What Particular Field Can I Get A Job So Easily?

[HannahP 119]

Hannah - you could take the plunge, open a home health care agency yerself, in yer area - be a small business owner.

You might already qualify to open such a company, check in with yer state licensing agency.

Actually, if I had the money and the desire to work for myself (I don't! lol), I'd open up some Alzheimer's care homes. Did my geriatric clinical in one of these. Private homes that house 3-5 Alzheimer's patients. It's totally a cash-only service - medi won't reimburse and they don't take most forms of private insurance, either, but there's a two-year waiting list to get into one. Great care, beautiful surroundings, rich clients.

[HannahP 119]

just some FYI -

I had a booth at a job fair last week (I was looking for software developers)

and

had a chance to talk to the recruiter from the local city jail -

they pay 13 bucks/hour to start, some annual salary of 32K for 0 /ZERO years of experience, plus standard 'city employee benefits'

There's no formal training program, you go to work right away and mostly it's on-the-job training

and they do hire women for the women's portion of the jail.

I thought that to be amazing, for a job with no previous background in anything..

Benefits might be good but 13/hour for a RN position? Most hospital positions start around 21-25/hr with shift differentials for nights and weekends. Hell, my McNursingJob is 18/hr. And RN positions for jails and prisons are actually notorious for paying very well. Just sucks that they be rapin' everybody up in here.

[Darnell 8,478]

i think is difficult to compare a jailer position to a nursing position.

i gave the jailer reference solely cause it intrigued me, no prior background in being a jailer/jailor required. none.

[HannahP 119]

i think is difficult to compare a jailer position to a nursing position.

i gave the jailer reference solely cause it intrigued me, no prior background in being a jailer/jailor required. none.

Ohh for some reason I thought you were talking about prison nursing.

I'd assume that corrections probably has a high turnover rate.

[Bruin85 9]

An area that there is a big demand for and pays well is Med Tech. Here in California they call it Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS). You have to go to school for it and then pass a state exam, so it's not easy, but once you do, all you have to do is upload your resume and employers contact you. When your doctor orders a blood or urine test for you, the CLS is the one that tests it and sends the doctor back a report of what was found. Also, the industry is loaded with filipinos. When my wife got here a year ago, she didnt know anyone except me and my friends. But since she started working, she has lots of filipino friends now, because almost all her coworkers are filipino. With no experience, overtime and shift differential, she will make close to $70k her first year and it goes up from there with experience. That's pretty good pay, even for Los Angeles. Anyway, there are more CLS positions open than they can fill, so once you get licensed you can work right away. It's strange that everytime I read on Yahoo a list of professions that are in high demand I never see Med Tech listed, but they definitely in demand.

Edited July 28, 2011 by Bruin85

[SpelaD 4]

I am an RN in Florida with 2 years of experience from Europe. SO far no job (or interview) offers yet. But it is true I've only been looking for 4 days.

[Messybrownhair 251]

My field (Speech Pathologists/Speech Therapists) and even SLP-assistants also make good money.. If you have the patience to go back to school for it, I would totally recommend it! Starting salary for a SLP with no experience is about $70k, but I have talked to some who make around $90! I'm excited to graduate now