alternative careers for speech pathology professionals (SLPs)

12 Alternative Careers for Speech Pathologists (SLPs)

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This post is written by Crystal Bray, a health content writer and non-clinical SLP. She shares some great non-clinical and alternative careers for speech-language pathologists!


Speech and language pathology (SLP) is a valuable, in-demand profession. It’s a career that offers the opportunity to work with all sorts of patients in a variety of clinical settings.

But, as you probably know, working in direct patient care settings carries a high risk of burning out.

Whether you’re feeling burned out or simply want to explore what else is out there, I’m here to tell you: there are plenty of viable non-clinical SLP job opportunities.

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How do you know it’s time to explore alternative SLP jobs?

First things first…you might just need a vacation, a change of settings, or a different company culture. If you suspect leaving patient care altogether might be the right move, though, see if this list resonates with you:

  • Managing your caseload feels draining, even on light days
  • Unrealistic productivity standards wear you down and make you feel useless
  • You’re daydreaming about other jobs while modeling the Masako Maneuver
  • You’ve tried every clinical setting there is—and you still feel unfulfilled…or bored…or overwhelmed
  • None of the career paths or specialities within clinical care pique your interest
  • Compassion fatigue has taken hold, and it’s derailing your ability to connect with patients
  • You’re feeling super jealous of your friends who transitioned to remote work 
  • You’re just not excited about your work anymore
  • You feel a sense of dread on Sunday nights
  • You want to throw your phone in the trash to avoid text threads from your boss and coworkers 
  • The thought of trying to wrangle PRN coverage for another holiday makes you break out in a cold sweat 

If this list feels TOO REAL, it may be time to consider a career pivot. Maybe you’ve had one foot out the door for what feels like forever, but you don’t know what’s on the other side of clinical work. 

Does non-clinical SLP work even exist? Can you actually use your speech and language pathology skills in alternative careers outside of the traditional clinical setting?

That’s a valid question. As SLPs, it’s no secret we tend to over-identify with our title, often making it part of our core identity.

I want you to know, though: you are more than the letters after your name—and you don’t need to feel stuck in a career that’s no longer the right fit for you.

Many of us stay in the clinical grind longer than we want to simply because:

  • We doubt we have transferable skills for a different career path (hint: we do)
  • We don’t know if alternative SLP careers even exist (hint: they do)
  • We feel guilty leaving a career we worked so hard to attain
  • We can’t afford to take a big pay cut
  • We feel lost about where to even begin looking for non-clinical/alternative SLP careers

As I mentioned, SLPs have TONS of transferable skills. But without a real world plan, the idea of leaving clinical work feels like a pipe dream, at best.

Some of the transferable skills SLPs already have:

  • Communication: It’s not hard to see how this is a pretty excellent skill to have. We not only get HOW folks communicate, we understand the WHAT and the WHY. We’re trained to recognize and repair communication breakdowns when they happen.
  • Marketing and sales: Yup—it’s true. Ever had to explain what you do to a crotchety old man who insists he “talks just fine” or has been “swallowing without help for 83 years!” Uh-huh. We’ve all been there! And it’s made us skilled at selling our services to those that need them.
  • Technology and clinical processes: Think about it: how many EMR systems have you had to master over the years? Talk about technical troubleshooting!
  • Managing deadlines: Shifting deadlines are nothing to a clinical SLP! We know how to juggle competing priorities AND get our documentation done on time.
  • Customer service: We enjoy being of service to others. And we know how to put out all sorts of proverbial fires. Think about how many client-facing careers could benefit from our skills in this area!
  • Subject matter expertise on the brain: From stroke recovery to TBIs—we understand the brain and how it works. This knowledge is valuable in many non-clinical careers, especially in the rehab technology industry!

Regardless of your motivation, if you feel it’s time for a change from clinical work, trust yourself! Only you know what will make you happy. And you can always go back to patient care if you find the non-clinical SLP world is not for you…

Why am I writing about alternative SLP careers?

I am so excited to write this article because it is a subject close to my heart. I was an SLP feeling desperate to leave my clinical role. After ten years, lots of experiences, and one global pandemic, I was 1054% sure it was time for a change. 

