Things You Need to Know About Writing a Medical School Resume

Things You Need to Know About Writing a Medical School ResumeWriting a medical school resume is not as easy as it sounds. Since so many students are having a hard time finding a job in this field, you will be surprised at how hard it is to get a job in this field. So to ease your mind, here are some of the things that you must consider when you are writing a medical school resume.First of all, you will notice that the number of jobs has grown very much since you graduated. Therefore, you will also need to fill this gap. You should put down your skill sets that will help you excel in the job that you want. Make sure that you highlight your qualities that will make you the best candidate for the job.Schools are offering the same career training program. There are some schools that make it an advantage and stress on your academic history and the skills that you will bring to the table. They will also be able to find out whether or not you are a team player or a person who likes to play with people that have similar interests.An internship is an excellent way to increase your exposure to the work place. But you should not neglect other options, like working part time or as a volunteer. The most important thing is that you write a resume that will show off your full potential in the position. You can put down what you would do in such a position.You can start your research by asking yourself about how much you will be paying to pay off the student loan and the interest. The loan will also include fees, bills, etc. so you will need to make sure that you include them in your calculations. It is important that you put down how much you will be spending and also ask yourself how much you can save from this expense.You must also look at your work history. You can put down all the relevant experiences that you have had in your years of education. Write down the course that you completed and the classes that you have taken. Ask yourself why you did not finish the courses t hat you wanted to finish and how you could have done so if you have enough knowledge.Writing a medical school resume is a process that takes time. You will learn more when you read other people's experiences. When you are finished with this project, you will also find that you are not the only one that has the same problems in getting into medical school.

I Wake Up at 345 A.M. and People Call My Daily Routine Truly Insane Heres Why You Should Follow It

