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Healthcare Tops Best Job Sectors for 2009
U.S. News and World Report magazine recently compiled its well-respected "Best Jobs" list for 2009, and it looks like healthcare jobs are poised to outpace most other disciplines in today's rocky employment market. Fully 36% of the magazine's top job selections are from the healthcare field. And most promising for those considering healthcare travel careers, U.S. News also cites rehabilitation therapists, registered nurses and surgical technologists as having a rosier employment future than most.
Why are these healthcare jobs at the top of the list?
The magazine considered several
factors when selecting top careers for 2009: demand for the position in a tough economy; job satisfaction; required training; social prestige and last (but not least), pay. U.S. News reports, "These careers have staying power: they're smart moves now, and they'll be smart moves for years to come." The aging of the baby boomers over the next decades will place major demands on the healthcare system. There will be more needs for therapists as active seniors strive to maintain mobility after injuries or other setbacks, yet still need be fully functional at work and in the community. The ongoing nursing shortage shows no signs of abating. Increasing use of technology in medical settings can cut both ways, and nurses who commit to mastering advanced systems and critical care specialties will find their skills in particular demand in the coming years.
Healthcare jobs are a smart career choice ... add traveling and make them even better!
 With the overall financial challenges facing large medical organizations, even the recesssion-resistant healthcare industry has tightened its belt. So how can travel nursing and travel therapy jobs put you in an better position to cope with these changes? Well, you've heard of supply and demand. Travel jobs are the perfect way for you (supply!) to go wherever and whenever the need (demand!) is highest.
Perhaps there is no particular need for professionals with your specialty in a given area of the country — but in another location they are ready and willing to pay top dollar for someone with your skills. With a travel job, you're in luck. You can go where the money is best and the jobs are most plentiful. And don't forget, 50 States' travel nurse jobs come equipped with top-drawer benefits like free housing, free health insurance, travel and licensing reimbursements.
"Travelers have the flexibility and mobility that is most sought-after in today's healthcare job market. Travel nurses and therapists allow hospital employers to provide better patient care and ease staff overload."
-- Dennis Urbanski, Director of Hospital Marketing, 50 States Staffing |
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They are also more likely to be specially certified. Professor Aiken's study also showed that supplemental staffing compensates for permanent staffing shortfalls and improves patient outcomes and nurse morale. "Supplemental nurse staffing, employed strategically, is a valuable resource for nurse retention." By improving nurse-patient ratios, it can reduce nursing career fatigue and and reports of burnout by permanent nursing staff.