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IPCed continually seeks employers who value and reward individuals committed to education and training. Recognizing that applicants who have achieved an IPCed certification will be “job ready” many employers extend preferential consideration to IPCed graduates. View our preferred employers

As the largest industry in 2006, health care provided 14 million jobs—13.6 million jobs for wage and salary workers and about 438,000 jobs for the self-employed. Twenty-one percent of these jobs were in the senior care in nursing homes, assisted living communities and other community care settings.

7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care related.

Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.

Most workers have jobs that require less than 4 years of college education.

One of the fastest growing areas is the personal and home care aides, who help elderly, disabled and ill persons, live in their own homes instead of in an institution. Although some of these workers are employed by public or private agencies, many are self-employed. With experience and, in some cases, further education and training, service workers may advance to higher level positions or transfer to new occupations.

Most workers in health care jobs provide clinical services, but many also are employed in occupations with other functions. Numerous workers in management and administrative support jobs keep organizations running smoothly. Although many medical and health services managers have a background in a clinical specialty or training in health care administration, some enter these jobs with a general business education.

(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov)

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