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Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
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Drafters, all other
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All of these jobs pay $55,000 to $74,999.
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Dont set your bar low. Education is easy to get these days so everyone is getting it. The job market is a competition and the more people that are getting 4 year and masters degrees, mean the harder it will be for you to land a job without.
I'd still go for the associates degree. You can work full time on the floor or in a clinic or nursing home for RN wages and go to school part time in one of the numerous associates to bachelors programs out there. Take your time and get your bachelors. You've already passed the boards so the pressures are gone. Depending on where you're working, your employer might pay for part or possibly all of your schooling to advance.
Exactly. Nursing is especially a good career if you're not in a large metro because many midsized and small metro have nursing shortages. The CC where I work has 100% placement rates for its nursing graduates with associates. Many of them work full time and go on to get their BAs later.
Process Tech is a big deal around Houston at least. Within the last decade or so it seems that all the 2 year colleges began process tech offerings. I know people in this field. 40,000 is a bit low for starting salary for this degree. It's not uncommon to hear about someone cracking $80,000 if they are willing to take lots of overtime. So far it has been a money maker. There is always demand around here. Don't know about 10-20 years from now though.
By process tech I mean the operators at chemical refineries and other types of plants. These are the guys/gals that run the processes from automated computer panels and often also go out and maintain equipment.
Sales assistant/ client service associate in the financial services field. Starting pay is around that +/- in houston and other areas and goes up from there
Process Tech is a big deal around Houston at least. Within the last decade or so it seems that all the 2 year colleges began process tech offerings. I know people in this field. 40,000 is a bit low for starting salary for this degree. It's not uncommon to hear about someone cracking $80,000 if they are willing to take lots of overtime. So far it has been a money maker. There is always demand around here. Don't know about 10-20 years from now though.
By process tech I mean the operators at chemical refineries and other types of plants. These are the guys/gals that run the processes from automated computer panels and often also go out and maintain equipment.
I think that this kind of job goes by a variety of names in different parts of the country depending upon what kind of industries are around. The CC where I work offers CNC (computer numeric control) certificates (1 year course) that students can pursue within an associates degree in engineering because there are a lot of employers in this area that use precision tool machinery.
Exactly. Nursing is especially a good career if you're not in a large metro because many midsized and small metro have nursing shortages. The CC where I work has 100% placement rates for its nursing graduates with associates. Many of them work full time and go on to get their BAs later.
Just do your research though....around here a 2 year nursing degree would not get hired in a hospital and usually not in a clinic setting either where they mostly employ medical assistants over RN/LPN's. About the only job for a 2 year nursing student is in a nursing home and the pay scale for that is no where near $40,000.
Just do your research though....around here a 2 year nursing degree would not get hired in a hospital and usually not in a clinic setting either where they mostly employ medical assistants over RN/LPN's. About the only job for a 2 year nursing student is in a nursing home and the pay scale for that is no where near $40,000.
You're correct in stating that the trend in the hospitals IF they're not having problems in filling positions is away from hiring 2 yr. RN's. Also, it's correct that clinics are eagerly in the process of dumbing down their staff just to save money all the way down to medical assistants who essentially are only capable of taking temperatures, blood pressures, and filling out the initial questionnaire's in the rooms. This trend I believe will be more of a fad as the training drop from an LPN to a Med. Assistant is going to cause issues in quality and thus liability problems in the future.
Where you are TOTALLY wrong is the nursing home statement. My daughter recently graduated from an LPN to RN, associates degree program and is making over $ 40,000 right out of the gate AND in South Dakota where all health sciences' pay is below the rest of the country. Granted, she already worked there as an LPN so she was in the system and had that experience. All of the graduates of the 2 year program found jobs immediately, most of which were in nursing homes, but some were in clinics and I know of one that is employed in a rural hospital.
You're correct in stating that the trend in the hospitals IF they're not having problems in filling positions is away from hiring 2 yr. RN's. Also, it's correct that clinics are eagerly in the process of dumbing down their staff just to save money all the way down to medical assistants who essentially are only capable of taking temperatures, blood pressures, and filling out the initial questionnaire's in the rooms. This trend I believe will be more of a fad as the training drop from an LPN to a Med. Assistant is going to cause issues in quality and thus liability problems in the future.
Where you are TOTALLY wrong is the nursing home statement. My daughter recently graduated from an LPN to RN, associates degree program and is making over $ 40,000 right out of the gate AND in South Dakota where all health sciences' pay is below the rest of the country. Granted, she already worked there as an LPN so she was in the system and had that experience. All of the graduates of the 2 year program found jobs immediately, most of which were in nursing homes, but some were in clinics and I know of one that is employed in a rural hospital.
That's great about your daughter, however, around here, they pay about $10/hour....
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