IN-DEMAND CAREER SECTORS: Health Care
The Health Care sector comprises employers providing health care and social assistance for individuals. Industries in this sector are arranged on a continuum starting with those establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance and finishing with those providing only social assistance.
For more information on a local organization leading in this sector, visit: http://www.competitiveworkforce.com/healthcare/.
Resources
Finding Your Pathway Stackable Credentials
Stacking credentials helped Nancy Giron-Sanchez obtain a job as a registered nurse.
Respiratory Care Therapist
We all breathe, but when we can’t, we end up needing the help of a Respiratory Care Therapist.
Dental Assistant
Visit a real dental assistance school and speak with career-focused dental instructors about the job demands and career goals for professional dentistry, with and without a degree.
Medical Technologist
Experience the daily work of a medical technologist who truly loves her job and why this fast-paced career is so important to the proper care and treatment of patients.
Sonographer
Meet a cardiac sonographer at the Cleveland Clinic who uses an ultrasound machine and probe to obtain amazing images of the heart, so doctors can diagnose problems.
Phlebotomist
Phlebotomists are trained to make an incision in a vein with a needle to draw blood from a patient for diagnostic and other medical purposes.
Exploring Careers in Health Science
In this video, students learn about the different careers in the medical field.