Healthcare Career Guide

Everything you need to know about getting a job in Healthcare and hatching a career in Healthcare

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Behind The Scenes With 2 Recent Grads At The New Fort St. John Hospital
Cassandra Jowett
This summer, Northern Health opened a brand new hospital and residential care facility in Fort St. John, British Columbia. At 23,000...
Fill Your Pharmacy Career Goals In Rexall's Pharmacy Intern Program
Cassandra Jowett
It's an exciting time to be a Pharmacist in Canada. The profession has experienced more change over the last five years than in the...
University Of Alberta Nursing Grad Hatches Her Career In Obstetrics With Alberta Health Services
Cassandra Jowett
In this economy, it's every student's dream to finish a co-op, internship or practicum and have a job lined up right after graduation....

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Recent Grad Demystifies Biotechnology And Offers Insight On A Career In The Industry
Tuen Mun Ong
Daniel Rubinger, recent grad from the University of Torontos Master of Biotechnology program, was one of the 50,000 undergraduate...
Joining The World Of Academia: Insight From An Associate Professor At York University
Arina Kharlamova
Sometimes, the next step that you take as a student can be the most mysterious - especially if you're interested in entering academia....
Medical School Application Information for Aboriginal Students
Danielle Lorenz
The need for doctors in Canada is high, especially in northern and remote communities where there are higher Aboriginal populations....
Office Hours: Tips For Hatching Your Healthcare Career With Northern Health
Hayley Mullen
Wednesday, January 16th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg! Ashley Ellerbeck , a Recruiter for Northern Health , joined us for Office...
Career-Hatching Dos And Don'ts For Young Chiropractors
Tuen Mun Ong
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, chiropractors Dr. Joe Pratile, Dr. Stephanie Anisko and Dr. Joy Arciaga gave you their advice about...
Average Starting Salaries For New Grad Healthcare Jobs: 2013
Michelle Circosta
A career in healthcare can be rewarding in more ways than one: the options for new grads are endless. Naturally, the potential careers in...
Starting A Chiropractic Career That Doesn't Get On Your Nerves
Tuen Mun Ong
In Part 1 of our three-part series featuring three recent Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) graduates, the doctors gave you...
The Trials And Tribulations Of Becoming An Emergency Room Nurse
Leah Ruehlicke
For most people, the emergency room is a place to be avoided. For Kelly Vondervoort, it was exactly where she wanted to be. The...
Tips For Getting Into And Surviving Chiropractic School
Tuen Mun Ong
Each step on your way to becoming a chiropractor has its challenges. I asked three recently-graduated chiropractors to share their...
Waterloo Science Grad Finds Her Passion In Pharmacy School
Leah Ruehlicke
The infamous "What do you want to be when you grow up?" question is one that gets us all thinkin' at a young age. However, your...
How Social Media Can Affect Your Healthcare Career
Herbert Lui
Aspiring doctors, nurses and other budding healthcare professionals are facing a problem: your next Tweet or Facebook post could get you...
Recent Graduate Chiropractor Keeps Learning To Grow Her Practice
Tuen Mun Ong
She had originally wanted to be a neurosurgeon, Shaila Callaghan says. Early in high school, the study of the nervous system sparked...
Insight On A Career In Natural Health From A Young Naturopathic Doctor
Tuen Mun Ong
This naturopathic doctor is busy. How busy, you ask? After only two years of working as an ND, Chris Habib is already very successful and...
What It's Really Like To Be A New Grad Nurse In Ontario
Ashleigh Trahan
Ever wondered what it's actually like to work day in and day out as a nurse? Or if they ever bump into McDreamy? For those who are on...
Office Hours: Learn About Careers In Retail Pharmacy With Rexall
Hayley Mullen
November 29th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg: it was our second Office Hours event with Rexall , a fast-growing Canadian drugstore...
Behind The Scenes With A Recent Grad Pharmacist At Rexall
Cassandra Jowett
Paul Dale, Executive Vice President of Corporate Store Operations at Rexall, took TalentEgg behind the scenes at one of the company's...
Office Hours: Learn About Pharmacy, Retail Management And Corporate Careers With Rexall
Cassandra Jowett
October 10th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg: we hosted Office Hours with Rexall, a fast-growing Canadian drugstore chain. Office...
From Nova Scotia To Northern B.C.: Physiotherapy Grad Relocates To Work With Northern Health
Cassandra Jowett
Her bags are packed and she's ready to go - to northern British Columbia. After completing her kinesiology degree at Acadia University...
Studying Medicine In The Caribbean Has Given This Future Doctor A Global Perspective
Cassandra Jowett
After completing two years of the Biomedical Biology program at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Urvashi Beruar decided she...
Tips From A Northern Health Recruiter Who Hatched Her Own Career In Northern B.C.
Cassandra Jowett
