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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.
We’re sharing the latest opportunities that come across our inbox with you! Learn about the Frankel Cardiovascular Center Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Providence Cancer Institute Summer Internship, and the Wolf Trap Foundation’s internships and apprenticeships!
The Medical Field is Not Just for Doctors and Nurses Anymore
Okay, it’s no surprise that the healthcare industry is the perennial favorite when it comes to offering careers that have staying power. Here are eight to consider.
We’re less than two weeks away from our inaugural Internship Pop-Up Fair (all majors) at the WSU Pullman campus, and we couldn’t be more excited to kick off the fall recruiting season! September through November are prime months for companies …
For any prospective medical student, one of the biggest hurdles between you and medical school is the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). This standardized test is designed to measure the skills and knowledge that medical schools care about most: critical …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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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.
