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Tamara
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If i'm interested in being a midwife or maybe becoming a business woman, what type of work experiences, or skills are employers looking for while doing an resume??
I'm a freshman in Hopewell High school
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Christian Gregorich
Management Consultant
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Chicago, Illinois
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Christian’s Answer
It's great that you're thinking about this so young, but at the end of the day, you need to keep in mind that you are a freshman in high school. Your top focuses should be doing your best in school and any after-school activities you participate in living a fulfilling life as a teenager. In both the medical field and many business fields, it is important to go to college and develop there - you're so young that you should take it one step at a time.
Darshan Kaur
Senior SAP Consultant
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Darshan’s Answer
Hi Tamara,
You are looking at two very different paths, midwife and business and both are totally valid, meaningful and can lead too incredible careers. If you are not sure what kind of business are you would thrive in, start with jobs or internships at small companies or startups in healthcare or business.
Business rely on data and decision making. Being able to analyze markets or solve operational problem is key. When comes to midwife, employers want to see that you can handle the emotional and physical demands. Volunteering or working as a healthcare assistant, doula or in maternity support roles shows you are serious and understand the realities of patient care.
You are looking at two very different paths, midwife and business and both are totally valid, meaningful and can lead too incredible careers. If you are not sure what kind of business are you would thrive in, start with jobs or internships at small companies or startups in healthcare or business.
Business rely on data and decision making. Being able to analyze markets or solve operational problem is key. When comes to midwife, employers want to see that you can handle the emotional and physical demands. Volunteering or working as a healthcare assistant, doula or in maternity support roles shows you are serious and understand the realities of patient care.
Logan Gallo, MA
Change Management Consultant
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Davenport, Florida
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Logan’s Answer
Hi Tamara,
This is such a great question! It is excellent to hear you are being super pro-active about your career planning. My advice would be to: 1) Keep doing what you are doing and continue to keep an open mindset. Life changes and it is important to be resilient! 2) The art and science of effective communication is/will be a critical component of your success. Many times people emphasize the "hard" skills which can be taught. It is the softer skills like this that help people stand out and be successful wherever their professional journey takes them.
Best wishes to you! The sky is the limit!
This is such a great question! It is excellent to hear you are being super pro-active about your career planning. My advice would be to: 1) Keep doing what you are doing and continue to keep an open mindset. Life changes and it is important to be resilient! 2) The art and science of effective communication is/will be a critical component of your success. Many times people emphasize the "hard" skills which can be taught. It is the softer skills like this that help people stand out and be successful wherever their professional journey takes them.
Best wishes to you! The sky is the limit!
Ponnu Mathew
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Arlington, Virginia
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Ponnu’s Answer
Hello Tamara,
For midwifery, employers value skills like empathy, communication, teamwork, and responsibility—volunteering at hospitals or community centers can help. For business, focus on leadership, organization, problem-solving, and customer service—join clubs, help with school events, or get part-time work. Highlight any teamwork, leadership, or service experience on your resume, even from school or volunteering.
For midwifery, employers value skills like empathy, communication, teamwork, and responsibility—volunteering at hospitals or community centers can help. For business, focus on leadership, organization, problem-solving, and customer service—join clubs, help with school events, or get part-time work. Highlight any teamwork, leadership, or service experience on your resume, even from school or volunteering.
Rhonda Meleski
Recruiter
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Detroit, Michigan
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Rhonda’s Answer
Hi Tamara
Crafting a strong midwife resume can truly shine by showcasing your clinical skills and caring nature. Focus on these key areas:
- Maternal and newborn care
- Support during labor and delivery
- Prenatal and postnatal education
- Emergency response and neonatal resuscitation
- Empathy, communication, and patient advocacy
Important Certifications:
- Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
- Licensed Midwife (LM)
- CPR and neonatal resuscitation
Experience to Highlight:
- Clinical rotations or internships in OB/GYN or maternity wards
- Volunteer work in women’s health clinics
- Shadowing or assisting licensed midwives
For Future Businesswomen
If you're interested in entrepreneurship or leadership, your resume should highlight strategic thinking, initiative, and strong communication skills. Focus on these core areas:
- Leadership and team management
- Strategic planning and decision-making
- Financial literacy and budgeting
- Marketing and branding
- Negotiation and networking
Wishing you all the best!
