5 professions for men that can be quickly mastered in the USA

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The main sources of stress for new residents of the United States are the language barrier, separation from friends and relatives, and, of course, finding a job. Many immigrants from Russia and Ukraine find that it will not be possible to work in America in their previous specialty - at least at first. Changing careers is often easier for women, because they already have to be flexible in order to combine career and motherhood. For men, ForumDaily has prepared a selection of ideas for temporary or permanent income in a variety of areas that will help you get back on your feet after moving to a new country, and maybe even find your life’s work.

1. Patient Care Technician

What does he do? In any healthcare facility, the Patient Care Technician, or PCT, is the person who spends the most time with patients. He can do an electrocardiogram and take blood from a vein, measure blood pressure and pulse, help patients eat and wash, and take them to examinations if they are not advised to walk on their own. It is the PCT that determines how comfortable the patient will feel.

Where he works? Patient Care Technician can work in the emergency room (Emergency Room), in any department of the hospital, as well as in a nursing home or day care center for the elderly. The demand for specialists in this field, especially bilingual, is very high. Payment starts at $ 20 per hour.

Where and how to learn it? At the New York School of Medical Professions Concord rusam Patient Care Technician can be mastered in 3 with a little over a month. Students receive 3 specialties at once: Phlebotomy Technician (specialist in drawing blood from a vein), Electrocardiography Technician (specialist in taking an electrocardiogram) and Nurse Assistant (nursing assistant). All classes are held in small groups under the guidance of bilingual teachers, so even those who are not yet ready to communicate fluently in English can successfully prepare to pass the national exam and receive certificates that allow them to work as a PCT in any American state or earn extra money in any of the 3 specialties, for example, taking blood tests in a laboratory or from patients at home, or taking ECGs in a medical office. A serious advantage of studying at Concord Rusam is the manuals and handouts developed by the school’s teachers, in which all the necessary information is presented in a simplified form. All students are provided with them, so you won’t have to “wade through” the ponderously written (and, by the way, very expensive) American textbooks on medicine on your own, and this is important, especially for those who are learning the medical specialty for the first time. All national exams are held right at the school, at 160 Pearl Street in Downtown Manhattan, and at home, as they say, even the walls help.

Who will suit this profession? Not only former doctors who are planning to later work as a nurse or to complete a medical degree, but also to all who would like to start a career in medicine.

Vasily Sirejuk chose this profession for himself. He came to the USA from Ukraine in 2011. He was attracted to medicine for a long time, but 21-year-old Vasily did not manage to finish his studies at home, and at first in the new country he was engaged in unskilled labor to feed himself and his family.

“I met a nurse from Ukraine who advised me to become a patient care specialist. She told me about the Concord Rusam school. I thought - how can I go to study without fluent English, but it turned out that the most basic knowledge is enough to start a career. If you can come to a store and explain what you need, then your English is quite good,” says Vasily. “Bilingual teachers tried to explain everything in English, but if necessary they switched to Russian, and also stayed with us after class and explained complex topics - as long as we understood everything.”

Vasily mastered the profession of patient care at Concord Rusam. Photos from the personal archive

After such preparation, the national exams did not seem difficult for Vasily, and self-confidence helped him in his search for work. “I saw a job and submitted a resume. At the interview, I was asked about work experience. My experience was reduced to volunteering in a medical office and practice in a nursing home, which was organized by the school. But when the manager asked me why they should accept me, if experienced specialists apply for this job, I told him that I would not be able to gain experience if no one took me to work. I asked to give me a chance, take a trial period and see how I work. He liked this answer. ”

Now Vasily works in the emergency department of a hospital, and he is sure that men are very needed in the Patient Care Technician profession: “There are aggressive patients, there are people with a lot of weight who are not able to move independently, and when I go on shift, female nurses feel calmer.” After Vasily first realized that he had taken part in saving a human life, he realized that he always wanted to work in medicine. His plans for the future are to study further and obtain a Registered Nurse diploma.

Try it yourself. Contact Concord Rusam 160, Pearl Street, New York, New York 10005, telephone numbers 212-619-2260.

2. Security Guard

What does he do? The responsibilities of a security officer can be very broad: letting visitors into the building, including through metal detectors, informing visitors about the rules of conduct, patrolling the area, detaining offenders, responding to alarms, calling the police and firefighters and assisting them in an emergency . In some cases, the Security Guard may be armed. Depending on the place of work, the security officer wears a uniform or a regular presentable suit.

Where he works? Literally everywhere. Security services are available in office buildings, industrial enterprises, warehouses and shopping centers, restaurants and nightclubs, stadiums, educational institutions, and medical centers. From this list it is clear that the number of vacancies in this area is very large. In stores, security guards often also detain shoplifters. During the sales season, many stores temporarily hire additional employees. The range of salaries is wide - you can earn $10 or $20 per hour.

Where and how to learn it? To obtain a Security Guard license in New York State, you must be a US citizen or resident of at least 18 years of age and complete an 8-hour training course - as a rule, the entire training takes no more than 2 days (can be completed in 1) and costs $40- 80. Within 90 days of completing the 8-hour course, security guards must upgrade to a 16-hour course that is directly related to their future job and is often paid for by the employer. Those who are required to carry a weapon on duty, even if they never need to use it, will have to take a 47-hour course on weapons use and safe handling techniques.

