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Imagine a Career in Health Care
Imagine a career where you can make a real difference in people's lives, where there are are always good job opportunities, good wages and job stability.
Imagine the career diversity of over 300 different jobs, employment options, career ladders and a place where you are valued for your skills.
All this and more is awaiting you in a health career.
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Put your talents to work...in a Health Career! |
Put Your Talents to Work . . . in a Health Career!
Like solving problems? Communicating ideas? Working with your hands? Do you like working with people?
There may be a job in the health field waiting for you.
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WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
That's what health careers are all about. Occupational Therapists help people with physical, emotional,
and mental disabilities learn crucial job and life skills. Medical Secretaries make clinics run
smoothly, answer patient questions, schedule appointments and more. Everyone working in a health
field makes a vital contribution to the world around them.
Health careers are diverse and interesting, pay well, and offer great job security. 7 of the 10 fastest growing
jobs in the U.S., in fact, are health-related.
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IN HOSPITALS AND IN COMMUNITIES
Contrary to what you might think, only about 50% of these jobs are in hospitals – the rest are out
around the community. And preparing for a health career doesn't always mean long years in school.
Many jobs offer on-the-job training, some require 1-2 years of study, and others more.
Health career opportunities are as diverse as the people they serve. Whether you want to be independent
or part of a team, work outdoors or use a microscope, there may be a profitable, secure, and
interesting job here for you.
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CURIOUS?
A health career is the perfect place for the people who wonder, Why? Registered Nurses, Opticians,
and Pharmacists – many individuals in the health field are faced with challenging problems
to solve every single day.
ENJOY BEING ACTIVE?
Physical Therapists and P.T. Aides stay on the move. They treat the pain and disability of injury
or illness, helping patients recover flexibility and maximize the use of muscle and limbs.
If sports are your game, consider being an Athletic Trainer or Recreational Therapist.
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GOOD WITH YOUR HANDS?
If you like to fix and build things, consider being an Orthotics Assistant – making devices that help correct the way people
walk. Dental Laboratory Technicians and Prosthetists also use their hands for forming and fitting.
PRECISE AND DETAIL-ORIENTED?
Anyone who does lab work or handles medical information must pay close attention to detail.
Health Technicians, Dieticians, Medical Illustrators, Medical Records Technicians . . . The list
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QUICK WITH COMPUTERS, MATH OR MECHANICS?
How about being a Biomedical Engineer? A Sonographer? Electrocardiograph
Technician? All of these people work with computer technology, measurements and machines.
HAVE STRONG "PEOPLE SKILLS"?
Effective communication skills are always a plus, especially for someone like an Emergency
Dispatch Operator. If you like interacting one-on-one, think about working as a Psychiatric
Technician, Social Worker, or Counselor.
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2008 Profile: Oregon's Health Care Workforce*
Health Care is a Major Sector in State's Labor Market
Health care employment makes up 9 percent of Oregon's labor market. Health care is predicted to be a major growth industry for the state.
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