Crafting a strong midwife resume can truly shine by showcasing your clinical skills and caring nature. Focus on these key areas:
- Maternal and newborn care
- Support during labor and delivery
- Prenatal and postnatal education
- Emergency response and neonatal resuscitation
- Empathy, communication, and patient advocacy
Important Certifications:
- Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
- Licensed Midwife (LM)
- CPR and neonatal resuscitation
Experience to Highlight:
- Clinical rotations or internships in OB/GYN or maternity wards
- Volunteer work in women’s health clinics
- Shadowing or assisting licensed midwives
For Future Businesswomen
If you're interested in entrepreneurship or leadership, your resume should highlight strategic thinking, initiative, and strong communication skills. Focus on these core areas:
- Leadership and team management
- Strategic planning and decision-making
- Financial literacy and budgeting
- Marketing and branding
- Negotiation and networking
Wishing you all the best!
Shea Lynch
Intern
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Chicago, Illinois
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Shea’s Answer
Hi Tamara!
I think it's great that your are looking to plan for the future! Those careers have a lot of difference which opens up a lot of exploring for you! Skills that would benefit both positions would be time management, communication, and customer care. A resume is a summary of your expirience. It is important to develop your experience professionally and academically.
There are many ways to strengthen your professional skills; jobs, volunteering, or projects at school. asking your academic advisor can be helpful for expanding your skill set. If you wanted to explore becoming a midwife, I would look into jobs at a hospital or outpatient center. It can be front desk or an assistant but being in the atmosphere will give you some insight. Volunteering at hospitals also looks great on resumes and is a great learning experience. If you are looking to find a job that aligns with becoming a businesswoman I would look for customer service jobs. Reaching out to companies to explore different scopes of business can be helpful.
I think it's great that your are looking to plan for the future! Those careers have a lot of difference which opens up a lot of exploring for you! Skills that would benefit both positions would be time management, communication, and customer care. A resume is a summary of your expirience. It is important to develop your experience professionally and academically.
There are many ways to strengthen your professional skills; jobs, volunteering, or projects at school. asking your academic advisor can be helpful for expanding your skill set. If you wanted to explore becoming a midwife, I would look into jobs at a hospital or outpatient center. It can be front desk or an assistant but being in the atmosphere will give you some insight. Volunteering at hospitals also looks great on resumes and is a great learning experience. If you are looking to find a job that aligns with becoming a businesswoman I would look for customer service jobs. Reaching out to companies to explore different scopes of business can be helpful.
Alexander Kirby
Automotive Claims Adjuster
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Alexander’s Answer
Hi Tamara,
A midwife and a businesswoman are going to require different skillsets, knowledge bases, and certifications. While there is likely to be some overlap between both jobs, there are also some pretty stark differences between them too. Presumably the two could be mixed in the sense that you could start a business offering midwife services or something similar, so it's not impossible that you could combine these two interests into one holistic career.
Being a freshman in high school, you have a lot of time to figure out what exactly you want to do. I would highly suggest looking into both options over the next few years and deciding which one appeals to you more. It may even end up that in your search you find something you didn't know about before that could mix the two professions or open up doors in other industries. I would also recommend reaching out to people that work in those positions as a career. This will allow you to get an idea of the day-to-day lives of both businesswomen and midwives. Some things can seem really great on paper but the realities of the profession can offset how it looks on paper. Again, you've got plenty of time to figure everything out, so don't think that you have to make an immediate decision!
Continue to search for careers that interest you.
Talk to professionals in potential career fields.
A midwife and a businesswoman are going to require different skillsets, knowledge bases, and certifications. While there is likely to be some overlap between both jobs, there are also some pretty stark differences between them too. Presumably the two could be mixed in the sense that you could start a business offering midwife services or something similar, so it's not impossible that you could combine these two interests into one holistic career.
Being a freshman in high school, you have a lot of time to figure out what exactly you want to do. I would highly suggest looking into both options over the next few years and deciding which one appeals to you more. It may even end up that in your search you find something you didn't know about before that could mix the two professions or open up doors in other industries. I would also recommend reaching out to people that work in those positions as a career. This will allow you to get an idea of the day-to-day lives of both businesswomen and midwives. Some things can seem really great on paper but the realities of the profession can offset how it looks on paper. Again, you've got plenty of time to figure everything out, so don't think that you have to make an immediate decision!
Alexander recommends the following next steps:
Cnaya Hanna
Mental Health
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Florida City, Florida
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Cnaya’s Answer
Hello Tamara,
It is awesome that you want to be in the Medical Field and work with babies. First of all, enjoy High School; it goes by fast. Right now, you can volunteer in a medical facility or work for an early childcare center to gain experience working with babies. By your Senior year, with your Parents, pick a College for two or four years that will set you on that path.
