Posted under Career Planning on October 14th, 2007
I read an interesting article on amednews.com (newspaper for American physicians) that indicated the number of women entering general surgery residencies in 2007 has doubled over the past 10 years to almost 40%. In fact, now across the US surgical programs are comprised of 30% to 50% women.
Medicine is not the only career which is experiencing a nontraditional shift. Over the past several years governmental initiatives have been encouraging men and women to consider nontraditional careers. With the large number of baby boomers reaching retirement age, there will be even more opportunities for men and women to assume nontraditional careers as the healthcare industry expands to meet the needs of older Americans.
If you are thinking of a nontraditional career, you will want to do your homework first. Career assessment and research can help you identify your interests, motivated skills and other factors key to making an informed career decision that is right for you.
There are several books on the subject of career planning that can help with your initial self assessment: Richard Bolles’ What Color Is Your Parachute, Miller Mattson’s The Truth About You and Kate Wendleton’s Targeting a Great Career. The exercises in these books may help you determine possible job targets in nontraditional work.
Posted by Louise Garver
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