Ohio Healthcare Jobs

If you’re searching for a job right now, you’ve probably heard a lot about healthcare. If you are looking for your first job or are starting out on a new career path, you should know there are a lot of options in that industry. Particularly if you live in the Midwest, Ohio healthcare jobs are plentiful.
The healthcare industry is one of the few that is often considered to be recession-proof, which explains its popularity as of late. Most places throughout the country are always looking for medical workers, and Ohio is no exception to that rule.
In May alone, Ohio’s education and health services industry employed 831,000 workers, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 822,600 workers during May and a 2 percent increase from last year.
So where should you start looking? The Cleveland area in particular is well-known for its strong and innovative healthcare industry. According to the City of Cleveland, hospitals and related healthcare facilities are among the largest employers in northeast Ohio, with Healthcare jobs employing more than 70,000 workers and paying more than $3.6 billion in wages and benefits.
The city projects that 26.7 percent of job growth in the region during the next 10 years will be in healthcare occupations. Some of the area’s most notable healthcare facilities include The Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System and University Hospitals.
Hospitals in Columbus include Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Doctors Hospital West, Grant Medical Center, Mt. Carmel, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Riverside Methodist Hospital.
In Cincinnati, hospitals include Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Christ Hospital, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mercy Hospital and University Hospital.
If you don’t want to work at a hospital, you can always opt to check out what jobs are available at other healthcare facilities, such as private practitioners, state facilities or nursing homes.

Originally posted by joel cheesman