Posted by Carico, 12/31/2009 11:56:19 AM

It is very important to showcase your skills and sell them to employeers. Someone once told me to make yourself unreplaceable at your job in order to keep your job.

Posted by Dick, 1/4/2010 4:00:20 AM

I think it is important to make yourself stand out as a better candidate for a potential employer to select. The usual interview is across a desk. I was sitting across the desk talking to my new boss (I hoped) when his pager went off. He had to go down to the Emergency Department to take care of a problem. I said, "OK, let's go". I went with him on that service call and then several more during that day. We had a good time and I had an opportunity to show him what I could do. After work that day he invited me to go with him to dinner which I accepted. During dinner he offered me the job and I accepted.

Posted by vsarmiento, 1/10/2010 9:49:56 AM

Due to some legal as well as clinical issues , it is a not a common practice to allow a non-employee to be present or involved in an ongoing procedure! Hospitals as mandated /required by JC, set protocols, policies and procedures, that addresses acceptable practices within the institution. As shown in Mr. Carico post, he was probably just lucky together with the prospective 'Boss' to have given such opportunity. Lucky in a sense that no untoward event happened while in those settings, while showcasing his unsolicited talent and hopefully no malpractice lawsuits for the institution!

Posted by Bill Bartmann, 1/17/2010 6:29:55 AM

I think it's important to not be overly eager but to let them see what you have to offer but also reflect a sense that you can go to any company and get hired with your type of skills.

Don't eve let them see you sweat.