At first, I was terrified to leave behind the “devil I knew,” not knowing what else was out there. I thought about how hard I’d worked for my degree and how I still hadn’t paid off those hefty graduate loans.

I felt stuck.

I struggled with the feeling that I was somehow abandoning my patients. Wasn’t there a clinicians shortage…was I making it worse? I fell into a pattern where I was sacrificing myself for the sake of the people I served. In the process, it dawned on me that I wasn’t providing the best service to anybody with that mindset.

I felt guilty. 

Ultimately, I chose to take a leap of faith and to prioritize my own health and wellbeing (and that of my family). I realized I wasn’t serving my patients to the best of my ability if I was turning myself into a martyr by doing so. I left clinical work behind and, I’m happy to say that I haven’t looked back! If you feel like me, there’s life after clinical work for you, too! 

When I was deciding to leave clinical work, I wish I’d known about amazing resources like The Non-Clinical PT! They would have been sooo helpful when I was getting started! Especially the writing crash course 🙂

I wrote this article to help other SLPs who are in the same boat I was in: ready to leave clinical work behind but unsure which way to turn. 

While we’re at it, let’s dispel another set of myths about non-clinical work. I’ve heard both of these issues brought up many times in various SLP Facebook groups, and I’m happy to say they’re just not true!

Leaving clinical work behind doesn’t automatically mean you’ll need to accept a huge pay cut or have to go back to school for yet another expensive degree.

I’m going to walk you through several viable alternative careers for SLPs. However, if this list overwhelms you, you may love Non-Clinical 101!

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That said, let’s do this!

Here are 12 awesome non-clinical SLP jobs.

1) Marketing, sales, and communications

As I mentioned above, clinical SLPs are naturals when it comes to marketing, sales, and communications. Our extensive training in speech and communication means we’re able to connect with a wide variety of people. We can easily adapt our own communication styles to any occasion. We know communication is much bigger than just language, so we pay attention to things others may miss—like body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions.  

Marketing and sales may seem like a stretch for our skill set—but they aren’t. As clinical SLPs, it’s our job to explain what we do and how we can help. Because SLPs have a HUGE scope of practice, we’re ready to explain and showcase our skills in language, cognition, voice, and swallowing at a moment’s notice.

We also learn to address and overcome patient objections to what we offer. If I had a nickel for every time I had to explain how swallowing becomes more difficult with the normal aging process, I’d be Scrooge McDuck by now! 

You may think of marketing or sales as icky terms, conjuring images of sleazy used car salesmen. But modern marketing and sales strategies couldn’t be more different! Today, effective marketing and selling are all about authenticity. If you’re not coming from a place of authenticity, modern consumers can sense it—and they’ll run for the hills. 

Marketing and sales aren’t difficult OR slimy when you’re selling something valuable that can truly help people. When you market a product or service you really believe in, you’re coming from a place of authenticity. You’re continuing to help people, just in a different way than you did as a clinical SLP.

Companies that sell and market AAC devices, thickeners, adaptive equipment, and therapy apps are great places to look for non-clinical work as an SLP! (Here are two great spotlights on an SLP Consumer Sales Manager and an SLP Clinical Engagement/Sales Rep!)

Pros

  • You’ll get to interact with lots of people—great for the social butterflies among us!
  • You’ll continue to help people, by connecting them with valuable goods and services 
  • You can probably jump right in to this type of career, receiving any specific training as you go
  • Medical sales often pays far more than clinical work (especially if you’re a go-getter)

Cons

  • This type of job is best suited to extroverted folks who enjoy getting out there and networking
  • You will have to effectively sell yourself to land a sales/marketing job in the first place
  • You may work on commission—if the concept of feast or famine stresses you out, this may not be the best fit 
  • If you struggle with self motivation and you need lots of structure, this type of career can be tough 
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2) Rehab/clinical liaison

Speaking of sales and marketing, a rehab liaison role can be a great fit for SLPs looking to transition away from direct patient care. 

