My First Job
Well, it wasn't easy and it took a while, but I have finally landed a job in the field of Radiography. I graduated from my Radiography program at school in May and it took me until now (September) to find my first job. It's a part-time job, but it's a start. I consider myself very lucky to have it since the economy is in the toilet and no one seems to be hiring anywhere.
I also consider myself lucky to have been offered the job I'll be starting soon. It's an outpatient imaging center, and it was my personal favorite clinical site during my 2 years in Radiography school. The people who work there are absolutely great and I'll have all the opportunities that I had hoped for. Since I'm very interested in expanding to additional modalities, I will have the opportunities I need in this environment to make that happen if I apply myself.
I don't really know where to start. I'm waiting on information from the HR department about my orientation day that is supposed to be on October 12. I have to get that done before I can start working, and then there is supposed to be a second orientation day sometime in November. This job is technically listed as only one day per week (Thursdays) but I was told there will be some extra opportunities for work as people take vacation time, sick days, and other situations where extra help is needed. I was told I could also have some possible opportunities to do some PRN work at the hospital when needed if I was interested, so this work might be quite diverse after all.
I bought two sets of scrubs to get me started. I told myself after I graduated that I would never wear white again because our student scrub pants and lab coats were white. This job site requires the Ceil Blue scrubs, which isn't the greatest color but it's better than white! I still need a new pair of shoes that I haven't purchased yet, but I'll get those soon enough. I still have all the x-ray lead markers that I used in school. I want some different markers and it will probably also take me a while to figure out what brand and type of scrub tops and pants I like best and where to get them, but I'll figure that out soon enough I suppose.
I don't know what will be posted in this blog yet, but I can assure you that I will be posting regularly once I actually start to work in a few weeks. In the mean time I'll be adding some content on various pages here and I'll also be searching for other radiographers who have blogs...
