What are some jobs in the health care field that have shortages of people besides nursing?
Asked by ™PinkiThink
I was reading an article and I read this comment. forget a 4 year college This goes to show how a 4 year degree is becoming obsolete and a burden. A recent article on msn stated that almost 60 percent of America's workforce, those with college degrees, are working in positions in which they are over qualified for. Many positions do not even require a college degree. GO TO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL! There are many excellent vocational programs out there and now is the time to join. Since many trade workers will be retiring soon there is a great need for people with special skills: like electricians, crane operators, and welders, to replace the workers who are retiring. In the medical industries field there is a great shortage of MRI techs, Radiology Techs, EEG techs, RN's (even with a 2 year voc liscense), surgical techs etc. And don't forget about the computer industry. (Think about Bill Gates.) Also there are a lot of excellent on line schools out there that offer just as much as the brick and morder schools do but for a much less price. We as a country need to stop the strangle hold that 4 year universities and colleges have on us. As someone who is suffering with student loan debt even many years after graduating from an overpriced over inflated 4 year university, I know the importance of giving my children the advantage of training for a good job without the burden of large student loan debt. With the US fluctuating job market, it is often a crap shoot on wheither or not one can find a high enough paying job to payback his/her student loans. If one cannot, forget about any kind of financial future such as being able to buy a house. There are many, like me, who are working in jobs in which we do not even use our 4 year degree(s). When I first started working in the health care field no one cared that I had a BA degree in Journalism. That would not even get me a job as a Patient Services Rep. I had to work my way up to that. What hospital employers cared about is what kind of experience I had. Up to 45% of us are working in jobs in which are degrees do not apply. So unless you are going onto law school, medical school, or a career in social work. Forget about it. It is time as a nation that we stopped letting 4 year institutions of learning bleed us dry. ******* So it got me to thinking why should I waste my time and money on a business degree in Accounting/Finance when I will most likely not be working in my field. This was the article I was reading. http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2008/08/08/transfer-students-feel-the-pinch-when-money-is-tight.html

Best Answer:
Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physican's assistant but Pharmacist is the best paying, and my fav

Hospitals are in need of: X-Ray Techs, Scrub Techs, Lab Assistants, Secretaries, RN (heh:P), HR, ER and OR staff, pharmacy.
Answered by bkxoshua