Survey: More Health Care Workers Seek New Jobs
In a changing industry in which workers are in high demand, more health care professionals are likely to look for new jobs, confident they can find them, a new survey suggests.
The survey, conducted in the second quarter of this year by national staffing firm Randstad, said that In the next 12 months, 30 percent of health care workers say they will likely look for a new job, representing an increase of 4 percentage points from the previous quarter.
The survey also found that 20 percent of health care workers believe more jobs are available, slipping one percentage point from the previous quarter. More than half of health care workers - 52% - believe fewer job opportunities available, holding steady compared to the previous quarter.
"Health care workers are in high demand, with the sector experiencing some serious labor shortages,” said Steve McMahan, executive vice president of Randstad US. “For example … information technology specialists such as medical coders and health care consultants for large IT projects are in high demand within the field.”
McMahan said employers have to find innovative ways to compete for top talent.
The findings may be significant for Central Massachusetts since health care is a cornerstone of the region’s economy; five of the top 14 employers in the region are part of the industry, employing nearly 25,000 people.
The survey also found that about six in 10 health care workers feel confident in the future of their employer, up three percentage points from the previous quarter. And, the number of workers who say the economy is getting stronger rose 4 percentage points to 26 percent. But, 43 percent of health care workers believe the economy is weakening, rising 2 percentage points from the first quarter.
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