Health Care Job Explosion : High Growth Health Care Careers and Job Locator - 3rd Edition

A comprehensive health care Career Guide and JOB FINDER. This ALL-NEW revised third edition steers readers to high growth occupations and provides contact information (over 1,000 resources) for job vacancies and occupational exploration. This edition includes a new Appendix on scholarships and tuition assistance programs, a complete section on medical billing occupations with an expanded section on home health care job opportunities. The Department of Labor projects that jobs in health care will grow by 26 percent (OVER 2,800,000 NEW JOBS) by 2008. Explore high growth health occupations and use this book's resources to find job vacancies and networking contacts. Health Care Job Explosion presents detailed information for all major occupations including: Working conditions, Qualifications,Training & advancement, Certifications and licenses, Employment Opportunities, Job outlook and earnings.

This comprehensive career guide and JOB LOCATOR features the following resources for career exploration and your job search: Job Advertising Sources, Job hotlines & E-Mail Job Notification, Internet web sites and job links, Association contact information, Placement services, Corporate contacts - R&D/Jobs, Directories & Job Fairs, and Resume Matching Services.

America's demographics are helping change medical care delivery. The average age of the American population will continue to increase through the year 2008 with the largest projected increases occurring in the 40-59 and 80 + age groups. Sources of new jobs will be in the rehabilitation field, health and fitness, wellness, imaging technology, home care, nutrition, new diagnostic services, and prevention. The home health care market is projected to grow a whopping 80% by 2008.

The opportunities appear endless when you consider there are 460,000 health care establishments nationwide, 2,800,000 projected new jobs, and occupational growth averaging 15%.

This new edition includes more interviews with health care workers offering insight about specific occupations from their personal perspective. Learn first hand how specialists working in the field feel about their career choices and work environment.