| tart --> | | | | If you are interested in information technology - |
| The healthcare industry is the place to be if | | | | you're a computer-minded person or you already |
| you're looking for growth, job security, and strong | | | | work in the field and are worried about your job |
| salaries. Everyone knows that as the Baby | | | | being outsourced - you would be a great fit for |
| Boomers retire and move from working in | | | | the healthcare information systems field. More and |
| healthcare to needing healthcare, there are going | | | | more hospitals are transitioning to digital |
| to be plenty of job openings and a desperate | | | | record-keeping , but most workers at hospitals |
| need for healthcare providers. The job market | | | | now don't know much about designing or |
| looks great. | | | | maintaining these systems. The field is ripe with |
| However, some of us look at that great job | | | | opportunity for your high-demand tech skills. |
| market and see only obstacles. Maybe biology | | | | The healthcare management field is a natural |
| wasn't your favorite class, or you don't think you | | | | choice for a people-person with management skills. |
| could get into med school. Maybe you're already | | | | A degree in healthcare management opens the |
| established in another career, but you're worried | | | | door to the corner office: administrators can climb |
| about your job outlook. Maybe you faint at the | | | | the ladder right up to the CEO spot as they work |
| sight of blood or you just want a calmer work | | | | with doctors and run the business end of |
| environment than an emergency room. We've all | | | | healthcare facilities. |
| seen the chaos in Grey's Anatomy or House or | | | | What if you want to help people and make the |
| Scrubs, and it can make a nice office job look like | | | | world a better place? The healthcare field has |
| an oasis. | | | | many opportunities for non-profit or governmental |
| Luckily, you don't have to be a doctor or a nurse | | | | work. Consider getting a degree in public health |
| to get a great healthcare job. According to the | | | | and your contributions will make life better for |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are no fewer | | | | whole communities. |
| than 66 different healthcare occupations, and they | | | | You can achieve any of these goals - and more - |
| are all growing by leaps and bounds. Below, you'll | | | | through education. In fact, you can get that |
| find links and descriptions of some of the most | | | | education without having to quit your current job. |
| exciting healthcare occupations that you might not | | | | Visit the Guide to Healthcare Schools and find out |
| have heard of. The links will show you exactly | | | | more about healthcare occupations and online |
| how to get started in a healthcare career! | | | | education. |