Tips for Postsecondary Education Success
As you enter your postsecondary education, you’re likely to get a lot of advice about ways to succeed. And while it may be easy to feel overwhelmed from competing advice, there are a few simple things you can do to ensure your success in this exciting chapter. Choose a Program That Interests You First and […]
Taking the Plunge into Trade School: Important Considerations
From career fairs to campus tours, by the time you’re a junior or senior in high school you’ve heard a lot about college. Something less discussed is trade school – sometimes referred to as vocational school or vocational college. This shouldn’t be written off as a lesser education than traditional college programs, though. The main distinction […]
Picking a Program: In-Demand Education & Training
A higher education is important to your career success; however, not all programs are created equally. Some require more lectures and labs, while others provide more post-graduation opportunities for employment. Although post-graduation employment shouldn’t be your only criteria as you evaluate education programs or certificates, job outlook should remain a key consideration. After all, you […]
What to do after a Career Fair?
A Career fair provides an excellent opportunity to meet recruiters face-to-face and to begin to network to identify open positions. Once you have attended a Career Fair, here are some suggested practices you should do shortly after the Career fair: GET ORGANIZED: Keep track of all the contacts you made as well as the positions […]
Do you have your 20-second elevator speech?
A 20-second elevator speech is a sales pitch, and it’s very short. It is a sound bite that sells you to a hiring manager or a networking contact that can help you get to an interview. The 20-second elevator speech (long enough yet short enough to begin and end between floors) immediately gains attention and […]
Why Become a Nurse?
Nursing is a rewarding career that can make you really feel good about yourself and the work you’re doing – work that you can do in a variety of locations (some that you might never guess).
Northwestern College Conducts June 2018 Nursing Pinning Ceremony for Graduates
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Northwestern College Introduces Bachelor’s Program in Health Information Management
Making healthcare information accessible to physicians, facilities and all providers involved in patient care is a necessity that gave rise to the health information technology (HIT) industry. HIT, in turn, has created the need for a way to effectively manage an organization’s information systems. That is the responsibility of health information management (HIM). Northwestern College […]
Northwestern College’s May 2018 Healthcare Career Fair draws its biggest turnout!
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How to Write an Effective Objective for Your Medical Assistant Resume
It may be a challenge determining what skills, experience, and even fonts you should choose when crafting your medical assistant resume. But with the average recruiter spending less than 7 seconds reviewing an individual resume, you need to make sure the job opportunities you are applying for aren’t ending as a fast track to the […]
The Benefits of Career-focused Education at Northwestern College
Specialized education that results in a successful career is good education, something J. F. Fish believed when he founded Northwestern College in 1902. He also foresaw that Chicago would need competent, well-trained workers to support its rapidly growing business community. His vision still holds true today. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Northwestern College offers […]
Northwestern College Violet L. Schumacher School of Nursing
Graduate: Teena Richardson The Journey to Destiny – The Story of Teena Richardson “Giving up was not an option,” – A simple, yet inspiring message from nursing student graduate Teena Richardson, a wife and mother of six, who has finally embarked on her road to destiny. Teena has wanted to become a nurse for as […]