These are the folks who coordinate with hospitals and other facilities, working to make sure census rates stay up. They work to keep the beds at their facility full.

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In this role, you’ll get to interface with doctors, social workers, and case managers. You can even do outreach in the community—educating the local population about the care and services your facility can offer. There is quite a bit of sales and marketing involved in this type of work, as you might imagine, but you’re also using your clinical skills every day. In fact, most of these roles require a clinical license to get hired!

This is a job that offers the opportunity to continue to interact with patients and healthcare professionals. And you get to help connect people with the care they need. It can be a great pivot for SLPs who want to continue working in a rehab setting. If you want to learn more about this type of role, check out this article about rehab/clinical liaison careers. And check out this spotlight on Jessica Alves, an SLP who now works as a clinical liaison at NYU Langone Health!

Pros

  • You still get to interact with patients who need your help
  • You get to apply your clinical knowledge in matching providers and facilities with patients 
  • If you already have acute and/or inpatient care experience, this can be an easy transition 
  • You’re not “wasting” your license, as you often need a clinical license to be hired

Cons

  • There can be pressure to meet census quotas, leading to stress
  • You may deal with pushback from rehab and nursing if you don’t coordinate admissions smoothly
  • There’s not much direct upward mobility in this type of role
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3) Education

Academia is a natural career pivot for clinical SLPs looking to do something new. After all, our work as SLPs already involves educating patients, families, caregivers, and staff. Ever tried to implement a Frazier Free Water protocol in a SNF? Then you know it requires a TON of educating everyone involved to make sure the guidelines are understood and followed for the patients’ safety.

When you think about academic careers, you probably think about the university setting. It’s true that SLPs can find new career opportunities in education at community colleges and universities. While this is a great area of opportunity for SLPs transitioning from clinical roles, there are MANY other options that fall under the education umbrella. 

SLPs can also look into online educational platforms for opportunities. I bet you can name several sites off the top of your head that offer online CEUs for continuing education. Guess who they hire to create those courses? Yup—SLPs just like you. 

Another way SLPs can transition into the education space involves working for companies that provide direct education and training in their devices. SLPs can become reps for companies creating proprietary adaptive equipment, AAC devices and apps for patients and families. These roles, called clinical trainers or clinical specialists, also involve sales, but they’re very focused on education. Another title for this might be “sales trainer.”

Pros

  • Academics tend to garner a measure of respect
  • Depending where you teach, you might get summers and/or holidays off
  • Being an educator is an important and fulfilling “helping” profession
  • You’ll have a hand in shaping the next generation of SLPs

Cons

  • You’ll likely take your work home with you and find yourself grading papers and creating materials on your own time
  • You may encounter students who you’d prefer NOT pursue SLP careers
  • Teaching can be a taxing job—it also has a high risk of burnout
  • Clinical trainer/specialist roles often require a lot of travel (this can be a pro or a con, depending on your interests)
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4) Utilization review

You may be asking: what is utilization review, anyway? In a nutshell, utilization review (UR) is the process by which an insurance company reviews the services being delivered to a patient by a healthcare provider. 

UR professionals determine which services provided are covered under a patient’s insurance plan. They review and ensure a patient is receiving the services they require to successfully rehabilitate, while also making sure the services provided aren’t wasteful and excessive.

Sadly, most of us who’ve worked in patient care settings have witnessed first hand some form of unnecessary service provision. True story—I once had an RD ask a PT colleague of mine to bill for active ROM on a patient who was basically comatose. That’s not OK. As a utilization reviewer, it would be your job to make sure this kind of attempted fraud is strongly discouraged. 

In UR—and you might have a more generic title like “therapy reviewer“—you’ll get to draw upon your skills as an SLP to determine service eligibility and insurance coverage based on a patient’s functional status, progress, and needs. You already know all about that, just from the other side. Here’s a deep dive into what UR involves

Pros

  • Continue using your therapy skills but with no direct patient care 
  • The going rate for UR tends to be similar to clinical roles, so no pay cut
  • Less demanding physically and emotionally than direct patient care work 
  • UR professionals often work remotely/from home

Cons

  • You may still have to contend with the dreaded productivity monster, at least with some companies 
  • This type of work is pretty sedentary—you’ve got to sit still to review files
  • Can be depressing or frustrating to review poor treatments and deal with upset patients 
  • If dealing with monotonous work, red tape, and details isn’t your jam, you may want to look elsewhere
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5) Management and leadership

Large rehab companies often look for SLPs to transition into non-clinical roles in management and employee training. This can be at a facility or corporate healthcare level. 

