US Healthcare Needs 2.3 Million Workers by 2025
2.3 Million New Health Care Workers Will Be Needed by the United States Healthcare by 2025.
In order to adequately take care of its patient population the United States healthcare system will need to hire 2.3 million new healthcare workers by 2025. However, according to a recent research report released by global healthcare staffing consultancy Mercer, a chronic shortage of skilled workers will mean hundreds of thousands of medical positions will remain unfilled. Mercer senior consultant, Jason Narlock, said “Few other industries are racing the clock to find a future-ready workforce like today’s healthcare administrators”.
In the simplest of terms, the United States healthcare system can’t meet the demand for trained professionals. This is bad news for patients and employers. It is very good news for people looking to enter the traditionally recession proof medical industry regardless of their age, experience, or geographic location.
Whether one is young and just beginning to plan their career path or is a more experienced worker looking for new opportunities medical career colleges can provide a pathway for most people. Medical career colleges are an excellent, and cost-effective, means by which to access medical training and to secure positions in the lucrative world of medicine.
Medical career colleges offer specialized training in numerous areas. Among the most popular certifications are medical billing and coding, surgical technician, medical assistant and pharmacy technician. Depending on the area of specialty selected by the student, most medical career colleges will offer courses ranging from ten months to sixteen months in length. Further, most students enrolling in a medical career college will graduate with a degree in their field. When considering which medical career college to enroll it is important that the student select an accredited college which offers an externship program and assistance with job placement.
With a degree from medical career college healthcare para-professionals can find a wide array of employment opportunities at area hospitals, doctors offices, pharmacies, rehabilitation centers, senior living facilities, hospices and home health care providers.
The combination of skilled training plus real-life experience makes medical college graduates highly desirable candidates for healthcare employers. Mercer reports that many manufacturing and retail workers looking for a pathway out of unemployment, or underemployment, are excellent candidates for medical careers colleges. So too are recent high school graduates looking for stable, white-collar employment that can last a lifetime.
Given the demands that America’s aging population will place upon the United States healthcare system there has never been a better time to enroll in a medical career college.
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