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I just saw a contract for an independent contractor software developer and it specifically prohibited that move in no uncertain language. The companies are onto that one now.
I've mostly been talking to people in IT, Computer Programming, and Project Management, (I'm personally leaning towards Project Management) and these were all fields I thought were booming, but the responses I've gotten back were anything but, employees describing it as slow and shaky, or nearly impossible to find work even with a large amount of job postings. Thoughts? What well paying careers are most stable these days?
Not surprising since a large number of people have been going into those fields which isn't bottomless in terms of job openings. If you can swing a different line of work consider an Allied Health career, many of the jobs in that field are in high demand and will continue that way due to limited educational opportunities and an aging Baby-Boomer population that will require medical care as well as retirement vacancies from those occupations too. Check out diagnostic fields such as Medical Sonography, Cardiovascular Technology, Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine Technology. All are achievable through Two-Year Associate's Degree Programs and have average starting pay around 60K-75K in most areas. Even less specialized fields such as Radiologic Technology and Respiratory Therapy have starting salaries in the 55K range, with significant pay bumps for advanced certification (CT Scan or MRI in Radiologic Techmology and NeoNatal Care in Respiratory Therapy for example) which is achievable through weekend advanced coursework lasting as little as a few months. The key is attending nationally accredited schools and attaining national certification (a standardized test) after graduation. Layoffs are unheard of in these fields by the way.
Not surprising since a large number of people have been going into those fields which isn't bottomless in terms of job openings. If you can swing a different line of work consider an Allied Health career, many of the jobs in that field are in high demand and will continue that way due to limited educational opportunities and an aging Baby-Boomer population that will require medical care as well as retirement vacancies from those occupations too. Check out diagnostic fields such as Medical Sonography, Cardiovascular Technology, Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine Technology. All are achievable through Two-Year Associate's Degree Programs and have average starting pay around 60K-75K in most areas. Even less specialized fields such as Radiologic Technology and Respiratory Therapy have starting salaries in the 55K range, with significant pay bumps for advanced certification (CT Scan or MRI in Radiologic Techmology and NeoNatal Care in Respiratory Therapy for example) which is achievable through weekend advanced coursework lasting as little as a few months. The key is attending nationally accredited schools and attaining national certification (a standardized test) after graduation. Layoffs are unheard of in these fields by the way.
I've actually been doing a lot of research in most of the fields you listed. If you Google "Rad techs over saturated" Or insert whichever field, you'll come across forums where many people in the field claim over saturation. Seems a lot of people are running to these careers because of the short education requirements and decent salary.
Medical billing and coding is a good thing to get into, but it doesn't pay very well right off the bat. Once you're more experienced you can make better money. They just switched from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and a lot of the old timers didn't want to learn ICD-10 since it's so different, so a lot of insurance companies and medical offices and the like are scrambling to find coders that know ICD-10. Most want you to know billing and EHR/EMR, too.
Whatever you do, do not go into medical transcription work as that is going the way of the dodo bird.
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