Healthcare Careers
About the Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry encompasses a wide range of professions dedicated to the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of individual and community health. If you are considering a career in this field, you are embarking on a journey that combines science, technology, and human connection to make a profound impact on people's wellbeing.
Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting about 1.9 million job openings in this sector each year from 2023 to 2033. The industry includes medical, nursing, and allied health professionals who diagnose and treat patients, and support staff who schedule appointments, organize medical records, and coordinate wellness activities. Employees can work in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, state or local government, insurance agencies, retail pharmacies, schools, private practice, or home health.
In the healthcare field, multiple majors, and educational routes lead to different career paths. While certain careers, like nursing, demand specific degrees, others, such as healthcare administration, offer flexibility and can be pursued through various avenues.
Featured Resources
The Center for Advising Resources and Support
The Center for Advising Resources and Support (CARS) offers support and services to students pursuing admission to professional programs in the health or law. Learn more about various pre-health pathways and receive guidance on pre-professional preparation.
Healthcare Careers Exploration Resources
ExploreHealthCareers.org and PublicHealthCareers.org are collaboration between today’s health professionals and leading health care associations and public health organizations designed to help you start down the road toward a career in healthcare.
Labor Statistics around Healthcare Occupations
Learn more about what healthcare occupations entail, the education and skill requirements, job and salary outlook, and more through this resource put together by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Health Center Association of Nebraska
Community health centers are nonprofit providers dedicated to providing cost effective healthcare in areas of high need. Explore opportunities across the state in areas including medical, dental, pharmacy, behavioral health, and patient access.
Resume Resources
If you are applying for positions working directly with patients, it’s important to highlight your clinical experience. This can include shadowing, healthcare employment, and volunteer experience. Nursing and professional school students should also include clinical rotation or fieldwork experience when applying for their first jobs after graduation.
Pre-Health Student Resume Examples
Professional Student Resume Examples
Big Interview Resources
Big Interview offers student the opportunity to run through a set of prerecorded interview questions to prepare for upcoming interviews. The system also for a student to record and review their responses and offers general feedback as well.
Student Clubs
Visit CU Involved to learn more about these student organizations.
Additional Resources
You can explore different job openings across the various roles in healthcare. If you are Pre-Health you search for potential position that will help you explore professions and get direct patient experience.
