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PALM SPRINGS — A year ago, Jacqueline Maroto decided she needed to find a way to provide more stability and better pay for her young family.
So she quit her retail job and enrolled in an 11-month medical assistant program, finishing in May and getting a job at the Community Blood Center.
She says it's one of the best decisions she's ever made.
"It's not so much training, but you can make so much more money than working at a store," Maroto said, saying she values the job opportunities available to her and the wages she makes in a tough economy. "There are so many more doors open for me."
With the Sunshine State's economy clouded by a recession and job losses - at 96,800 in the last year - the highest of any state, a lot of people in South Florida are thinking about what jobs they can switch into.
According to a list the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation compiled, jobs in the health-care industry are among the hottest and fastest growing in Palm Beach County. Of the top 20 occupations projected to grow the fastest by the year 2015, 10 are in the health-care industry; another seven are in technology.
"What we're seeing is, the fastest-growing occupations are in the computer industries, like software engineers and data communications analysts," said Kathryn Schmidt, president and chief executive officer of The Workforce Alliance, a West Palm Beach-based agency that helps people find jobs. "And we're also seeing a growth in the health-care industry, like home health care, and medical and dental assistants."
No one expects the Florida economy to stay down forever. (Most forecasts put a rebound in the second half of next year.) Many of the jobs lost likely will come back when the state's historically high growth kicks back in. But for now, many Palm Beach County residents are looking - and finding - jobs they think will provide more stability for the future.
"There's a lot of people that are very scared out there with the economy and unemployment," said Judy Heath, senior consultant with Drake Beam Morin career services, which has an office in Boca Raton. "People are anxious." Indeed, she said people want to know they are choosing careers that will continue to grow and do well.
A bright spot in a dismal job market
Florida's job market has taken a steady pounding this year, thanks primarily to the collapse of a once-booming housing market.
By July, the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 6.1 percent, the highest since January 1995, although it was at 5.5 percent in June. Palm Beach County had an unemployment rate - not seasonally adjusted - of 6.9 percent in July, while Martin County was at 7.1 percent and St. Lucie County had a rate of 9.5 percent.
Making matters worse for Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, which exemplified the five-year housing boom, construction jobs have been especially hard hit, with 81,600 jobs being eliminated statewide, according to state figures.
No other industry sector comes close.
However, there's an overwhelming bright spot: health care.
As area workers look for jobs that are growing and won't leave them in the lurch in the future, many are trending toward the Agency for Workforce Innovation's list of those jobs on track to be good bets, including computer software engineers, home health aides, medical assistants and database administrators.
Rebecca Rust, a Workforce Innovation economist, said occupations in the health-care and technology industries are growing strongly nationwide. With the aging of baby boomers comes a rising demand for health-care services, meaning more jobs in certain parts of the health-care industry. And that's especially true in South Florida, long a retiree haven.
As for technology, which is expected to become more complex and pervasive in our everyday lives, new jobs will continue to be created in Florida and nationwide, said Roger Moncarz of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Blue-collar jobs also faring well
The list of fastest-growing occupations doesn't tell the whole story about the region's job market.
In fact, topping a second Workforce Innovation list - this one, ranking occupations by total number of jobs added - are slightly lower-paying jobs such as retail salespeople, customer service representatives, waiters and waitresses and janitors and cleaners.
Moreover, just because certain jobs are projected to grow quickly well into the next decade does not mean they are immune to the current economic downturn.
Carpenters, for example, appear on the Top 10 list of hot jobs. But with the housing market in the doldrums, carpenters are struggling right now. Still, they are expected to bounce back quickly as housing recovers and as people look to remodel or fix up their homes.
"Job seekers and students selecting careers should really look at jobs that are good now and good in the long run," Rust said. "Some of those jobs that are losing right now, we may see them growing again in the long term."
COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Rafael Benitez, 41, Coral Springs
EXPERIENCE: Siemens AG; 13 years
BEST PART OF THE JOB: Being part of the leading edge of technology, collaborating with other engineers, seeing the immediate results of your work.
'There's something kind of neat about collaborating on a project with people all over the world. It's like a club or something. It's kind of a rewarding thing to be a part of these teams and know what's going on. It feels good.'PERSONAL AND HOME CARE AIDE
Karen Braun, 47, Boca Raton
EXPERIENCE: Four years in the business.
BEST PART OF THE JOB: Being able to help people who can't help themselves.
'Helen, she's like my grandmother to me. It's not a job. It's so heart-filled. ... When she was in the hospital, she was crying, I was crying.'CARPENTER
Richard Coppersmith, 40, Palm Beach Gardens
EXPERIENCE: 22 years; owns Coppersmith Construction
BEST PART OF THE JOB: The challenge of each new project, the ability to build and see the fruit of your labor.
'I just love building, creating and driving away seeing my work, what I've done.'JANITOR
Gloria Villa, 54, Lake Worth
EXPERIENCE: Palm Beach County School District, 11 years; Hidden Oaks Elementary, three years
BEST PART OF THE JOB: Knowing that things are clean and looking their best.
'I love to have my floors shine. In the cafeteria, people moved the tables without releasing the brake, and I suffered. ... I put up signs, "Please call custodian to move furniture." I love nice, clean stuff.'NETWORK SYSTEMS AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS ANALYST
Joe Ryan, 22, Palm Beach Gardens
EXPERIENCE: self-employed, four years
BEST PART OF THE JOB: Combining his love of cutting-edge technology and his enjoyment of interacting with and helping people.
'The real need in technology is the people who can bridge that gap between the technology and the customer, especially as technology gets cheaper and easier to build. ... More customization requires knowing your customer.'(source)
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I am Bio-Medical Engineer and last 10 years, still don't find any thing regarding Bio-Medical Engineer .I always Strugglers to find right Carrier path for those .
Healthcare is not meant only nursing and Doctors .We engineers also have major contribution in Healthcare . Why we engineers have so much tough time in Healthcare. In payscale also they are underpay and alwyas have second level treatment ....
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I am Bio-Medical Engineer and last 10 years, still don't find any thing regarding Bio-Medical Engineer .I always Strugglers to find right Carrier path for those .
Healthcare is not meant only nursing and Doctors .We engineers also have major contribution in Healthcare . Why we engineers have so much tough time in Healthcare. In payscale also they are underpay and alwyas have second level treatment ....