Employment skills

Jean would like to work at the medical facility where she is doing her practicum. Which action is most likely to lead to the offer of a permanent position?

• Talking with her practicum coordinator.

• Letting the people in the department know how she feels.

• Talking to the people in the facility's human resources department.

• Trying to do everything she sees, even if she is not sure of the procedure.

What is one of the first things a medical assistant graduate should do when starting a job search?

• Construct a resume.

• Call a recruiting company and have it perform the search.

• Set a goal and identify the ideal job for his or her current circumstances.

• Have friends ask their bosses if they are planning on hiring anyone else.

How can the medical assistant identify potential employers?

• Scan advertisement for possible open positions.

• Fill out applications at larger institutions where resumes remain on file.

• Perform Internet searches to identify local physicians and medical facilities.

• Ask contacts who work at health care facilities to look at internal job postings.

• All of the above.

Which of the following is the best example of networking?

• Meeting your best friend for coffee every week.

• Describing your job search to a friend of the family.

• Dropping by to visit former instructors in your medical assisting program.

• Asking your boyfriend to proofread your resume for grammar and spelling.

What is the primary purpose of networking during the job search?

• To demonstrate good people skills.

• To obtain verbal information about potential jobs.

• To stay in contact with other individuals in the health care field.

• To give and receive emotional support during the job-hunting process.

What is the primary purpose of a resume?

• Obtain an interview for an open position.

• Show that you have graduated from an accredited program.

• Make your qualifications appear more extensive than they really are.

• Write down everything about yourself so that you do not forget facts during the interview.

What information is not included on a resume?

• Education

• Work history

• Marital status

• Name, address, and telephone number.

A medical assistant with several years of experience might want to highlight skills that will transfer to a different type of work. What style of resume meets this goal?

• Targeted

• Functional

• Experiential

• Chronological

What style of resume would a recent graduate from an accredited medical assistant program probably use if he or she worked part-time and summers as a cashier?

• Targeted

• Functional

• Experiential

• Chronological

Where will a medical assistant indicate that he or she is seeking a particular type of job and will accept only that type of position?

• Near the top of the resume in the "Objective" statement.

• In the "Position Sought" statement at the bottom of the resume.

• In the cover letter, so that the person reading the letter does not have to bother reading the resume.

• In the resume under "Work Experience," to highlight that the medical assistant has experience in those tasks.