Employers). Comprehensive site, useful for college
students and recent
graduates.
- jobweb.com
- The
Riley Guide - Resources for International
Job Opportunities: This is the publication for
employment resources including
a country-by-country compilation
of job opportunities.
- University
of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy
International
Career Links - Provides links to
private and public agencies
offering international
career
opportunities
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Federal
Employment Opportunities
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