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majax79 · Newbie Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 2 Career Advice: +0/-0

I keep hearing that the health care sector is the best to get into because of the job creation. I'm a business major, soon about to begin my junior year in college and I needed some advice. I've always been a very organized person and business seems to be a natural fit for me. I even took a personality test at college and the instructor said she had never seen somebody with such a definative result.

How can I mix accounting or business administration with the health care job market?

I thought about hospitals or government health care. What type of entry level job could I apply for? I'm fine with starting out in an entry level position; I'm just not sure what the position name would be.

lexa10881 · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:04 am Post subject:

There is a need for both administration and financial posts within the healthcare field [someone has to be in charge and take care of the books!]and the area, either profit or non-profit, is no different than that of any other business really. I'm sure you could ask for assistance at the college career center and they might recommend a double major or something, but I think you might be ok to continue as you are and just look for jobs in this sector once you graduate.

http://www.cvtips.com/college_career_services.html

Scoppen · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 6 Career Advice: +0/-0

Here's an idea...the Public Health Field is exploding. Take your business degree and get a masters in Public Health or pursue an MBA, but focus on taking public health courses during your senior year. This will help guide you to the area that interestes you. There is a serious need for strong business skills to keep these organizations running smoothly. You could work for lots of International Organizations. (do you like to travel ?)...Disaster Recovery, Pandemic Planning, Red Cross, Government Organizations, The CDC, and so on. There are also a lot of foundations connected to big University's looking for people with these skills.

I have a friend who works in this field and travels throughout the world. So I know it can be done. His field was mental health but he combined that with an MBA, and now helps hospitals in 3rd world countries set up programs & helps them understand how to manage & sustain them.

Bottomline: These orgs also need people for managing funds, budgets and finances. Sounds like you have what it takes to combine both of these interests.

Best Wishes.

- S.

majax79 · Newbie Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 2 Career Advice: +0/-0

Hello,

Sorry it's been so long since I responded.

I would love to travel. Would a simple BA in business administration be good enough for me to get into one of these companies? Also, how do I go about chatting with someone who is already in that particular line of work?

I'm honestlly not even sure what an administrator does.

Scoppen · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 6 Career Advice: +0/-0

Hello Again,

You would really need an advanced degree to become involved in some of the areas I mentioned. However, working in an office for an organization of this type requires basic business skills. For that you should check out their websites. Business Administration is a broad term so it can cover a wide variety of skills.

If you are good with accouting, organizational skills, project management, presentations, process documentation, strategy, legal matters, running an office, leading a team, managing an office or a group of people, organizing fund raising, and so on - it all applies. The possibilities are endless. Administrators do all the behind the scenes things that keep a business running. The not so fun actvities that have to be done again, things like HR and payroll. Look at the websites for International Organizations like the Red Cross and see what their requirements are and just keep searching until you get an idea of what type of people they are looking for. That will give you an idea of what studies you might need to pursue.

Good BA skills can take you a long way. Even if you start as an administrator you can grow within an organization and study for an advanced degree as you go along.

I hope this helps.

Best Wishes.

Susan

ladyapol93 · Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Career Advice: +0/-0

Health care sector is the best to get into because of the job creation. You have said that your are a business major and a very organized person and business seems to be a natural fit for you. You also took a personality test at college. So, I guess you can mix business to health care with your own techniques.

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ggd · Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Posts: 2 Career Advice: +0/-0

OMG!! You are wondering if business and healthcare go together? Of course they do! Especially, with all the changes that will be coming up. I would recommen after you finish your bachelor's going straight back to school and getting either an MBA with Healthcare specialization or Master's in Healthcare Administration. This would put you in a perfect position to start out in a managerial or accounting type position with the potential of becoming the CFO or CEO of a healthcare organization.

In that I am a nurse with 20+ years of experience and an MBA/HCM myself, I can say this very confidently.

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