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Are you stagnating in your career?
Do you want to keep ahead of the game?
Have you ever wondered why other colleagues are moving up the career ladder at a faster pace than you?

The answer to all your career concerns lies in education.

Schools like DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University, and University of Phoenix Online offer degree programs that will give you the competitive edge in the growing areas of technology and biotechnology.

Today, technology applications are taking on more significant and prominent roles in the broader fields of biology, chemistry, and pharmacology. With revolutionary research, every day we're eliminating diseases that were killers in only the last century. With cutting-edge training in biotechnology or information technology, you'll be on the fast track to a higher-paying job in this new and exciting industry.

With help from DeVry University's new programs in Biomedical Engineering Technology, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Information Technology, your career opportunities are boundless. These programs are designed to equip students with the latest in technology to become masters in this field.

What do Information Technologists do?

A professional in the Biomedical Informatics field uses information technology to generate, store, and cultivate medical records and analyze data in biological databases. A core curriculum for the Biomedical Informatics student includes courses in Mathematics, Programming, and Systems Development. Health Information Technologists gather, manage, and examine health data that is vital to health care providers and their patients. As a professional in this field, you will combine foundations of information technology and life sciences to solve the problems that come with managing health care data. A Biomedical Engineering Technologist draws upon time-honored engineering skill sets to dissect and get to the bottom of today's medical and biological problems. If you want to design software and hardware tools that could solve bioengineering problems, this could be the career for you.

Professionals in all three of these areas are Information Technology specialists.

For those of you who have a background in science, but are more interested in the business or management side of things, like running and maintaining a laboratory or fundraising for grants, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University or University of Phoenix Online can more than help you achieve your goals.

The Biotechnology Job Market

The job market in the biotech industry has never been better. Despite the fact that many sectors were negatively affected by the tragic events of September 11, three that survived this wounded economy were biotechnology, healthcare, and pharmaceutical (1). According to the U.S. Department of Labor, jobs in these sectors are predicted to increase faster than average for all occupations through 2010.(2)

Salary Prospects in the Biotechnology Industry

Not only can you upgrade your skill set to get a more exciting job in the biotech industry, with the right educational background, chances are, your income will increase as well. According to a 2001 salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, bachelor's degree candidates in biomedical engineering received starting offers averaging $47,850 a year and master's degree candidates, on average, were offered $62,600.

Learn new things to help you in the challenging and ever-changing biomedical technology fields. Find out what it takes to get ahead in one of today's hottest industries.

References

Article, "Healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech resilient amid job market woes", MedZilla.com
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook

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