If you don’t like working with blood, does that disqualify
you from pursuing a career in health care?
What kind of education do you need to enter the field? How science
focused do you need to be?
These are some of the questions that can be answered at NJHealthJobs.org.
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers
University recently launched the revamped website of the Central New Jersey
Health Care Talent Network (CNJHCTN), an initiative funded by Johnson and
Johnson to help students and job seekers make better, more informed decisions
regarding their education and careers.
Health care is a vital component of New Jersey’s economy,
employing more than 525,000 people – more than 14 percent of the state’s total
workforce – and is expected to add thousands of jobs per year through 2018.
NJHealthJobs.org seeks to educate students, parents,
teachers, counselors and entry-level job seekers about growing occupations in
health care, and the educational requirements they require. The site also provides news and information
regarding the health care workforce in New Jersey. The goal is to help students
and job seekers make better, more informed decisions regarding their education
and careers.
The Heldrich Center has run the Central New Jersey Health
Care Talent Network since 2009, creating and disseminating useful labor market
information on NJ health care occupations that is vetted and verified by health
care employers. Students and job seekers can use the Network’s online resources
to find educational requirements in 11 career paths, and specific educational
and training programs offered in Central New Jersey to prepare people for 33
key occupations within the health industry.
The CNJHTN also works to improve collaboration between
secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, workforce development
organizations, and employer groups; and offers hands-on, high-touch career
awareness and education to high school students in the greater New Brunswick
area.
Media Contact: Jeff Stoller
732- 932-4100 ext. 6311
