Career Information on the Internet

ASCLS Career Center Website - The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Career Center, located at http://www.ascls.org/jobs/careers.asp, contains answers to frequently asked questions about clinical laboratory science careers; suitable to print for a handout; also, links to a variety of career opportunities.

ASCLS New Graduate Website -The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) New Graduate Website, located at http://www.ascls.org/jobs/grads/index.asp, contains answers to frequently asked questions from new graduates; also, links to a variety of career opportunities and information.

ASCLS Education webpage - This ASCLS webpage offers information about student scholarships, awards and more. Visit http://www.ascls.org/education/.

ASCP Careers in the Medical Laboratory - This American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) website, http://www.ascp.org/careerlinks, offers a variety of information on careers, student scholarships, career resources and more!

AACC Careers in Clinical Chemistry - Visit this American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) website, http://www.aacc.org/AACC/students/, to read information about a career in clinical chemistry.

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) - offers several online learning resources for kids to adults. Visit Sam Sleuth stalking the mysterious microbe to the Microbe Library with learning activities and more! Click the "For the Public" link towards the bottom of the ASM homepage, http://www.asm.org/.

What is a Cytotechnologist? - Visit the American Society of Cytotechnology (ASCT) webpage, http://www.asct.com/poc.html, for information about educational requirements and a career in Cytotechnology.

NSH Career Information - The National Society for Histotechnology has career information at their website. Visit http://www.nsh.org/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=111&typeID=1158&itemID=14718. for information about the career, education, certification requirements and more.

AGT Career Information - The Association of Genetic Technologists offers career information, educational & certification requirements and more at http://www.agt-info.org/Jobdesbod.html.

Diagnostic Detectives CD - and associated Website. The Diagnostics Detectives is an interactive CD where medical laboratory professionals describe what the rewards are in their respective careers. The CD is available by contacting the Medical Technology Program, Michigan State University, E-mail to medtech@msu.edu. The associated Website, http://medlabcareers.msu.edu/resources.html, provides links to career information, teacher resources and more!

NAACLS Student Scholarship information - The National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences hosts a list of organizations that offer scholarships to clinical laboratory sciences students. Visit http://www.naacls.org/student-center/scholarships.asp to view.

University of Nebraska Medical Center - has developed a website for recruiting at the high school level, http://www.unmc.edu/Community/jumpstart/html/medical_technology.shtml.

Access Excellence - Access Excellence is a national educational program that provides high school biology and life science teacher's access to sources of new scientific information via the internet. CLS Career Information is located at http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/CC/ACLS/index.html.   An informational article, "DNA Primer: Introduction to Nucleic Acids and Application to Infectious Disease Detection" can be viewed at http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BA/dnaintro/index.html. This online article provides a brief background of DNA & RNA and presents a few molecular technologies currently used in the clinical laboratory.

LabScience.org - A website that provides information about laboratory careers in New Jersey. Visit http://www.labscience.org/.

Medical Center of Louisiana in New Orleans - has created a website, www.mclno.org/labpartners/index.htm, to assist grade school and middle school science teachers who want to show examples of careers in science.

Lab Tests Online - Information about laboratory personnel and an illustrated article entitled “ Follow That Sample: A Short Lab Tour where one can follow the analysis of a blood sample and throat swab – from collection to result reporting.

Career Voyages - A U.S. Department of Labor website that features jobs that are in demand as well as career guidance information for students, parents, career changers, and career advisors.

Histology World Provides links to histology slides, career information, fun and games.