career advice:
Created on 01 December 2010
As with all other healthcare professions, those who train and become certified as occupational or speech therapists must take continuing education courses periodically in order to keep up with the latest ...
Created on 02 December 2011
The role of a rehab professional is filled with various stresses that can cloud your judgement, clear your mind or give you insight into the leadership/ management principles of your supervisor. At ...
Created on 02 November 2010
Landing a great rehabilitation position requires more than just knowledge and great skills and the ability to showcase these to potential employers. It also requires drive, confidence, ambition and the ...
Created on 03 February 2011
Working as a travel therapist (OT, PT or speech) can be an absolutely terrific phase of your career. Naturally, not everything about being a travel therapist is terrific. Here are some of the less-than ...
Created on 04 November 2011
If it hasn't already happened, it eventually will. It effects every professional from entry-level to the executives in any industry. I'm talking about that burnout feeling that many care-giving professionals, ...
Created on 05 July 2011
As a working physical, occupational, or speech therapist, you have set many goals in your life and achieved them. But now that you are working, and your job and home life are taking up much of your time, ...
Created on 12 August 2011
Our economy has not been fair to a majority of the US and as it continues its vicious downward spiral, undergrad students are scared to approach the real world without additional education for fear of ...
Created on 15 November 2011
The interview process can be emotionally taxing. Currently, you may be looking for your first job, out of a job for a while, or just deciding to find a new one. Whatever the case, as a Rehab professional, ...
Created on 18 April 2011
Have you been working as an occupational, physical or speech therapist for a few years? Or are you a relatively "newly minted" rehab therapy practitioner?
Regardless of how long you've been practicing, ...
Created on 19 April 2013
You revised your cover letter and resume, secured the interview, researched your potential employer, practiced your closing statement and closing handshake, interviewed and then returned home to recap. ...
Created on 20 July 2011
As a rehab therapist, you will have to make countless decisions, choices about the care you will be providing to your patients, and choices about how to run your practice.
Like most people, you will ...
Created on 26 August 2011
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to write what is arguably, the most important document of your professional life. Your resume is not only your meal ticket, but the determinant for a better position, ...
Created on 26 November 2012
Many factors come into play when making a career change or landing your first job. Obviously increased satisfaction and financial advantages play major roles in that decision-making process, but ...
Created on 27 June 2011
No one would argue with the fact that people are going to have different opinions at work and that these opinions will sometimes come into conflict. That's not always a bad thing. Without such differences, ...
Created on 28 November 2012
As noted in a previous blog, January-February is often a top hiring period for organizations. Although healthcare is somewhat immune to recruitment peaks and valleys, there is a tendency for families ...
Created on 30 September 2010
If you've decided to seek work as a rehabilitation therapist, your first step will be to earn a master's degree in either physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech therapy. You'll also need to pass ...


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