How to find a sick care job these days

Sick care work has changed, along with the rest of the economy, so finding a job in the new sick care world will take a different strategy.

I recently was asked by a friend to give him some advice about how his son can find a job. The son graduated with a bachelor's degree in history (cue up the groans) and, you guessed it, lives in the basement. Here are some tips I shared:

1. Read the latest edition of the classic, What Color is Your Parachute ?
2. Learn about the sick care jobs of the future
3. Get a job. Any job. I was told his son turned down a call center job. Too bad, since dealing with difficult patients, communication skills and working in stressful environments are skills in high demand.
4. Make sure your social media sites are purged and that your Linkedin profile is ready for prime time.
5. Create a video resume.
6. Network, network, network
7. Make friends with the mentors, salespeople and connectors in your neighborhood
8. Be sure your data is clean. Make is easy for employers to find you, not vice versa
9. Volunteer to work for someone, whether it be a for profit or non profit,even if you do it for free for a limited time.
10. Don't waste your time being an Uber driver with a college degree. Here's why.

11. Here's how to find a job in your biocluster

12. Here's how to find a non-clinical job

13. Complete and validate your personal business model canvas and build your personal brand

14. Tips on how to manage your presence on social media

Here are some tips on working with a recruiter.

By putting a range of professional conversations and communities at your fingertips, the internet makes it much easier to figure out which fields are the best fit for your interests and talents. And through low-risk, low-cost options for trying out new professional contexts—such as taking online courses or doing remote pro bono work—you can assess a new career direction before you take a leap.

Here is how to tap into all that to help plan a career change.

Getting a hiring manager to pay attention to your resume is much like search engine optimization is getting someone to go to your website. Here are some tips on how to get noticed.

Here is the future of sick care work. Are you prepared for it?

Bottom line is get out of the basement, resume life long learning, build your personal brand, adapt to the new environment, create your future and don't forget what your parents did for you when times were tough.

Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs on Substack