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10 Job Search Tips
November 18, 2009 12:08 PM by Amanda Koehler
There's been so much material available lately on how to search for a job, especially because of job losses during the recession. We've all read articles about it, and a lot of the advice is repetitive after a while. In her book 366 Tips for a Successful Read More...
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Finding a Mentor
September 24, 2009 10:30 AM by Amanda Koehler
So you've decided you want a career mentor in the laboratory. Some facilities have their own mentor programs and may assign you to a mentor. In other instances, you might be on your own to find a mentor. If this is the case, there are a few pieces of Read More...
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The Importance of Recognition
August 27, 2009 11:37 AM by Amanda Koehler
Everyone likes to be recognized for his or her work. Managers need to make sure they show their appreciation for their laboratorians. In his book GIVING the Real Recognition Way , Roy Saunderson goes over different recognition scenarios and what managers Read More...
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Who Is Going to Lead Your Laboratory in 2014?
July 23, 2009 3:25 PM by Matthew Patton
Approximately 20 percent of lab managers report planning to retire in the next 5 years, and a shortage of nearly 5,000 medical technologists is projected per year. On Thursday afternoon, Tara Kochis, executive vice president of Slone Partners, Miami Beach, Read More...
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AMT Awards
June 25, 2009 8:22 AM by Amanda Koehler
Tonight at the AMT Award Convocation, AMT members will win awards for their talent, skills and service. Congrats to all winners! Order of the Golden Microscope --Charlie Baker, MT, South Carolina Medallion of Merit --Patricia Poitier-Sands, RMA, Florida Read More...
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Resisting Change
June 24, 2009 8:58 AM by Amanda Koehler
Yesterday at the AMT National Meeting, Jim Hernandez, MD, MS, assistant professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine; medical director of Laboratories and Chair of Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic-Arizona, spoke to attendees Read More...
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Work in Hematology or Coagulation?
May 20, 2009 7:26 AM by Matthew T. Patton
Do you currently work in hematology or coagulation? If so, we'd would like to speak to you about the benefits of working in those lab specialty areas. Send an e-mail to mpatton@advanceweb.com to be featured in an upcoming issue of ADVANCE . Read More...
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Technology Transfer
May 18, 2009 3:44 PM by Kerri Penno
This afternoon, students and other ASM attendees were invited to a career options symposium, where three presenters offered information on three different microbiology career paths: technology transfer, clinical microbiology and microbiology in the military. Read More...
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Taste of Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno
This year's American Society of Microbiology General Meeting is in Philadelphia, just a few miles away from the ADVANCE home base in King of Prussia, PA. The meeting kicked off yesterday with an opening session focusing on microbes and evolution. This Read More...
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Job Scope
April 20, 2009 1:29 PM by Kerri Penno
Are you a healthcare provider? A Career Builder article posted on CNN and written by Rachel Zupek lists the "top jobs for night owls." Zupek theorizes some of us just aren't cut out for the 9-5 world and are simply more productive if working a night job; Read More...
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Shaping the Future
April 18, 2009 3:00 PM by Kerri Penno
This afternoon, President Lynette Savaloja, SCT(ASCP); and President-Elect Don Simpson, PhD, MPH, CT(ASCP)CM, moderated a discussion about the future of the profession. The issues were not new, but those that have faced cytology for the past couple of Read More...
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Newest Professionals
April 18, 2009 12:07 PM by Kerri Penno
Part of this morning's session focused on the importance of students to cytology. ASCT administrators and volunteers are working to expand opportunities and funding for more students to attend the meetings. This year, Third Wave Technologies provided Read More...
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Beginning With the End
April 18, 2009 10:29 AM by Kerri Penno
Don Simpson, PhD, MPH, CT(ASCP)CM, chairman, Department of Laboratory Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, and president-elect, ASCT, welcomed the group to the second day's events. Dr. Simpson spoke to the organization's Read More...
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Pancreatobiliary Tract
April 15, 2009 3:56 PM by Kerri Penno
Barbara A. Centeno, MD, senior member and director of cytopathology, Moffitt Cancer Cente; and professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, kicked off the general session with a discussion of diagnostic cytology of the exocrine pancreatobiliary Read More...
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ASCT 2009
April 15, 2009 3:55 PM by Kerri Penno
Coming from Philadelphia, where I think the term "April showers" may have been coined, St. Petersburg, FL, is certainly a welcome respite from the gloomy weather back home. The "Sunshine City," known for its record-breaking great weather and award winning Read More...
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