Are you a medical student graduating soon and thinking that your only option is to become a doctor? Think again!

1. Starting Your Career
Choosing the Right Career, Writing
CVs, Interviewing Skills
Nada A. Abandah, OPM3, PgMP
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2. WHO IS YOUR IDOL?
Why did I become a Doctor?
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4. Choosing the Right Career
UnderstandingMyself
Do I Like People?
Am I a Problem
Solver?
Do I love pressure?
Can I handle
Failure?
ExploringtheOptions
Options in Jordan,
Regionally, abroad.
Different
Specializations.
Career
Alternatives.
CreatingPlans
Where am I now?
What am I missing?
How do I get there?
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5. Who Am I?
Personal
Skills
Technical
Skills
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Interpersonal
Dealing with
People
Handling
Stress
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6. Careers for Medical Grads
Doctor
Surgeon
Internal
Diagnostic
Interdisciplinary
Management
Hospital
Management
Consulting
Academia
Teaching
Authoring
Research
Market
Research
Medical
Research
Pharmaceutical
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7. WRITING YOUR CV
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8. Essential Tips
• Cover Letters cover the best of things!
• I don’t have all day! Make it Short & to
the point…
• I’m hiring you, it’s about me, not you!
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9. Things to include
• What sets you apart from others,
• What makes you better at what you do,
• Why you’re a better choice to pick,
• Why you are less headache!
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10. Things to Avoid
• Lying!
• Toooooooo long!
• Too much personal details
• Formatting & spelling issues
• Hobbies & Interests
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11. WWW.CVTIPS.COM
Check out the following site for
templates and examples!
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12. INTERVIEWING SKILLS
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13. Do This:
• Wear clean, neat cloths,
• Talk slowly, comfortably, confidently,
• Understand culture (hand-shaking, eye
contact, personal space),
• Use formal address,
• Use body language correctly, and
appropriately,
• Be friendly, nice, and polite.
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14. Don’t Do This:
• Over dress!
• Talk too much, not listen, say what you
came to say,
• Insist on what you have learned from
interviewing skills,
• Be too friendly, too nice, use first name
basis.
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15. Thank you!
Nada A. Abandah, OPM3, PgMP
Twitter: NadaAbandah
nada@abandah.com
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