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MAXIMIZING YOUR GRADUATE SUCCESS:
SECRETS FOR MILLENNIALS TO SUCCEED IN OUR CAREER
PRESENTED BY: LACEY A. CAMPBELL, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM
ASCLS – NATIONAL NEW PROFESSIONAL AND NEW MEMBERS FORUM PAST
CHAIR, ASCLS-GA PRESIDENT, ASCLS – NATIONAL AWARDS COMMITTEE,
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE, AND MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. Define professionalism and be able to portray the characteristics of a
clinical laboratory professional.
2. Show leadership potential in every aspect of your professional career.
3. Engage in opportunities for growth and development at work and in your
professional society.
“INFORMATION IS KNOWLEDGE” - ALBERT EINSTEIN
- GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WHAT IS A CLINICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONAL?
• Accountable for the quality and integrity of the laboratory services we
provide
• Maintain strict confidentiality of patient information and test results
• Strive to maintain a reputation of honesty, integrity and reliability
• Responsible for contributing from our sphere of professional competence to
the general well being of the community
• Seek to establish cooperative and respectful working relationships with other
health professionals
“LINK YOUR WORK
WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE.” – JOHN DONAHOE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF EBAY
BEING A PROFESSIONAL MEANS…
• Displaying all of these traits at all times, not just while you’re in the lab, but
everywhere you go share your passion for your profession!
TOP 5 SECRETS FOR MILLENNIALS TO SUCCEED IN OUR CAREER
1. MAKE YOURSELF COMPETITIVE
2. INVEST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL SELF
3. LEARN TO ADAPT
4. PROACTIVELY BUILD YOUR NETWORK
5. TAKE INTELLIGENT OPPORTUNITIES
“FEAR IS THE
DISEASE,
HUSTLE IS THE
ANTIDOTE.” – TRAVIS KALANICK, FOUNDER OF UBER
1. MAKE YOURSELF COMPETITIVE
“TO WOW, YOU
MUST DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF AND DO
SOMETHING
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT’S EXPECTED.” – TONY HSIEH, FOUNDER OF ZAPPOS
DURING SCHOOL…
• Focus on your GPA – keep your studies your priority as it is vital to your future
career.
• Find your best method of studying – make sure the information becomes a
part of your long-term memory.
• Don’t just learn the material for the upcoming test, learn the material for your
future patients depending on you!
“PLAYING IT SAFE WILL GET YOU
NOWHERE!”
– STEVE BLANK, AUTHOR OF “FOUR STEPS TO THE EPIPHANY”
DURING SCHOOL…
• Become active in campus activities, join your Student Clinical Laboratory
Science Association and become an officer to gain leadership experience
• Find the Student Ambassador or Student Government Association at your
college and become active to have a “voice” among your peers
• Participate in as much community service as you can find! Giving back to your
community is the most rewarding experience you can ever have!
“TAKE TIME TO
GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.
UNDERSTAND
WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM,
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.” -BETH
COMSTOCK, CMO OF GE
DURING YOUR CLINICAL ROTATIONS…
• Don’t be nervous, but also don’t be overly confident. No one likes a “know-it-
all!”
• Interview people you are working with, figure out what you want to do based
off of getting to know their personal stories
• To beat the competition, chart a career plan that sets you apart from other
professionals.
“THESE PEOPLE ARE
NOT SMARTER
THAN YOU, THEY JUST KNOW THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW
YET.” – JON STEINBERG, PRESIDENT OF BUZZFEED
DURING YOUR CLINICAL ROTATIONS…
• Remember your clinical rotations are your first interview! They are always
watching you!
• Your are creating a profile, reputation, a certain pattern of behaviors over
time…let the other departments talk about you in a good way, not dread the
day you come to their department!
“TAKE
ADVANTAGE
OF YOUR IMAGE
AND BRANDING
FROM THE BEGINNING.” – CRAIG
NEWMARK, FOUNDER OF CRAIGSLIST
DURING YOUR CLINICAL ROTATIONS…
• Have a lab pocket sized notebook and write in the notebook each day during the
breaks and after someone explains each procedure
• Learn by DOING, don’t just write it in your notebook, do the procedure, most people
learn by muscle memory, not just by listening
• Be very proactive, ask questions, show interest everything you are learning about!
• If you are interested in working at their facility, talk to them and let them know! They
will help you figure out if there will be a position available that you may be
interested in.
AFTER GRADUATION…
• Prepare your cover letter and make it specifically directed to the facility for
which you are applying
• Complete your Curriculum Vitae and make sure it includes your GPA,
achievements in school, community service, research and publications,
leadership positions held, etc. Demonstrate that you are extremely well
rounded
AFTER GRADUATION…
• Practice your interview skills by asking family members and friends to ask you
sample questions about your schooling, clinicals, qualifications, and
expectations
• Prep your professional portfolio that you will take with you to your interview.
Include your CV, copies of professional papers you wrote in school, any
research you performed in school, certificates you received from clubs and
organizations in school
“ALWAYS DELIVER
MORE THAN
EXPECTED.” – LARRY PAGE, CO-FOUNDER OF GOOGLE
2. INVEST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL SELF
INVEST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL SELF…
• Find a mentor! Whether your mentor is a professor from school or someone
who has been working in the profession, use them as a resource!
• Get involved in your professional society! Become a member of ASCLS to stay
in the know about new scientific technologies, instrumentation, and the latest
info of outbreaks covered in the media and how we should proceed in the
clinical setting
• Attend conferences, read professional journals, and serve in leadership
positions to find the most powerful influences to better your professional self!