I Wake Up at 345 A.M. and People Call My Daily Routine ‘Truly Insane’ â€" Here’s Why You Should Follow It Peter Shankman is the author of the new book “Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain.” I’ve seen my future. Honestly, I have. It involves me, about 100 or more pounds heavier. It has me doing virtually no work of any value, while sinking further and further into a spiral of depression, sadness, shame, and anger. It involves fattening food, increasingly high blood sugar, elevated blood pressure, and more than likely issues with my liver thanks to drowning all of my feelings in alcohol, but at the same time, simultaneously smiling and not showing a hint of trouble to anyone on the outside. I’ve seen my future, and it ends with a whimper, not with a bang. Now, thanks to Doc Brown, we all know that anything we do in the past (now) can have tremendous effects on what happens in the future. (Remember, it was originally Twin Pines Mall until Marty ran over one of the pines in 1955…) So while I’ve seen my future, I know that every day, I have the opportunity to make sure it’s not the future with which I’ll end up. And that little bit of knowledge, that awareness that anything can change on a dime, is the reason why my daily routine has been called “crazy,” “weird,” and “truly insane,” but also the singular reason why I am where I am in my life today, personally and professionally. To understand my daily routine, which starts at 3:45am each morning, you have to understand one thing about me: I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (ADHD,) and my ADHD is one of the key reasons I’ve been fortunate enough to have the success in my life that I’ve had so far. The primary benefit of ADHD is a massively quicker brain. We react much, much stronger to dopamine, serotonin and adrenaline than most people, because we don’t get as much of it as “normal” people do. This is a tremendous advantage if you know how to use this speed. If you don’t, however, the downsides can be game-ending. Most people who have discovered that ADHD can several commonalities. As I’m very open about telling people, I only have two speeds in my life: “Namaste,” and “I’ll cut a bâ€"â€".” That’s it. There is no middle ground for me. It’s because of this that I live my life the way I do. My routine is powered by, and because of, ADHD, and when “regular” people start following some form of my routine, they find themselves getting several hours in the day “back” to them, that they didn’t know they ever had. This leads to higher productivity, better sleep, and a more successful life. My routine guarantees that I live my life to the best of my ability, every single day, and it begins with drawing an initial wake-up hit of those three brain chemicals I mentioned above, a hit that’ll last me long into my day, and ends with pure exhaustion, and a wonderfully rejuvenating sleep to start the cycle over the next day. No pills needed, no external stimuli required. First and always first: exercise. When my alarm goes off at 3:45 and my bedroom lights have finished their automated program to light my room, I rise out of bed, already in my workout clothes, because I always put them on the night before. I slip on my bike shoes, and walk move six inches to my Peloton bicycle, which sits right next to my bed. I snap on my heart-rate monitor, and start my first 45 minute workout of the day. By the time the sun comes up, I’ve either done two rides already, or I’m finishing an outdoor long run or a lifting workout at the gym, depending on whether it’s a day my daughter is staying with me. Second: elimination of choice. By 6:45am, I’m back in my apartment, showered and dressed, and ready to start my day. I’m wearing either a t-shirt and jeans, or a button down shirt and jeans, depending on whether I’m traveling/going to the office, or speaking/going on TV. How do I know what I’m wearing? Because my bedroom closet has two sides, one is labeled “traveling/office,” and the other side is labeled “speaking/tv.” All my suits, sweaters, vests, different shoes, etc, are in another closet in another bedroom. Why? Because if I had to look at them each day, I’d without question start remembering how I got them, where I got them, or who gave them to me, and three hours later, would be naked in the living room looking them up on Facebook, having yet to leave the house. Elimination of choice has radically improved my life for the better, and not just from my wardrobe. I routinely eat the same things because I know it’s good for me, I know I like it, and I know it’s easy to make. It also removes the opportunity to walk into a pizza place on my way back from a meeting, which could start a spiral of bad food and health choices. I quit drinking, not because I had a problem, but because most people with my type of personality simply can’t have one drink. In my world, one drink is like leftover pizza. It’s simply not a real thing. So I avoid the chance of drinking a lot, which would lead to eating poorly, which would lead to not getting up early, which would lead to no exercise, which could potentially start a cycle that could ruin me. To quote from the movie “War Games,” “the only winning move is not to play.” My workday is spent similarly to how you spend yours, probably. But I continue to give myself brain chemical drips during my working hours, whether that’s walking up stairs, or sometimes even dropping for pre-meeting pushups or jumping jacks before walking into the room. It’s the difference between you meeting someone who’s functional and interested in what you have to say, and you meeting someone whose focus is clearly somewhere else. Third: use what works for you. I’ve written five books, two of which became bestsellers, all entirely on airplanes. My most recent two have been written on flights that I had no other reason to take. In other words, I flew to Asia and back to write a book on the plane. Why? 14 hours each way of uninterrupted deep-work, no distractions, no Internet, no mobile phone, no alerts. Just a blank page and my headphones. And it works. Fourth: put on your own oxygen mask first. I finally learned that I needed to stop caring what others thought about the things I do, and do the things that matter to me, for me. The second I did that, my world opened up for me. If you’re not taking care of yourself first, how can you possibly expect to take care of others, to better the world, or to create epic things? Surviving on three hours of sleep a night as an entrepreneur isn’t something to be proud of, it’s a sign of stupidity, and worse, an indicator that you’ll be a terrible CEO, because you have no idea about priorities. Taking care of you, whatever that might look like to you, isn’t optional. In the end, I’ve set up these life rules for myself because I know they make me better all around. That’s what’s important to me. Ask yourself what’s important to you, then figure out ways to live your life so you never forget that those things are your top priority. Adapted from “Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain” by Peter Shankman, published by TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2017 by Peter Shankman. This article originally appeared in Business Insider.

