Health Care Employers
Experience, licenses, and skill certifications are key
Highlights
1.Health Care employers were less likely to cite refusal to accept pay, a lack of soft skills, and a lack of education/certifications as reasons for hiring difficulty. 2.An even higher share of Health Care employers selected work experience/demonstrated skills as the most important credential. They also rated professional licenses as more important to their industry. 3.When it came to hiring requirements, Health Care employers were slightly more likely to report increased emphasis on short-term credentials and degrees. 4.Health Care employers were more likely to partner with four-year colleges and universities.Where Health Care Matched Average Employers
Health Care employers were roughly equivalent to average employers in many ways:
- 38% of Health Care employers that tried to hire entry-level workers experienced hiring difficulties.
- Health Care employers' top reasons for hiring difficulties were low numbers of applicants and lacking employability skills.
- 59% of Health Care respondents offered at least one work-based learning opportunity.
- 30% of Health Care employers used AI, with no recent impact on employment and low expected impacts on worker demand.
- Health Care employers expected communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity and innovation to become more important in the future due to AI.
Differences from Average Employers
1. Health Care employers were less likely to cite refusal to accept pay, a lack of soft skills, and a lack of education/certifications as reasons for hiring difficulty.
2. An even higher share of Health Care employers selected work experience/demonstrated skills as the most important credential. They also rated professional licenses as more important to their industry.
3. When it came to hiring requirements, Health Care employers were slightly more likely to report increased emphasis on short-term credentials and degrees.
4. Health Care employers were more likely to partner with four-year colleges and universities.
What This Says About Health Care
One possible explanation for these differences is that Health Care employers are engaged in a highly skilled field. As the state's population grows larger and older on average, more specialized knowledge is required for a high standard of care. This is consistent with an increased emphasis on short-term credentials and degrees and significantly more importance placed on work experience/demonstrated skills and professional licenses.
When it came to Health Care employers' hiring difficulties, their most common challenges were a low number of applicants and a lack of employability skills, and roughly three in ten pointed to gaps in technical skills. For strategies to address these and other health care employer hiring difficulties, visit the full report below.