The last several months have rocked the genetics world with news of restructuring and layoffs at some of the biggest companies in the industry. Hundreds of people have found themselves back in the job market unexpectedly, and it’s caused some unease about the future, even for those whose jobs have been spared. Genetic counseling licensure might be one of the last things on your mind if you’ve just been laid-off, but it’s an important subject that should not be ignored for too long.

If you’ve recently been issued a genetic counseling license, you may be surprised at how soon it has to be renewed. Seeing that you need to renew in a couple months instead of a couple years can certainly come as a shock. Here’s why this sometimes happens.

Follow these formatting tips to make sure your CV is accepted by genetic counseling licensing boards the first time.

If you are in the process of obtaining genetic counseling licenses, you may have found that the requirements may seem temporarily impossible to complete.