Comments on: New Echocardiography graduate: The Ongoing Problem of getting a Job with no Experience. How? http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/uncategorized/new-echocardiography-graduate-the-ongoing-problem-of-getting-a-job-with-no-experience-how.php Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: chas http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/uncategorized/new-echocardiography-graduate-the-ongoing-problem-of-getting-a-job-with-no-experience-how.php/comment-page-1#comment-2202 chas Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:33:03 +0000 http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/?p=13#comment-2202 My wife went to an accredited college, passed the registry and now I hear about no jobs, no replies to the ones that popup (perdiem) mostly. What kind of program starts with the adminstrator saying the jobs are out there then stressing the students out with you have to make better than this gpa or you are out and when its all over dumps you like a hot potatoe does not say much for your profession or school My wife went to an accredited college, passed the registry and now I hear about no jobs, no replies to the ones that popup (perdiem) mostly. What kind of program starts with the adminstrator saying the jobs are out there then stressing the students out with you have to make better than this gpa or you are out and when its all over dumps you like a hot potatoe does not say much for your profession or school

]]> By: Anne http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/uncategorized/new-echocardiography-graduate-the-ongoing-problem-of-getting-a-job-with-no-experience-how.php/comment-page-1#comment-1222 Anne Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:30:40 +0000 http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/?p=13#comment-1222 Thanks for having this website, I graduated a year ago, still can't find a job, every employer need experience, how will I get that if am not giving a chance. Grace period for my student loan is over still no job. I am happy that someone notice this problem. Thanks again. Anne Thanks for having this website, I graduated a year ago, still can’t find a job, every employer need experience, how will I get that if am not giving a chance. Grace period for my student loan is over still no job. I am happy that someone notice this problem. Thanks again.

Anne

]]> By: cheryl@echocardiographer.net http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/uncategorized/new-echocardiography-graduate-the-ongoing-problem-of-getting-a-job-with-no-experience-how.php/comment-page-1#comment-808 cheryl@echocardiographer.net Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:39:05 +0000 http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/?p=13#comment-808 Dear Timothy, Thank you for bringing more light to the issue of 'job vs. clinical' experience. We agree that clinical time should count as experience for echo tech positions. I hope that employers will sit up and take notice of your well presented viewpoint. Thanks, Cheryl Echocardiographer.net Dear Timothy,

Thank you for bringing more light to the issue of ‘job vs. clinical’ experience. We agree that clinical time should count as experience for echo tech positions. I hope that employers will sit up and take notice of your well presented viewpoint.

Thanks,
Cheryl
Echocardiographer.net

]]> By: Timothy http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/uncategorized/new-echocardiography-graduate-the-ongoing-problem-of-getting-a-job-with-no-experience-how.php/comment-page-1#comment-741 Timothy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.echocardiographer.net/blog/?p=13#comment-741 It is a fact that nobody picks up a probe and intuitively starts generating diagnostic quality echocardiograms, (or any other modality of ultrasound). I attended a 2 accredited (CAAHEP) cardiac sonography program as well. We were required to document a minimum of 1700 hours of clinical time, the majority of which was spent scanning. That IS experience. Just because it was obtained while attending a school does not matter. ALL of it counts. Would a potential emplyer count scan time for a person who had just been taght how to obtain pictures and run the machine while on the job? Those who are trained like that are not doing anything more after two years than taking good pictures. I have showed things and demonstrated knowledge to other people doing echo that I learned in a formal setting that they didn't know after ( in some cases) 6 to 12 years of doing it clinically. None of them were naturals at the job either. It is a fact that nobody picks up a probe and intuitively starts generating diagnostic quality echocardiograms, (or any other modality of ultrasound). I attended a 2 accredited (CAAHEP) cardiac sonography program as well. We were required to document a minimum of 1700 hours of clinical time, the majority of which was spent scanning. That IS experience. Just because it was obtained while attending a school does not matter. ALL of it counts. Would a potential emplyer count scan time for a person who had just been taght how to obtain pictures and run the machine while on the job? Those who are trained like that are not doing anything more after two years than taking good pictures. I have showed things and demonstrated knowledge to other people doing echo that I learned in a formal setting that they didn’t know after ( in some cases) 6 to 12 years of doing it clinically. None of them were naturals at the job either.

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