5 Things Leaders Can Learn From Olivia Pope, Scandals Fixer - Work It Daily

5 Things Leaders Can Learn From Olivia Pope, Scandal’s Fixer - Work It Daily What do you and Olivia Pope have in common? Honestly, probably not much. Unless you’re also secretly dating a high-powered politician and finding that international diplomacy issues are getting in the way of healthy relationships with your parents, you’re almost certainly nothing like her. Related: 6 Leadership Traits You (The Employee) Need To Develop On-The-Job That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t learn some valuable lessons from her cool, hyper-loyal leadership style. While DC’s most powerful fixer does make the occasional slipup, she’s an expert at inspiring trust and getting the job done right, no matter what. 1. Loyalty Is Everything Liv and her team are loyal to one another to the death... Well except that time Quinn was secretly working with Charlie, and then Huck proceeded to pull her teeth out… but let’s just pretend that didn’t happen. Otherwise, Olivia and her co-fixers always have each other’s’ backs, even when it’s not particularly convenient. Competition and criticism can easily pervade any workplace â€" we get stressed, we get tired, and we get sick of each other; it’s natural. But, keep in mind that aside from your family, you see the people at work more than anyone else in your life. For better or worse, you’re a big part of one another’s lives and you’re all on the same team, heading towards the same goals. You never see Olivia throw one of her people under the bus or embarrass them in front of a client. When there’s an issue, she deals with it directly, in the spirit of tough love rather than hurtful criticism or judgment. That only works, however, because they genuinely trust and respect her to the point that they’d follow her over a cliff. Harrison summed it up nicely in season 1: “She had a reason, I don’t know what it is and I don’t need to know. She asked me to do something and I did it.” 2. Be A Gladiator All true “Scandal” fans will recall the pilot episode when Harrison was trying to impress upon Quinn the importance of what the fixers do: “I’m a gladiator in a suit. Because that’s what you are when you work for Olivia - you’re a gladiator in a suit. Do you want to be a gladiator in a suit?” The term has since become emblematic of the show. But, what does he mean? From a professional perspective, he means that he and Olivia and Abby work tirelessly and fight passionately for what they believe is right. They never quit until the good guy is victorious. While very few professions involve “fighting” for the good guy, all professional leaders can learn from Olivia and her team’s unwavering commitment to their clients. Liv and the team don’t rest until the client is vindicated. In a way, the term, “Gladiators in suits” brings to mind the idiom, “A wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Powerful business leaders like Olivia Pope present to the world an impeccable, polished face that can belie the scrappy fighter that lies beneath. That fighting spirit can be applied to the work you do for your clients as well as the way you go to bat for your team, no matter what you’re up against. 3. Leave Personal Problems Outside When it comes to complex personal issues, Olivia Pope takes the cake: she’s having a not-so-secret affair with the President; her dead mother isn’t so much dead as she is an international terrorist; her dad runs a top-secret spy organization that keeps kidnapping her friends and lovers… The list goes on. Yet, enter a client who needs fixing and Olivia is all business. One might argue that she bottles up her emotions, but you’ve got to give it to the lady when it comes to not letting her insanely personal issues distract her from the job at hand. Even when she’s embroiled in life-altering events, she scores wins at work. While your problems are probably more of the normal people variety, they can still get in the way. If your personal life is full of drama, think of work as a haven where you can escape â€" focus your mind on your professional duties to give it a rest from all the other worries. The added benefit of this strategy is that you’ll avoid snapping at colleagues and making needless mistakes. 4. Find A Way Pope Associates never say, “Die.” Even when a client’s challenge seems insurmountable, the team finds a way to get what they want. Saying that they’re resourceful would be a vast understatement. Your famous pastor husband died in a hotel room with a hand-cuffed hussy in the closet, and that hussy turns out to be his longtime mistress who’s demanding a $6 million payout because she has his child? No problem. In almost any job in any field, you’re going to come across seemingly-impossible challenges and gigantic road blocks at many turns. The difference between success and failure is finding a way around them, even if that way is extremely unconventional. Creative problem-solving is the common trait of all wildly successful people. But, remember: Olivia never does it on her own. She always taps the unique talents of her team. 5. No One’s Perfect While her fashion sense is arguably perfect, Ms. Pope herself is far from faultless. She’s quite aware of her weaknesses (namely a certain high-ranking political official), and those of the people around her. In fact, she hired each member of her team after having very intimate knowledge of their past mistakes. Never forget that she met Huck when he was essentially a homeless lunatic living in the subway. All of her people have made serious mistakes and are prone to occasional breakdowns, but she continues to support them regardless. Neither you nor anyone at your workplace is perfect â€" they’re faulted human beings who have made errors and will continue to make them. The important thing is that, ultimately, you believe in their capabilities and skills enough to see them through those errors and help teach them how to do better next time. Leaders must invest in their team, and investing is a long-term game. Say what you will about Olivia Pope and her often blind weakness for the wrong man, but she is a fierce leader who many of us would gladly work for. We should all be so lucky to have a team that would follow us into battle the way her Associates would. Next time you’re in a moment of professional crisis, just think, “WWOPD?” What would Olivia Pope do? This post was originally published on an earlier date. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!