“ALIGN YOURSELF
WITH THE BEST
POSSIBLE PEOPLE
AT THE START
OF YOUR CAREER.” – KEVIN CHOU, CEO OF KABAM
INVEST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL SELF…
• NEVER STOP LEARNING! Even though school is over, your mind still desires to LEARN!
• Purchase study books that will help you in the clinical laboratory. I highly recommend,
“The Bottom Line Approach,” by Patsy Jarreau
• Read laboratory magazines, professional journals, scholarly articles online to learn
about new findings, technologies, and practices to stay ahead of your peers
• Purchase a specialty book once you near your three year mark. Find the area of
interest in the lab that speaks most to you and study to prepare for your specialty
test in that area. Getting your specialty will enable you to show your supervisors and
director you are serious about your future in the clinical laboratory.
“YOU’LL BE SURPRISED HOW
VALUABLE YOUR EXISTING SKILLS ARE TO THOSE WHO
DON’T HAVE THEM.” – REID HOFFMAN, FOUNDER OF LINKEDIN
3. LEARN TO ADAPT
LEARN TO ADAPT…
• Instrumentation changes so rapidly! Be proactive to learn about the new
instrumentation that your laboratory purchases.
• Ask to become a “super user” to be trained on that instrument to learn
everything you can about it.
• Procedures change rapidly, don’t approach them with negativity. Find the
positive aspect that this procedure is going to change to help your laboratory
be more effective and efficient.
“IT IS NOT THE
STRONGEST OF THE SPECIES THAT
SURVIVES, NOR
THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE ONE MOST RESPONSIVE TO
CHANGE.”
– CHARLES DARWIN, FATHER OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
LEARN TO ADAPT…
• Ask to volunteer to help with updating SOPs from your supervisor/director
• You learn the SOPs as you review through them and in turn you’ve shown
leadership in doing so!
• Be the “VOICE” for change! As millennials, we have to be the ones to lift up all
of the “more seasoned professionals” who are discouraged by the changes in
the lab!
“SUCCESS WILL COME TO THOSE THAT CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE TRENDS, MOVE QUICKLY AND WORK TOGETHER TO
DELIVER RESULTS.” – JEFF IMMELT, CHAIRMAN AND CEO AT GE
4. PROACTIVELY BUILD YOUR NETWORK
PROACTIVELY BUILD YOUR NETWORK…
• Attend every conference you can! Walk around and introduce yourself to
people during breakout sessions. Find networks that you may want to implore
one day as a possible future career move! Get their business card! You never
know when you may want to reach out to them one day.
• Ask your supervisor if you can attend lunch and learns at your hospital. Most
Pathologists will hold a weekly meeting to discuss current patient’s in a case
study fashion to explore options for treatment. The Pathologists will identify
your presence and discover how important you view your career!
PROACTIVELY BUILD YOUR NETWORK…
• Go to laboratory response network workshops to learn new procedures and
take them back with you to your lab. Most of these workshops are held at
your state’s Health Department and are usually FREE for Medical Laboratory
Personnel.
• Bring back your workbook and share with all of your co-workers to establish
this new way of practice in your laboratory! Bring your fellow employees
together as a TEAM to bring the most up to date care for your patients!
“YOU NEED A TEAM
THAT’S GOING TO
CARE ABOUT THIS
THING AS MUCH AS YOU DO.” – SCOTT HEIFERMAN, CO-FOUNDER OF MEETUP
PROACTIVELY BUILD YOUR NETWORK…
• Don’t stop within your state! Use this new age of social media to your
advantage! After all, we millennials created this world of information at our
fingertips!
• Join social media sites, blogs, online forums, and any other possible network
that can help you be knowledgeable about new procedures, technologies, and
instrumentation. In these sites, you will be able to make connections that can
possibly provide you with desired career changes in the future!
“UNCERTAINTY
IS THE ONLY SURE THING. IT MEANS THAT THE FUTURE IS
YOURS TO SHAPE.” – JIM KIM, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK
5. TAKE INTELLIGENT OPPORTUNITIES
TAKE INTELLIGENT OPPORTUNITIES…
• If you can INTELLIGENTLY take on risks, you will find OPPORTUNITIES others
will miss!
• If a job presents itself that will enhance you professionally, take it!
• If you are not sure what direction you want to take with your career yet, find
internships and/or fellowships in areas that you believe might be of interest!
“MAKE CAREER CHOICES THAT OTHERS VIEW AS
RISKY, BUT THAT
YOU KNOW HAVE LIMITED DOWNSIDE.” – SAM SHANK, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF HOTELTONIGHT
TAKE INTELLIGENT OPPORTUNITIES…
• Volunteer for everything you can handle!
• Lab week – Volunteer to be organizer of all of the food for the week, the gifts that
the lab purchases for employees, games to keep the morale up, put up posters in
common areas of the hospital to show your pride to other healthcare personnel and
patients
• Organize a team formed of laboratory employees for local walks/runs for American
Heart Association, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, etc.
• Ask to be on an Employee Engagement Committee in your hospital to have the lab’s
“VOICE” be heard! Be the FACE for our PROFESSION!
“IF YOU’RE OFFERED A SEAT ON A ROCKET SHIP, DON’T ASK WHAT SEAT!
JUST GET ON! – SHERYL SANDBERG, COO OF FACEBOOK
THINK TWO STEPS AHEAD OF YOUR PEERS, WHAT NEXT MOVE WILL MAXIMIZE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF
OPPORTUNITIES YOU MAY RECEIVE?
“THE ONLY WAY TO BE
TRULY SATISFIED IS TO DO WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IS GREAT WORK.” – STEVE JOBS,
FORMER FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE
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