Welcome to the Health Science Community! Learn more here about the different career paths you can pursue, get resources to start your career journey and take next steps to pursue career opportunities.
Health science careers encompass research and development as well as planning and carrying out therapeutic & health services. These positions include the technicians that run diagnostic equipment, the doctors & nurses that manage care and the researchers that advance medical intervention. Perhaps no career field has a wider array of education and training required within it, some positions requiring none past high school and others devoting nearly a decade. Health sciences is a challenging but rewarding pathway.
Do you see an internship in your future? If not, why not? An internship can be beneficial in many ways. It can help you decide if the major you have chosen is a good fit for you or not. It …
From lab supplies to life-saving therapies, Thermo Fisher Scientific is a supplier of scientific supplies and services that help address some of the world’s biggest science, health, and environmental challenges. Even if you’ve used or seen some of Thermo Fisher’s …
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) offers an excellent tool for planning with their first destination survey results.
“NACE’s First-Destination Survey captures information regarding how new college graduates fare in their careers within six months of graduation. The …
After multiple interviews and a lot of stress, your dream job just called and gave you an offer! Now what? If you accept the offer on the spot, the odds are that you are settling for something lower than they …
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
