If ever there was a time to make a move into the healthcare sales market, now is it. According to RecruitingTrends.com:
“Healthcare continued to add jobs in February, with a gain of 27,000. Job growth occurred in ambulatory healthcare (16,000) and in hospitals (7,000). Employment gains in the industry averaged 30,000 a month in 2008,” the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this and last month alongside news that the nation’s overall number of unemployed individuals increased by 5 million over the last year.
Select Metrix is located in the Twin Cities which is home to United Health Group, Medtronic and most of the other medical device players. This market is one that continues to hire as the Baby Boomers continue to age. The demand is only going to increase over the next decade or two.
My generation – Gen X – will not put the same demand on the healthcare system since there is far fewer of us in comparison to the Boomers. But that layoff is many, many years away.