Who will suit this profession? Anyone who is willing to take responsibility for the safety of others, especially those who are looking for a night job or part time job.

3. Tax Preparer (Tax Preparer)

What does he do? The tax return specialist calculates for other people the amount of federal and local taxes that they have to pay, or the amount of tax refund they should receive, and also prepares all documents for submission to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The demand for this job is seasonal, since tax returns are filed from January to April.

Where he works? There are 3 basic options for preparing tax returns.

• You can become an employee of a large company, having been trained in it. In this case, the investment at the initial stage will be minimal, and the search for customers will not become a headache.
• You can open your own business for the preparation of tax returns. You will have to spend several hundred dollars on the necessary software and look for clients yourself. True, those who maintain ties with the Russian community can easily build a customer base, because every year new people come to the United States who are not ready to fill in the declaration on their first year. And having appreciated the convenience of Tax Preparer services, many people prefer not to do it themselves ever.
• You can work in social services and fill out tax returns for low-income and sometimes not very literate people, many of whom do not have access to the Internet. Without the help of Tax Preparer, these people will not be able to receive the benefits due to them, so this work is very necessary, although not very well paid - social specialists who fill out declarations earn less than their fellow entrepreneurs and employees of private companies.

Where and how to learn it? The formal education requirements for independent accountants in New York are minimal: any school graduate who has registered as a Tax Preparer at the IRS and in the state government and has independently studied the benefits available at any library can do this. Those who want to find work in a large company or a small accounting office will have to invest in professional training: at least take online courses and get certificates. For annual re-registration you will need to recruit a certain number of hours of retraining. All information is available at Online New York Department of Taxes and Finance.

Who will suit this profession? Those who can easily fill out their own tax return, are not afraid of numbers and calculations, and are also thinking about their future career in the field of accounting or personal finance.

4. Medical Interpreter

What does he do? The medical translator is an intermediary between an English-speaking doctor and a Russian-speaking patient. In addition to the translation of the replicas of both parties, the translator must clarify the misunderstandings arising from cultural barriers, and in some (quite rare) cases, speak on their own behalf if the patient’s interests require it.

Where he works? Any health care facility that receives Medicaid or Medicare funding is required to provide interpreter services to LEP patients. Translators actually work in hospitals and medical centers, but their employers are usually agencies. Pay hourly - on average $15-20 per hour.

Where and how to learn it? Each reader of this text already possesses one key skill for the translator’s profession—knowledge of the Russian language. But this is not enough. Agencies prefer to hire professional medical translators, and a certificate can serve as proof of training. There are only 2 organizations in the country that issue such certificates: the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI). In both cases, to obtain a certificate you will need to pass oral and written exams. The conditions for admission to the exams are also the same: the candidate must prove knowledge of a foreign (in our case Russian) language, confirm that he graduated from at least high school, and also demonstrate knowledge of the English language - pass the TOEFL with no less than 90 points out of 120 or IELTS 7.0. In addition, it is mandatory to take specialized courses lasting at least 40 hours, which can be done online. The exams will test knowledge of professional ethics and standards of practice, medical terminology, basic anatomy and physiology. With a national certificate, a medical translator can work anywhere in the country where his services are needed.

Who will suit this profession? Those who already speak English at a sufficiently high level, but only if they are not afraid of the prospect of learning a few hundred new words and expressions, including medical abbreviations and the names of diseases.

5. Web Designer

What does he do? The task of a web designer is to create beautiful and user-friendly websites. He can work on some small tasks independently - if we are talking, for example, about a business card website for a small business; large-scale and complex projects are carried out by entire teams of developers and designers.

Where he works? This profession provides ample opportunities for freelancing - on specialized websites they are looking for designers for dozens of projects every day, but finding a permanent job in this field is also a promising activity. For a web designer with no experience, it makes sense to start with an internship, even if you have to work for coffee and cookies - consider it as a learning period. For entry-level positions, web designers are offered about $30 thousand per year, but with a couple of years of work and professional growth, this amount can double.

Where and how to learn it? This profession can be mastered by yourself, using only free resources. Practical skills and portfolios mean much more for an employer than specialized education and certificates of expensive intensive courses. All start with the development of HTML and CSS, and those who already have at least minimal knowledge in this area will be much easier than people who have not thought about how the pages are made on the Internet. But if there is no base, you do not need to get upset, codecademy.com the basics can be figured out in a few days of hard work. Next, you should learn how to handle graphic editors and start understanding fonts. The next step could be mastering Bootstrap, a framework that allows you to quickly and easily create beautiful modern websites. By this point, the future designer will begin to understand a little about what he actually has to do, and can select new technologies to master based on market requirements and the latest trends in web design. It is also very important to read specialized blogs and forums. The specificity of this work is that the designer works closely with the developers, and must understand them and be able to convey his thoughts to them.

Who will suit this profession? Those who would like to start a career in the IT-industry and are ready to not stop learning a day before retirement.

See also:

How to get a nursing profession in the USA

8 professions that can be mastered in the US in six months

How to quickly and guaranteed to get the medical profession in the US

How to get a higher education in the US is almost free

How to get an education in the USA and how much it costs

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