How Much of Your Paycheck Should You Save?

Wondering how much of your paycheck you should save? Almost every finance expert will tell you that it’s crucial to set aside a portion of your income each month. But let’s be real, for most of us, saving money can …

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How a Cold Email Can Secure Your Next Job or Internship

by Philip Kiely ’20

As a student at Grinnell College, I spent countless hours in a familiar loop: find an internship that looked promising, upload my résumé to the application portal, re-type all of the information from my résumé into …

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6 Tips for Building Relationships in a New Job

Starting a new job can is exciting, with new tasks, a new environment, and new people to get to know. As you navigate a new workplace and role, building relationships with your colleagues is essential both for your future professional …

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HospitalRecruiting is an online healthcare job board for physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, and allied health professionals. Visit our site to view current medical practice and employment opportunities or navigate to our Healthcare Career Resources Blog for more great articles like this one!
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Explore Health Careers with Podcasts

Are you exploring your options in the healthcare field? Check out these podcasts to gain more insights into various professions:

Allopathic Medicine

Dentistry

Med School Admissions

Optometry

Osteopathic Medicine

Podiatric Medicine

Public Health

By Mary Jane Shroyer
Mary Jane Shroyer Director, Health Professions Career Community
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Report: The Multiple Perspectives of a Cohort Externship

Last March, Grace Gilday ’25, experienced a new model externship in New York City, orchestrated by Sasha Aslanian ’90. In lieu of spending three to five days with one host, Grace visited five different workplaces on five different days. From …

By Robin Bourjaily
Robin Bourjaily Assistant Director, Exploratory Career Community
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Unpaid Clinical Internship Opportunity

ReelDX, a virtual platform offering video-based patient cases, is seeking premed or pre-PA students to assist with the development of their platform. Candidates are asked to commit 5 volunteer hours per week on tasks that include writing case-based questions, research, …

By Mary Jane Shroyer
Mary Jane Shroyer Director, Health Professions Career Community
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The Old Navy Credit Card: Everything You Need to Know

Ever been clothing shopping and heard this at checkout: “Do you want to sign up for our credit card program?” Well, a retail credit card isn’t for everyone, but if you’re a loyal customer to the specific company, it comes …

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Virtual Event for Genetic Counseling

The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics is hosting an informational event on the Future of Personalized Genomic Medicine: Applying to Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs. During this virtual event, a panel of genetic counselors will speak about their experience applying to …

By Mary Jane Shroyer
Mary Jane Shroyer Director, Health Professions Career Community
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401(a) vs 401(k): What’s the Difference? Is One Better Than the Other?

Are you ready to start investing in your retirement? While you might know that you should save for when you’re too old to work, understanding the savings options of 401(a) vs. a 401(k) can feel like a job in and …

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Emma Schaefer ’23 – Reflection on her Watson Year

Written by Hope Zionts ’26

Emma Schaefer ’23 is currently exploring the world on her Watson journey, Listening at Dawn: Music That Heals the Planet, and is returning to the United States at the end of July. I reached out …

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