Good Luck,
It is awesome that you want to be in the Medical Field and work with babies. First of all, enjoy High School; it goes by fast. Right now, you can volunteer in a medical facility or work for an early childcare center to gain experience working with babies. By your Senior year, with your Parents, pick a College for two or four years that will set you on that path.
Good Luck,
May Glines
Cyber Consultant
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Tempe, Arizona
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May’s Answer
It's wonderful that you're exploring different careers while in high school. Keep up your good grades, join clubs, and get involved in activities. Try taking on leadership roles too. If there's no club for medical professionals or businesswomen, think about starting one yourself!
Kaylee Knierim
International Tax
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Chicago, Illinois
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Kaylee’s Answer
Hi Tamara! A lot of great advice from the other responses. I’d like to emphasize that employers typically outline the work experience and skills they’re looking for in their job postings. I recommend customizing your resume to highlight the specific skills mentioned in each job description. It’s completely normal to have several versions of your resume for different applications. As a freshman, you might want to focus on showcasing your transferable soft skills (communication, writing, teamwork, problem-solving, time-management, etc.) until you gain work experience related to your field of interest, which you can add later as you progress. You can highlight more of your hard (job-specific) skills when describing your work experiences in the relevant field.
Chase Dunlap
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Arlington, Virginia
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Chase’s Answer
Hi Tamara, happy to provide insight from a business perspective.
First and foremost, given you are only a first-year student in high school, you have plenty of time to build a strong resume that will make you both college- and career-ready.
My best piece of advice - you will want to find a nice balance between showcasing your versatility and well-roundedness as a student and a human being AND having 1-2 main "things" that differentiate you, or in other words set you apart from your peers. You can achieve this balance by showing strengths in a variety of areas, including your academics, extracurricular activities, and volunteer work. Through your learning and exploration in these various areas, you will want to find what you are most passionate about doing or working on, and truly run with it by dedicating much of your time outside of your schoolwork working towards...hence the "thing" that will set you apart from your peers.
For instance, you may find that volunteering for a certain organization energizes you and brings a sense of purpose to your life. You can use that passion to differentiate yourself by connecting the organization to your school by starting a student group or club and lead other volunteers in the efforts. This will allow you to both build meaningful connections and experiences, and also to make a true impact and positive change in the world around you.
Being able to clearly demonstrate this on a college application or a resume is incredibly important.
First and foremost, given you are only a first-year student in high school, you have plenty of time to build a strong resume that will make you both college- and career-ready.
My best piece of advice - you will want to find a nice balance between showcasing your versatility and well-roundedness as a student and a human being AND having 1-2 main "things" that differentiate you, or in other words set you apart from your peers. You can achieve this balance by showing strengths in a variety of areas, including your academics, extracurricular activities, and volunteer work. Through your learning and exploration in these various areas, you will want to find what you are most passionate about doing or working on, and truly run with it by dedicating much of your time outside of your schoolwork working towards...hence the "thing" that will set you apart from your peers.
For instance, you may find that volunteering for a certain organization energizes you and brings a sense of purpose to your life. You can use that passion to differentiate yourself by connecting the organization to your school by starting a student group or club and lead other volunteers in the efforts. This will allow you to both build meaningful connections and experiences, and also to make a true impact and positive change in the world around you.
Being able to clearly demonstrate this on a college application or a resume is incredibly important.
Raja Indiran
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Raja’s Answer
If you’re interested in becoming a midwife or a businesswoman, employers look for experiences like internships, volunteer work, or part-time jobs in healthcare or business settings.
As a freshman, you can start building the skills such as teamwork, leadership, communications, etc.
Plan for certifications, qualifying volunteering activities which can provide added advantage in getting good jobs.
As a freshman, you can start building the skills such as teamwork, leadership, communications, etc.
Plan for certifications, qualifying volunteering activities which can provide added advantage in getting good jobs.
Yuliya Witt, CPA, MST
Tax Manager
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Plano, Texas
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Yuliya’s Answer
A career as a midwife and a career in business are quite different and need different skills. Think about which one fits your personality better. Then, look for entry level jobs in that field. This will help you gain experience and expand your network in order to proceed further.
Michelle M.
Actress
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Michelle’s Answer
Hello, Tamara !
It is so wonderful that you are already working on your resume as a freshman in High School ! You also have very cool career interests and although that can wait for a future resume, you can still do your current resume for current employment, and to use for volunteer work or applying for programs and other things.
