As a healthcare provider you are providing your services for the welfare of the society and to the people. The healthcare field has many opportunities from working in hospitals and clinical facilities all the way to in home care. Often there are benefits and competitive salary packages for healthcare professionals. These benefits often make the healthcare industry an ideal choice. The automotive industry has a range of opportunities as well. You can be involved in the development and production of vehicle components. This will allow you to be a part of new technology when it comes to the cars we all drive. There is also the sales side of the automotive industry that allows you to provide service and a product to people.

When you are thinking of making a choice like a career for life it is important to think about the features and benefits of your fields of interest.  The following is a list of features and benefits that will help you choose between the healthcare industry versus the automotive industry.

Helping the Society:  A healthcare professional has the opportunity to provide care to a large number of people. Lending this helping hand to society is not only rewarding but satisfying as well.  The automotive field on the other hand is to make a better product and to sell it at a high price. Most often what the bottom line profit is tends to be more important than customer satisfaction. In addition, working to develop new designs and keeping up with the latest technology can make for a stressful environment to work in.

Training Programs: Considering the various levels of healthcare positions you are able to choose a program that specializes in the area you are most interested in. Once you complete a training program and have your diploma or certificate in hand you ready to start your career.  In the automotive industry training is often conducted within the industry. Typically training is conducted for a period 12 to 24 months. You are educated on various subjects and then are able to choose the area in which you wish to specialize in.

Education Levels: A healthcare career usually requires less than 4 years of college education unless your goal is to become a doctor or practitioner. There are several areas in the field that you start working in with just a high school diploma. In the automotive industry you are looking at 4 years of college education to be in the top salaried positions. There is little opportunity for the high school graduate.

Choosing a career for life based on the above features and benefits can help you make an educated decision. When comparing healthcare vs. automotive industries the healthcare field is sure to be a more rewarding and achievable choice.

The major issue faced by the health care industry is workforce. To offset the workforce issue the health care industry is open to seek and increase the labor pool by attracting and recruiting people from non-traditional labor pools. The industry has gone to an extent of accepting entry level workers and preparing them for targeted and specialized skill areas by providing them with requisite training. The health care industry is also seeking to expand the numbers of academic and clinical instructors alongside the facilities and resources, aligning the curriculum to meet the needs of the health care employers.

With many health care jobs requiring less than 4 years of college education, one can easily opt for programs leading to certification or a degree with vocational schools which provide programs with specialized training.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) – U.S. Dept. of Labor has invested over $164 million in the health care industry. This includes 29 high growth job training initiative and 67 community based job training.

For details visit: www.doleta.gov