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Paid Employment

Paid employment can help students with bills as well as build workplace competencies supporting them in their future profession.

Paid Clinical Experiences

Paid clinical experiences often require prior volunteer experience, training, or certification. Pre-health students can leverage prior clinical volunteering experiences into paid work opportunities through onsite networking. Pre-health students can also choose further training and  study toward a certification.

Note, many large hospitals may offer EMT training courses. Students can further explore certification opportunities at local community colleges, over summer, and research 'dot.org' sites in your area of interest. Some examples are listed below:

Paid Non Clinical Experiences

Paid non clinical experiences may require some prior volunteer experience or additional training typically provided by the employer. As most health professionals require problem solving skills and teaching skills (e.g., delivering a diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan to patients), consider on-campus jobs that provide these transferable skills.  The following resources are for Northwestern students:

International Students at Northwestern

International students studying at Northwestern should check with the Office of International Student and Scholars Services for more information about eligibility to work on or off of campus.