Because SLPs are communication specialists, we’re a natural fit to help with workplace culture and communication at the corporate level. 

Our SLP skill set already gives us a leg up on promoting effective communication between individuals and groups. What’s management if not being an effective communication facilitator? Truth: the best managers I ever had during my clinical tenure were all SLPs.

Because we understand language and communication, SLPs are also excellent at employee training and onboarding. When you’ve worked in a clinical role, you understand how all the pieces fit together. SLP trainers can help foster a culture of quality employees, who provide valuable services. 

Instead of providing 1:1 patient care, these roles afford SLPs the opportunity to ensure the standard of quality patient care at the company level. 

Pros

  • You get to promote quality care from the top down 
  • Management roles tend to come with generous salaries and benefits 
  • You may be able to promote other top-notch therapists into management roles 

Cons

  • You may be expected to work longer hours, depending on the company 
  • You may be expected to be “on call,” resulting in work chipping into your free time
  • You may need additional education and training to ascend to C-suite (CEO, COO, etc.)

6)Telehealth

Ok, so this one may still technically fall under the umbrella of clinical work. But hear me out—telehealth is a great alternative for SLPs looking to change things up in their careers. For one thing, the industry is BOOMING, with many new telehealth companies being established all the time. For another, there’s a growing need for telehealth services not only here, but worldwide. 

In contrast to typical clinical jobs, telehealth offers schedule AND location flexibility—something regular clinical SLPs find very alluring! So long as you have a decent internet connection, you’re good to go. 

If you still love patient care—but you’re ready for a change from the grind of working in healthcare facilities—telehealth could be for you. 

You can sign up with an established telehealth company, or even start your own telehealth service. It’s true—solo practitioners are joining the telehealth game every day.

Pros

  • Flexible schedule—work when you want and how much (or little) as you want
  • Work home home, or from anywhere that has a good/secure internet connection
  • Get in on the ground floor of a major shift in our profession 
  • Continue to provide patient care, without punishing your body to make it happen

Cons

  • As of now, most telehealth companies don’t pay as well as regular clinical jobs do—but that could change
  • If you go your own way, that means a lot of work reaching out to patients and getting established 
  • It’s so new that standards and systems are still being established 
  • The work can be irregular and feast or famine, at least to start 
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7) Health/clinical writer

This is the exact career I transitioned into! If you’re a total “word nerd” like I am, you can put those skills to work in a career like copywriting.

Copywriting is basically writing words that sell. The goal of copy is to inspire an action in your reader. The desired action can be to click a link, sign up for an email list, or purchase a product or service. To be a great copywriter, you need to harness the power of written language to compel people to take action.

Copywriting is a great career for SLPs because we already understand the power of language and communication. With copywriting, we can use that knowledge to help connect people with the goods and services they need. 

Many SLPs go on to have successful careers as copywriters in the health and medical niches. By specializing in this type of content, they can continue to help people and promote high-quality services, while offering valuable information to online consumers.

Check out my website to see how I am using my SLP background in the copywriting space!

Copywriting is a versatile and dynamic field that offers a lot of different opportunities for those ready to try something different. If you want to know more, check out this in-depth article: how to become a health/clinical writer.  

Pros

  • You can set your own hours and schedule
  • You can work from anywhere (seriously, I know copywriters who work from sailboats in the Caribbean) 
  • There is no income ceiling
  • Your skill set can be leveraged into other opportunities, like course or product creation

Cons

  • No guarantees of steady income, which can be scary for some
  • You’ll need to find your own health insurance
  • Client acquisition can be a grind, especially when you’re getting started
  • Can be lonely at times
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Before we leave this section, you can also be a digital entrepreneur! Yes, you can absolutely use your therapy experience to create a blog or website, which you then monetize. In fact, The Non-Clinical PT’s Meredith Castin teamed up with Pink Oatmeal’s Chanda Jothen to help you learn how to build, grow, and monetize a blog—without being a sleazebag in the process!