Northern Health Recruiter Ashley Ellerbeck is passionate about hiring new grads for the health authority's more than two dozen hospitals,...
Health Science Degree Jobs For New Graduates
Ishani Nath
When I was a kid, my grandmother told me she had a feeling that I would be the grandchild who became a doctor and cured her various...
Pharmacy, Health And Safety Grads Hatch Their Careers At Their Community Hospital
Cassandra Jowett
When you or your loved one is in the hospital, occupational health and safety isn't the first thing you think about - but it's a critical...
Behind The Scenes With A New Grad Nurse At The Scarborough Hospital
Cassandra Jowett
Eunice Llagas' relationship with The Scarborough Hospital began long before she ever started working there: "TSH has always provided...
Did You Know? How To Get A Job At The Scarborough Hospital
Cassandra Jowett
Serving a community of close to one million people or approximately one-fifth of the Greater Toronto Area, The Scarborough Hospital has...
Waterloo Pharmacy Co-op Student Loves Retail, Returns To Rexall After Graduation
Cassandra Jowett
As a Pharmacy graduate, you have many potential career paths ahead of you. You might start your career in a hospital pharmacy, do...
Humber PR Grad Hatches Her Career In Healthcare
Jacqueline Martinz
Hit medical dramas like Greys Anatomy and House show the intense situations doctors, nurses and their patients face in hospitals....
Healthcare Career Tips From A Northern Health Recruiter
Cassandra Jowett
Marlene Apolczer is a Recruiter at Northern Health, which is one of six health authorities in the province of British Columbia and the...
Behind The Scenes With A New Grad Pharmacist At Northern Health
Cassandra Jowett
Alicia Ridgewell is a Pharmacy Resident at Northern Health who graduated from the University of British Columbia's Pharmacy program in...
An Inside Look At Case Management From A CCAC Recruiter's Perspective
Cassandra Jowett
What is a Case Manager, who can become one, and how is it different from more traditional healthcare careers? That's what we've...
Inside Med School With A Future Pediatrician
Jacqueline Martinz
On his second day in pediatrics at North York General Hospital, aspiring doctor Thomas McLaughlin had the reality of a career in medicine...
Start Your Healthcare Career In Northern B.C. With Northern Health
Cassandra Jowett
Northern Health provides health services to 300,000 people over an area of 600,000 square kilometres in British Columbia - about two...
From Social Work To Healthcare: Behind The Scenes With A CCAC Care Coordinator
Cassandra Jowett
Before Leanne Buck got her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Toronto, she gained experience working with all...
Behind The Scenes With A Community Care Access Centre Case Manager
Cassandra Jowett
Tamara Samuels is a recent Humber College nursing graduate who worked as a Registered Nurse in oncology and general medicine at a...
The Career Path Of A CCAC Case Manager With A Nursing Background
Cassandra Jowett
Each year, over 600,000 people count on the Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) of Ontario as their single point of access for...
Skate4Cancer Founder Rob Dyer Turned His Passions Into A Non-Profit Organization
Kate Morawetz
Boobs, kittens and a tattooed skateboarder. What do these things have in common other than your mother's worst nightmare?...
Inside A Student Nurse's Internship At SickKids
Erin MacFarlane
For her placement this semester, fourth-year Queen's University nursing student Jacqueline McQuaig is working as a student nurse with...
2 Tiers, 2 Careers: Should You Work In Public Or Private Health Care?
Arina Kharlamova
In January 2010, there were 69, 267 physicians in Canada . You can always add yourself to that number, but before you do, consider...
Investigate All The Career Options At Health Centres To Find Out Where You Fit, Says Trillium HR Manager
Cassandra Jowett
As Canada's health care needs increase along with its aging population, health care centres are innovating to meet the demand. One of...
Q&A With A Recent Grad Community Care Access Centre Team Assistant
Cassandra Jowett
The health care system is vast and providing access to quality health care is a team effort. While most students and recent grads...
Q&A With A Medical Student Studying Abroad
Danielle Lorenz
On TV shows like Scrubs , medicine seems like a funnyoccupation. But if you were to watch Grey's Anatomy or House , you'd know...
How To Start Your Career As A Community Care Access Centre Case Manager/Care Coordinator
Cassandra Jowett
Health care doesn't only take place in a doctor's office or hospital. With people living longer than ever and an ageing population in...
A Day In The Life Of An RN At Trillium Health Centre
Cassandra Jowett
Deven Singh has only been working as a registered nurse for about a year, but you can tell she's passionate about it. The 27-year-old...
A Day In The Life Of A Community Care Access Centre Case Manager
Cassandra Jowett
Aneeta Permaul, a case manager at the Central Community Care Access Centre in north Toronto, thinks of herself as a point guard of the...
Doctor Or Musician, Which Career Would You Choose?
Danielle Lorenz
A stereotypical doctor doesnt have piercings or a tattoo, and a stereotypical drummer doesnt wear scrubs. Bourke Tillmann, however, is...

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