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Pursuing A Career In The Health Care Industry

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Planning can be defined as, preparing a series of action steps that lead to a specific goal. A plan is a road map, which allows you track how far you have come and what is left to reach your desired destination. Although planning anything in life can often be difficult due to our inability to control everything that happens to us, possessing a well-thought out plan is essential to effective decision making. When contemplating what I want to accomplish in the next three years, I was surprised to realize that I had already taken the first steps in obtaining my desired goals. I first came back to school for the simple fact that I was tired of dead-end jobs, and I understood that if I wanted a better career I needed to acquire my degree. I didn’t want to waste my time gaining a degree that wasn’t going to be applicable in the real world. …show more content…

The health care industry is one of the largest, fastest growing, and stable industries in this country; in fact employment growth is expected to account for 3.6 million new wage and salary jobs within the next ten years (United States Department of Labor, 2013). I immediately began looking for a degree that could get me a job in health care. I am repulsed by the sight of blood and other bodily functions, so I knew right away a nursing degree or clinical position was not an option. I do however have over six years of administration experience, therefore when I saw the Health Care Administration program at Fresno Pacific I knew immediately I wanted to join. As I look back at my life now, I see enrolling at FPU was my first step to reaching my overall goal of a career in human resource

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