title: Be your own best fan.
abstract: As clinical laboratory personnel move into the 21st century, these individuals will find a changed workplace. It will be imperative that individuals take responsibility for their own career paths and for promoting themselves as though they were a business entity. Highlighted in this article are the major changes predicted for clinical laboratories. This article encourages clinical laboratory personnel to take ownership of their careers and to develop a strategy for success that includes becoming their own ¿I Am Valuable¿ Team. Included in this article is a discussion of how to manage your career and be your own best fan.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: South
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003284:Contract Services; D003363:Cost Control; D003405:Creativity; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000639:trends*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce