For OT students, new grads, practicing OTPs & fieldwork educators
Real-world tools for wherever you are in your OT journey.
Resumes, fieldwork resources, first-job guidance, and practical tools for growing your career in occupational therapy. Created by an OT who’s been the student, the new grad, and the fieldwork coordinator.
Free and printable.
About The Kozey OT
Practical help for growing as a clinician.
The Kozey OT is a home for useful resources and real-world advice for occupational therapy students, new grads, practicing OTPs, and the fieldwork educators who train them.
It’s built to sit alongside your education and experience, not replace it: the practical, day-to-day know-how that helps you take the next step in your career.
More about The Kozey OT →Where are you right now?
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Student or new grad
Fieldwork, boards prep, and figuring out which job offer isn’t a red flag.
Start with the job search checklist →02
Practicing clinician
Changing settings, going for a promotion, or rewriting a resume you haven’t touched since graduation.
Resume resources →03
Fieldwork educator
Taking students, or thinking about it. Perspective from the academic side of the table.
For fieldwork educators →Resume resources
Your resume is doing more talking than you are.
Practical, OT-specific guidance on putting your experience on the page, starting with a free checklist for your first job search.
For fieldwork educators
Taking a student shouldn’t mean figuring it out alone.
I work on the academic side of fieldwork, so I’ve seen what helps placements go well. This part of the site shares that perspective with the clinicians who make fieldwork happen.
For fieldwork educators →Free resource library
Your first OT job search, on one page.
The New-Grad OT Job Search Checklist walks you through NBCOT prep, your resume, references, interview prep, and the questions to ask employers. Free and printable.
One signup also unlocks the rest of the free library. You can opt in to occasional practical notes and first word on new resources.
Get the free library- The New-Grad OT Job Search ChecklistNew grads
- The OT Fieldwork Survival GuideStudents
- The OT Transition Shock GuideNew grads
- The OT Sustainable Practice GuidePracticing OTPs
- Power Words for Your OT ResumeResumes
- Motivational Interviewing for ChildrenFamily handout
From the journal
All posts →Professional development & workshops