According to a recent survey, 46 percent of healthcare hiring and human resources managers have open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates. The costs of extended vacancies are real, but solutions are constrained by cost reduction initiatives.
The associate degree is emerging as a prime ticket into the healthcare workforce. Of the 20 fastest growing healthcare occupations that require a college education, 10 are at the associate level, according to data supplied by Economic Modeling Specialists International.