A resume is a formal document that shows your professional work history and any work you have done, your education, skills and any other experience. They are sent out so that employers or someone selecting candidates can get an idea of a person's qualifications for a specific job, program, college or other things applied for. It reflects real time, current information and updates need to be made anytime you have a new work experience or complete education.
If you are thinking about 9 years from now when you'd be ready and prepared to have a career in Business or a career as a Midwife as you've mentioned, first and foremost employers would want to see that you have either a Bachelors or Master Degree in Business. For midwifery, you would need to show that you went to Nursing School, completed it and took a Midwifery Program and completed that. Both careers have some certifications that employers would like to see on the resume. For these careers, employers would like to see applicable work experience in those fields on a resume.
What you will be doing is looking at employment notices first and then determining whether or not you qualify for a particular position. Your college education and any programs will prepare you for your career interest.
Being in 9th grade (going into 10 ?), it is a good idea to start learning about and creating a resume now for applying for programs, volunteer work or jobs. If you have no experience right now, do a search online for "resumes for teens with no experience". You will be able to see sample resumes and use them as a guide to write your own.
There really is no way to tell what an employer 9 years from now would want to see on someone's resume for Midwife or Business positions. As mentioned, employers state the skills and other things in employment notices so you will know if you qualify or not. Read some employment notices for these jobs on Indeed and get an idea of what current employers require in an applicant. They all require different things.
I wish you a good time creating your current resume and I hope this has shed some light on what you've asked ! Best wishes to you !
It is so wonderful that you are already working on your resume as a freshman in High School ! You also have very cool career interests and although that can wait for a future resume, you can still do your current resume for current employment, and to use for volunteer work or applying for programs and other things.
A resume is a formal document that shows your professional work history and any work you have done, your education, skills and any other experience. They are sent out so that employers or someone selecting candidates can get an idea of a person's qualifications for a specific job, program, college or other things applied for. It reflects real time, current information and updates need to be made anytime you have a new work experience or complete education.
If you are thinking about 9 years from now when you'd be ready and prepared to have a career in Business or a career as a Midwife as you've mentioned, first and foremost employers would want to see that you have either a Bachelors or Master Degree in Business. For midwifery, you would need to show that you went to Nursing School, completed it and took a Midwifery Program and completed that. Both careers have some certifications that employers would like to see on the resume. For these careers, employers would like to see applicable work experience in those fields on a resume.
What you will be doing is looking at employment notices first and then determining whether or not you qualify for a particular position. Your college education and any programs will prepare you for your career interest.
Being in 9th grade (going into 10 ?), it is a good idea to start learning about and creating a resume now for applying for programs, volunteer work or jobs. If you have no experience right now, do a search online for "resumes for teens with no experience". You will be able to see sample resumes and use them as a guide to write your own.
There really is no way to tell what an employer 9 years from now would want to see on someone's resume for Midwife or Business positions. As mentioned, employers state the skills and other things in employment notices so you will know if you qualify or not. Read some employment notices for these jobs on Indeed and get an idea of what current employers require in an applicant. They all require different things.
I wish you a good time creating your current resume and I hope this has shed some light on what you've asked ! Best wishes to you !
Karolina Nesmejanova
Undergraduate Student, Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Outreach Volunteer
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Gainesville, Florida
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Karolina’s Answer
Hi Tamara!
It’s amazing that you’re exploring different paths and many people find ways to combine their interests later in life. I'd suggest focusing on building transferable skills that can benefit you in any field. These are valued qualities such as teamwork, time management, and communication all of which you can gain through volunteering or internships.
If you’re leaning toward healthcare, try volunteering at local clinics or shelters to get hands-on opportunities with patient care. If you’re curious about business, consider shadowing a small business owner in your area or helping with tasks at a local organization. These experiences will help you build your resume and help you discover what you truly enjoy.
Remember, you don’t have to have it all figured out right now! Taking small steps toward your interests is a powerful start and continue to be open to learning as you go. Wishing you the best as you explore your passions!
Karolina
It’s amazing that you’re exploring different paths and many people find ways to combine their interests later in life. I'd suggest focusing on building transferable skills that can benefit you in any field. These are valued qualities such as teamwork, time management, and communication all of which you can gain through volunteering or internships.
If you’re leaning toward healthcare, try volunteering at local clinics or shelters to get hands-on opportunities with patient care. If you’re curious about business, consider shadowing a small business owner in your area or helping with tasks at a local organization. These experiences will help you build your resume and help you discover what you truly enjoy.
Remember, you don’t have to have it all figured out right now! Taking small steps toward your interests is a powerful start and continue to be open to learning as you go. Wishing you the best as you explore your passions!
Karolina