{"id":9111,"date":"2019-01-10T14:22:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?p=9111"},"modified":"2020-06-12T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:56:55","slug":"you-have-a-cool-job-episode-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-episode-13\/","title":{"rendered":"You Have a Cool Job: Surgical Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Have a Cool Job: Surgical Technician\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2RlABDwk-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>On this week\u2019s episode<\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>On this week&#8217;s episode of You Have a Cool Job, we talk to Becky Rezac, a surgical technician. She explained how the operating room staff is a team, and how each person plays an important role.<\/li>\n<li>Becky shared how she became a surgical tech, and prefers the side of medicine that is, &#8220;see the problem, fix the problem&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>She talks about how she has witnessed the culture within the operating room and hospital as a whole shift in a positive direction, and how she&#8217;s part of that. Becky trains students who are coming out of school on how to be in her position, but she also makes this point of building confidence in new surgical technicians and letting them know they can speak up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><b>About the show<\/b><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Have a Cool Job<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a podcast hosted by Taylor Sienkiewicz from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peterson\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The show highlights professionals who have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a unique, interesting, uncommon, or otherwise cool job<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to motivate you and show how interesting, fulfilling, and anything-but-average your career can be, and we\u2019ll do this by talking with people who took a path less traveled. We ask these fascinating individuals how they got to where they are in their career based on their education, experience, and influences; \u00a0why they love their job; and lots more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>Want more?<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you like what you&#8217;re hearing, check out these resources to get plugged in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more episodes of <i>You Have a Cool Job, <\/i>visit our YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9TC13WNTbvfmPMpPB50I7Fnm91DIfPQf\">channel.<\/a> View other podcast blogs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/category\/podcasts\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe to receive an email containing each podcast episode of <i>You Have a Cool Job<\/i> as they&#8217;re released.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/sgwidget.leaderapps.co\/js\/sg-widget.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<style>.sendgrid-subscription-widget input{padding:1em 1em 1.05em !important;font-size:.8em;font-family:sans-serif}.sendgrid-subscription-widget #sg_signup_first_name,.sendgrid-subscription-widget #sg_signup_last_name{margin-right:.5em}.sendgrid-subscription-widget #sg-submit-btn{display:inline-block;color:white !important;border:none !important;background:#ea7c62 !important;box-shadow:none !important;cursor:pointer;vertical-align:middle;max-width:250px !important;padding:15px 25px 15px 25px !important;margin:0 .4em;text-align:center;font-size:16px !important;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:700 !important;}.sendgrid-subscription-widget #sg-submit-btn:active{color:#8e8b8b;box-shadow:0 0 5px -1px rgba(0,0,0,.6)}.sendgrid-subscription-widget .response{display:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:.8em}.sendgrid-subscription-widget .success{color:green}.sendgrid-subscription-widget .error,.sendgrid-subscription-widget .sg-consent-text a{color:#3097d1}.sendgrid-subscription-widget .sg-consent-text{font-size:.9em}.sendgrid-subscription-widget .sg-consent-text label{font-weight:400}<\/style>\n<div id=\"sendgrid-subscription-widget\" class=\"sendgrid-subscription-widget\">\n<form id=\"sg-widget\" data-token=\"02b75070a54eca958dbbe3e4b152b4f9\">\n<div id=\"sg-response\" class=\"sg-response\"><\/div>\n<p><input id=\"sg_email\" name=\"sg_email\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\" \/><input id=\"sg-submit-btn\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/p>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a nomination for the show? 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