health jobs

Becker’s Hospital Review

Healthcare jobs are expected to grow significantly faster than the rest of the economy over the next decade, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

For the analysis, researchers with the Center for Health Workforce Studies — a part of the School of Public Health at the University at Albany-State University of New York — examined Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data for 2006-16 and employment projections made by the bureau for 2016-26.

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The Daily Gazette

ALBANY — Details of a new report on the health care industry may be news to a lot of people, but the conclusion should surprise no one: The health workforce is seeing continued, strong growth. The University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies announced the report results Thursday and noted that home health care and ambulatory care are showing particularly strong job growth: 136 percent and 30 percent, respectively, between 2000 and 2014. Overall health care employment jumped 24 percent statewide during that period.

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NBC News Channel 13 Albany WNYT

Employees pound away at the keyboard at Transfinder in Schenectady, developing map drawing software for bus companies. And Transfinder, can’t find enough of these people.
“The biggest challenge to us is not that we’re hiring for a tech job, it’s not that we’re trying to fill a single application develop position, but we’re looking to fill multiple positions,” said Joe Messia, COO of Transfinder.

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