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8) Case management and care coordination

Are you still passionate about patient advocacy and care? Do you recognize the value in keeping people in their homes (with appropriate assistance and modifications) for as long as possible? If so, then a career in case management or care coordination may be the perfect path for you. 

These types of roles are often held by folks, like you, with previous clinical experience. Care coordinators can be employed by a variety of businesses, including insurance companies, non-profits, and home health companies. 

As opposed to working in a single facility, you’ll typically be interfacing within a community. And you might work with numerous facilities. You’ll provide patient education, coordinate between various teams and providers, and offer guidance to patients navigating medical issues and recovery.

These roles are best for folks who are very organized and detail-oriented, as you’ll be involved in coordinating complex issues for a large number of people. If you enjoy helping people navigate their healthcare journey from start to finish, case management and care coordination may be right for you.

Pros

  • You get to help people better understand the complex maze that is the healthcare system
  • You hold the power to promote and coordinate high-quality services for people who need it
  • Continue to help and interact with people in a community setting
  • You can sometimes work remotely

Cons

  • You may need additional training and speciality certifications to land a job in this field
  • You’ll likely spend a lot of time fielding calls and replying to emails
  • People under your care may not always readily accept your recommendations
  • Healthcare red tape can be frustrating to navigate
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9) Vocal coaching

Because we SLPs know a lot about the vocal mechanism and its related systems, transitioning into vocal coaching can be an easy pivot. In many cases, no further education and training are required. 

Trust me—I’ve seen some folks out there shilling voice lessons, and they have no right to try to teach anyone anything voice-related. As an SLP, you’re already far more qualified to do this work. With your knowledge and training, you can work to prevent the learning of poor techniques and related vocal issues visited upon unwitting students by unqualified instructors.

Not only do vocal coaches help singers, they also work with actors, executives, and other public speakers. You can help these folks to use their voices correctly, to minimize risks for nodules and prevent vocal injury from over/misuse.

Vocal coaches also help with accent reduction and dialect adaptation. In our global society, these skills are in high demand, especially in the business world.

If you’ve ever had to turn off the TV because you just couldn’t stand to hear another Kardashian speak in perpetual glottal fry, vocal coaching might be the career for you! You can help folks recognize and minimize bad vocal habits like these, before they cause lasting issues.

Pros

  • You get to work with lots of different people in lots of different settings
  • You still get to help people in a very real way
  • You get to set your own hours and schedule
  • Depending on the clientele, the pay can be excellent

Cons

  • Your clients may not always follow your recommendations
  • There is limited potential for traditional career growth
  • You need to be willing to adapt your approach to a wide variety of clients
  • You may need to hone your skills in music, if you want to work with singers

10) Client/customer success

I mentioned that SLPs are great at customer service, right? Well, client success (also called customer success or account management in some companies) is a fantastic career path that uses those relationship-building chops to the max!

Client success professionals are the ultimate partners. In this role, you will serve as a guide for new clients as they onboard for a new product, service, software system, or…well, anything! Given that we already have ongoing relationships with our SLP clients, we are perfectly primed to make the transition into this type of work!

You can work in client/customer success in pretty much any type of company. But our skills are such a good fit for roles at digital health companies, rehab tech startups, and pretty much anywhere that the clients are in the healthcare space.

Account management can sometimes cross over into the sales space, but account managers typically aren’t focused as much on closing initial deals as they are on maintaining relationships, ensuring renewals of contracts (there’s the sales part), and partnering with clients to ensure they have a good experience after they’ve already made a purchase.

Pros

  • You get to use those education, customer service, and rapport-building skills from your clinical days
  • You don’t need expensive education or additional grad school to land a job
  • You’ll typically find these jobs nationwide within all sorts of companies
  • You can often work from home, depending on the company
  • You’ll rarely work nights or weekends

Cons

  • You might take an initial pay cut for this work (though you can often earn more than a clinician over time)
  • You might feel an initial loss of identity if you join a team where you’re the only clinician
  • You might not be able to find part-time work in this field

Check out this spotlight on Julia Satoh, an SLP working as External Client Success Manager!

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11) Clinical informatics

Health/clinical informatics is a somewhat new field, and there are several directions you can take. Basically, you’re working to improve how information works within clinical systems. In other words: those clunky EMRs that drive you crazy? Your job is to make them less terrible. You’re welcome.

You can work as an EMR trainer (there’s some crossover with the aforementioned clinical trainer roles!) where you train others to use electronic medical record systems, or you can become more of a workflow specialist, where you’re more focused on identifying problems and working with the coders to fix issues. You can also become a clinical data analyst, where you’re more behind the scenes making said changes, rather than communicating about them.

The nice thing about informatics roles is that they really play upon our existing skills as SLPs. We are great at communication, solving problems, and being detail-oriented. The not-so-nice thing about informatics is that nurses are often chosen by default for these roles. We need to advocate for ourselves to land these roles because we are PERFECT for them!

Check out this spotlight on Tricia Moomaw, an SLP who transitioned into health informatics!

Pros

  • This is a growing field with more and more opportunities
  • You’ll find lots of opportunity to move up and branch out into related positions (analytics, etc.)
  • Your skills as a communicator are your biggest asset in these roles
  • You’ll rarely work nights or weekends

Cons

  • You will typically need formalized informatics education/upskilling (or LOTS of experience as an EMR super user)
  • You might not find much work outside large hospital systems
  • Some hospital systems require RNs for these jobs by default
  • Working from home isn’t quite so common in these roles (though it is possible!)
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12) Consulting

We know speech, we know language, we know brains, we know EMRs, we know clinical workflows……we know SO FREAKING MUCH INFORMATION!

So much of what we know—and what comes to us intuitively after years of school and clinical care—is like a foreign language to most of the population.

Plus, there aren’t that many SLPs out there! Combine all of those factors together, and our niche knowledge is valuable…and we can (and should) charge good money for it!

Consulting is a great way to dip a toe into the non-clinical space, build a name for yourself, and gain the confidence you need to apply for full-time roles.

Pros

  • Regardless of your career trajectory thus far, you have valuable skills and insights to offer
  • Pretty much every company can afford to work with consultants, so it’s a great way to get your foot in the door
  • You can often work from home, depending on the company
  • You’ll often have the flexibility to work the hours you choose
  • You can grow over time into bigger roles like senior consultant

Cons

  • Finding the first client is hardest and you might need to consult for free to get started
  • Confidence is key for these roles, so keep your imposter syndrome feelings in check
  • You will nearly always need to sell yourself to land these roles
  • Because you need to sell yourself, you’ll typically want a website with your rates and availability listed

There are so many other non-clinical roles out there for SLPs!

These are the top 12 non-clinical SLP careers out there, but we didn’t even scratch the surface! We didn’t touch others like public health, product management, technology, or user experience…or many others. For example, you could even blog on niche topics like early speech and communication strategies! The reality is the sky is the limit, and landing a non-clinical or alternative SLP role is as easy as knowing what is out there, getting the experience you need, and then creating a solid application strategy for jobs!

Where can I find non-clinical SLP job postings?

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OK, but you said a solid application strategy! What does that mean?

If you want to have a compelling application for any role, you need a solid resume and cover letter—but you also need the right experience and you probably need to network a bit to get in the door at more competitive companies.

It’s a big change from what most of us speechies know. Getting a job as an SLP is generally fairly easy, so it’s not like we’ve had to create the perfect resume or cover letter in the past.

If the thought of non-clinical resumes and cover letters make your heart sink, never fear! The Non-Clinical PT has SO many resources for you! I already linked to Crash Courses for most of the jobs we discussed above. Crash Courses come with video education, resume examples, cover letter examples, and extensive interview preparation.

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