Getting Started with the Kansas Healthcare Careers Micro-Internship

Complete These Steps:

1. Complete the Skillsline Micro-Internship BOOST course

The six micro-lessons within this course will help you understand essential skills to get hired for any career. You will receive a "Welcome" email from courtney@skillsline.co with your Username and Password. The lessons should take between 1-1.5 hours to complete.

Log into Skillsline using this link.

2. Discover Your Agilities

Complete the 'Learning About Agilities' lesson in Skillsline. You'll take the Agile Work Profiler, an online career assessment tool designed to help you identify your career interests and strengths, and learn more about how Agilities can help you define a personal development and career plan. The lesson and assessment should take you about 20 minutes to complete.

3. Schedule and Conduct Your Informational Interview

You will be matched with a Kansas Hospital Association (KHA) member who will share a current challenge they are facing in their organization or facility. You should ask them about this challenge and any other questions you have about careers in healthcare.

Use this guide as a resource to help you prepare for and conduct the informational interview.

4. Prepare a PowerPoint or Social Media Post

Based on what you learned in your informational interview, prepare a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation or social media posting on the advantages of a career in the healthcare industry.

Use this template as a starting point for your PowerPoint presentation. Clicking this link will open a PowerPoint file (.pptx).

5. Write and Submit Your Reflection Essay

Complete a short (1-2 page) reflection essay on how this Micro-Internship has influenced your consideration of a career in healthcare.

Use this guide to help.

When you have completed this essay, submit it AND your PowerPoint presentation/social media posting to your Micro-Internship supervisor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. When is this Micro-Internship due?

This Micro-Internship should be completed by the date posted on the posting in Parker Dewey. This includes completing all of the steps listed above. The PowerPoint or social media posting AND the reflection essay should be submitted to your Micro-Internship supervisor.

If you are unable to complete this Micro-Internship on time, please contact your Micro-Internship supervisor as soon as possible.

Q. What is an informational interview?

Informational interviewing is a valuable networking tool that allows you to explore career paths and foster meaningful relationships within your industry. While it can lead to job opportunities, the primary goal is to learn about the interviewee’s role, their organization, and the journey they took to get there. It is really a huge part of one’s job search journey and something that people should partake in on an ongoing basis, even when employed!

Q. Who is my supervisor for this Micro-Internship?

Your supervisor is from the Kansas Hospital Association (KHA). They have collaborated carefully with the other stakeholders who are involved in this project (Skillsline, Parker Dewey), to provide you with this Micro-Internship opportunity. They will match you with a KHA member with whom you can conduct your informational interview.

If you have questions about specific aspects of this Micro-Internship, please refer to the next question below.

Q. Who can I contact if I have questions?

Your primary point of contact for this Micro-Internship is Jaron Caffrey (jcaffrey@khanet.org). Jaron can address most of your questions about this project.

If you have questions about Skillsline, contact Courtney Reilly (courtney@skillsline.co)
If you have questions about payment for your Micro-Internship, contact Parker Dewey.

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