What kind of education do you need to enter the field? How science focused do you need to be?
These are some of the questions that can be answered at NJHealthJobs.org.
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University recently launched the revamped website of the Central New Jersey Health Care Talent Network (CNJHCTN), an initiative funded by Johnson and Johnson to help students and job seekers make better, more informed decisions regarding their education and careers.
Health care is a vital component of New Jersey’s economy, employing more than 525,000 people – more than 14 percent of the state’s total workforce – and is expected to add thousands of jobs per year through 2018.
NJHealthJobs.org seeks to educate students, parents, teachers, counselors and entry-level job seekers about growing occupations in health care, and the educational requirements they require. The site also provides news and information regarding the health care workforce in New Jersey. The goal is to help students and job seekers make better, more informed decisions regarding their education and careers.
The Heldrich Center has run the Central New Jersey Health Care Talent Network since 2009, creating and disseminating useful labor market information on NJ health care occupations that is vetted and verified by health care employers. Students and job seekers can use the Network’s online resources to find educational requirements in 11 career paths, and specific educational and training programs offered in Central New Jersey to prepare people for 33 key occupations within the health industry.
The CNJHTN also works to improve collaboration between secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, workforce development organizations, and employer groups; and offers hands-on, high-touch career awareness and education to high school students in the greater New Brunswick area.
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