Post-bac employment

[R6787]

I'm about to begin a post-bac in Chicago. I'll be part time beginning in August. Can others tell me what kind of work they've done during this time?

I'll be volunteering too, but I want a job that is service-oriented, allows me to have contact with those in need, and that is suitable for my level of education. E.g., I'm conidering a job as a nursing assistant. It would be a brand new experience, allow extended contact with patients, and expose me to healthcare. But I'm worried that this would be letting my degree go to waste. Am I being naive? Any suggestions?

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[windycitycassie]

I'm about to begin a post-bac in Chicago. I'll be part time beginning in August. Can others tell me what kind of work they've done during this time?

I'll be volunteering too, but I want a job that is service-oriented, allows me to have contact with those in need, and that is suitable for my level of education. E.g., I'm conidering a job as a nursing assistant. It would be a brand new experience, allow extended contact with patients, and expose me to healthcare. But I'm worried that this would be letting my degree go to waste. Am I being naive? Any suggestions?

Welcome to Chicago. As you can tell my by username here, I live in the area.

I have a full-time job so I guess I can't help a ton on finding some immediate work, it depends on your job skills. However, quite a few hospitals do have volunteer programs (Christ Medical Center and Lutheran General - both part of Advocate Health care) do. I volunteer in the ER at the latter.

The health care job market does seem fairly decent here, so while it might 'let your degree go to waste', I'm sure you can get employment in that area if you have a CNA or something similar.

 

[mars2213]

There are lots of opportunities if you are a CNA or EMT-B certified. Even more if you are an MA or know phlebotomy. You can look up most of the job opps online. Here a few to help you out:

http://www.nmh.org/nmh/careers/main.htm
http://www.childrensmemorial.org/jobs/browse.asp?browseBy=7
http://www.jobsatrush.com/searchjobs.asp?pageId=&subId=
http://uillinoismedcenter.org/content.cfm/careers look up clinical support
http://careers.advocatehealth.com/ for all of the advocate hospitals in greater chicago

there's also loyola, uchicago, mt. sinai, ...

you could also look for a job in clinical research. i have a lot of friends who graduated and did that. the best places to look for those jobs are http://www.northwestern.edu/employment/ or http://jobs.uchicago.edu/ For northwestern stick to the chicago campus when searching, and you will find a number of opps with md/phds for wet lab/clinical research. You will also have to be patient with them, b/c they take months to reply back. As for Uchicago, there are a ton of wet lab opps and some clinical research. They respond pretty quickly.

Hope that helps! Good luck!

 

[chopper]

Not all hospitals require you have any certification to work in the ER. I worked as an ER tech (vitals, transport, phlebotomy) at Rush North Shore. Most of the techs they have there are pre-medical types (pre-doc or pre-nursing). So that is a possibility.

Also, maybe you could find a job working in a doctor's office. They were always sending out emails from the pre-health office of doctors looking for an assistant.

 

[R6787]

Thank you for the suggestions. They've been helpful.