Health care may be one of the most recession-proof industries out there, but hospitals and other care-providers are not immune to the current economic situation. In fact, the American Hospital Association (AHA) recently reported that nine out of ten U.S. hospitals have made financial cutbacks since the start of 2009, and almost half of them have had to reduce staff. Want to stay above the budget-cutting fray? If you are a nurse, a great way to make yourself (as) immune (as possible) to the bottom line is to work as a travel nurse. Traveling around the country may not work for every nurse in...

Time Magazine’s feature story this week is a sobering report on double digit unemployment. The magazine asks, frighteningly, if double-digit unemployment is here to stay. Economists had long since told us that when growth returned, jobs would return. But now, top labor analysts are wondering whether this truism still rings true. Has something fundamental changed (been destroyed) in our economy? What’s the solution? According to the Time reporter, it’s as “simple” as an employment-emergency bill, which will: guarantee jobless workers a basic set of rights for two...

Business Week ran a fascinating article a few weeks ago about how to find a job during America’s economic recovery. As I’ve long been harping on here at the JobMonkey, the earliest growth will be in one of four fields: health care, education, government employment, and green business. In fact, these four fields have been some of the most stable over the past 8 months of the recession, posting positive growth numbers over a number of months despite record-high layoffs in nearly every other field. Here are some of the highlights from BWeek’s article on landing one of these &#...

The state of New Jersey has developed an innovative program to help stem its projected nursing shortage: a $22 million scholarship fund known as the New Jersey Nursing Initiative. The privately funded initiative provides tuition and living stipend to nurses going back to school for a MA or PhD in nursing. The catch is that recipients must commit to being nursing instructors at one of eight New Jersey schools for at least three years after they graduate. According to a recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the nursing shortage problem is not due to a  lack of interested nursing stude...

My apologies for not getting this Hot Jobs posted yesterday. My Mac was in the shop! It’s going back this weekend for a more extended repair job, but thanks to Apple Care, I don’t pay a dime! The JobMonkey Job Center is loaded this week with a numerous nursing jobs all over the country. I often think about going back to school to become a nurse — it’s a wonderful profession and a career that it generally quite recession-proof. Are you about to graduate with your nursing degree? Or are you an RN who is thinking about making a career change? Then you should definitely ch...

With a worldwide shortage of nurses set to reach peak proportions in the next three to five years, the demand has never been greater for qualified nurses. If serving the greater good is important to you — and job security is pretty significant as well — then nursing is a great career choice. Here’s a look at four of the highest in-demand nursing positions. 1. Nurse Anesthetist Nurse anesthetists are some of the highest paid in the nursing area, thanks to their advanced degrees, and high level of autonomy and responsibility. Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) m...

It’s a scorcher out there! But it’s even hotter in here (hahaha) with these red hot jobs this week! All punning aside, as you probably know by now, Wednesday is Hot Jobs day here at the JobMonkey blog. That’s when I post three hot new job openings from our job database at the JobMonkey Job Center. There are a ton of great new job leads over at the Job Center right now, including many exciting nursing positions. If you are interested in learning more about the nursing profession, and particularly about opportunities for traveling nurses, be sure to check out JobMonkey’...

Becoming a registered nurse or RN takes a good amount of specialized education to be sure. First you get your undergraduate degree. Then you must get into a nursing school. And before you can do that there are a number of prerequisites needed. It’s a process! But most nurses agree that it’s a great profession that provides superior job stability, good pay and benefits, and the potential for flexible scheduling. You can learn more about nursing careers on JobMonkey. We’ve got a whole content section devoted to the topic. Find out about the many different types of nurses, Whe...

Each Thursday, I get to do my favorite thing on this blog: Answer your questions about your job search. I love hearing what’s on your mind, so please don’t be shy! Send me an email or leave me your question in the comments section. Just this week, I fielded two separate questions about how to find work in America when you are not an American citizen. I am going to feature one of the letters here today — but please know that the advice about work visas applies to any non-citizen interested in working in the United States. Dear JobMonkey, I have completed MBBS MD Physicians deg...

Newsweek online has a great piece this week about ten recession-proof careers.  Here’s a look at four of the job fields that are still hiring (Halleluyah!) and links to corresponding sections about these career options from JobMonkey. 1) Security Jobs with the Defense Department and America’s Homeland Security are on the rise. According to a 2007 report, there will be more 80,000 new jobs in these fields in the next two years. If you include local crime fighting in these figures, I’m guessing the numbers will be even higher — much higher — since the recently pa...