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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12 of the 30 occupations with the fastest employment growth are in health care. By the year 2008 health services employment is projected to increase to 13,600,000, over 2,800,000 NEW JOBS. The increased demand for health care services, fed by the growing proportion of elderly in the population is expected to continue for a full 50 years!

The opportunities aren't limited to traditional health care occupations. Health care institutions will need thousands of additional accountants, personnel specialists, attorneys, computer programmers and operators, chemists, engineers, drafters, photographers, secretaries, purchasing clerks, food service helpers and massage therapists.

National HealthCareer Association CERTIFIES YOU

With the most current job openings nationwide in the healthcare field, the demand is on the rise for qualified medical assistants, home health care aides and nurses. The National Healthcareer Association, based in East Orange, is a unique certification and training organization. “We’re unique because we approve schools nationwide and also provide training and certification programs for medical assistants, medical billing and coding specialists, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, and patient care technicians,” said Jon Brandt, executive administrator of the National Healthcareer Association. Brandt adds that there is a movement to make certification in these areas mandatory in New Jersey. “In the past, medical assistants may have been trained for two or three days in a hospital -- and then get thrown into the mix. We’re seeing the emergence of the medical technician. Nurses today are becoming more managerial. Due to the nursing shortages, hospitals are using four nurses -- rather than 10 -- with 10 or 12 medical technicians. This opens up more opportunities for medical technicians which will help to reduce turnover in the medical field. We want to help create careers in the medical field -- not just jobs.”

NJHA offers placement services -- which succeeds, Brandt adds, in finding new career opportunities in the medical field for about 85% of all graduates. Training and continuing education programs are held at the NHA Certification Center in East Orange and William Paterson University in Wayne.

MASSAGE: The Oldest Form of Healing -A Viable Career Choice

Most therapists earn $30-$60 per hour of massage according to Gary Merel, director of marketing for Somerset School of Massage Therapy, one of the largest massage educational facilities in New Jersey.

A new partnership between Middlesex County College and Somerset School of Massage Therapy has formed. SSMT has been approved for college credit through the Health Science Option at Middlesex College.

The SSMT program prepares graduates for a career in massage therapy that may include work in sports medicine, doctor and chiropractic offices, spas, cruise ships, hospitals and corporations.

Professional training at SSMT offers instruction in Myofascial and Deep Tissue techniques, Pre-Natal massage, Hydrotherapy, and Business Management & Professional Ethics. Graduates are eligible to sit for National Massage Board certification. Many graduates, who become certified massage therapists, have opened up successful practices of their own, says Merel.

Somerset’s instruction includes: anatomy, therapeutic massage, reflexology, Tai Chi, CPR, and sports massage. The school also offers a student clinic which is open to the public.

Massage Therapy is a flexible career - one of the most attractive aspects of the massage therapy profession. You can work part or full time. for yourself at home, or at leased or shared office space, or you may choose to work for someone else. SSMT has two locations in New Jersey: Wall Township and Piscataway. Each campus offers career nights and tours throughout the year. For further information contact Neil Tucker at 732-885-3400, or go to www.ssmt.org.

Health Care Career Training & More at Eastwick Colleges

“No doubt about it,” states Tom Eastwick, president of Eastwick Colleges, “health care continues to be one of the fastest-growing areas -- and job markets.” Located in Nutley, Hackensack, and Ramsey, the Eastwick schools offer accredited training programs for entry into some of the fastest-growing industries.

Eastwick’s Hohokus School of Business and Medical Sciences in Ramsey, which has an ongoing partnership with Thomas Edison State College, provides training for those seeking careers among the fastest-growing jobs in the state and the nation -- as medical technicians in the areas of ultrasound and cardiovascular technology, medical transcription, and certified nurse and home health aides.
For more info on these programs call 201-327-8877.

Information Technology

Eastwick Colleges’s RETS Institute campus in Nutley specializes in training for careers in electronics and the computer industry. “A key part of the curricula at RETS focuses on Information Technology -- the basic technology you’re going to use in any field today,” said Tom Eastwick.

RETs training includes Microsoft A+ certification programs, as well as other career opportunity enhancers in industrial robotics, software, digital networking, and consumer electronics. A key issue in the entire industry going forward, is a push toward the establishment of national certification programs. “One of our most popular programs in computer operations,” Eastwick points out, “is in Microsoft Office.”
Eastwick’s American Business Academy in Hackensack offers courses in the legal, medical, computer, and general business fields. Eastwick also provides financial assistance programs and job placement services to qualified students.

For more info on the three Eastwick schools call 201-327-8877.

New Skills Required For a Digital Marketplace

During the Academy Awards program, Oscars were presented for special effects in animation -- a skill that can be learned at the Association of Graphic Communications, based in midtown Manhattan. "We offer professional development for graphic communications careers," said Diane Chavan, AGC's Director of Education & Training. "And we're certainly seeing increased interest in digital video. Digital technologies have revolutionized the graphic communications industry."

AGC works to continue training and re-training people in more widespread graphic communications applications and workflow-- for example, designing and managing websites, producing graphic design for print, prepress education, even sales and customer service training.

"The entire printing industry," adds Ms. Chavan, "has been completely transformed for the digital age, and much printing today is being done in-house." AGC trains everyone from ad agencies, to traditional publishers and printers to financial and retail companies to most corporations - anyone that has a corporate communications department.

"We have a number of corporations in New Jersey," Chavan notes, "who take advantage of our customized training programs. Popular software courses include QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PDF technology, HTML and Macromedia Dreamweaver, and our special series program in Print Production & Prepress which include classes in color, paper, binding, estimating, preflighting, press ok's and customer relations.”

AGC, which is located at 29th Street and 7th Avenue, has easy access to Penn Station. The school also offers training for Graphic Arts in Fairfield, Teterboro, and Paramus, N.J. For more information call 212-279-2100 ext 109.

Dave Street Offers top Environmental Assembly

Dave Street offers an “Off Broadway” type theater show about nature and the environment, titled “The Habits That Save Habitats.” He is the first person to be honored by the New Jersey State Senate for developing his own educational programs.

Dave incorporates skits, stories, songs, slides and plenty of audience interaction. His general theme is how we can develop good habits to make our planet the cleanest, healthiest world it can be.

His subjects range from recycling, litter prevention to saving the Rainforests, Oceans and Wetlands and stories about endangered or extinct animals. Dave brings kids onstage to simulate a Rainforest and 'role play' extinct animals in a 'living' museum.His programs for older students include more advanced subjects like sustainable development.

Street is a former stand-up comic, actor and teacher with a master's degree in education from Rutgers University. Aside from performing at schools, Dave has performed at Town Hall in New York City; the Clearwater Festival; EcoFest, New York City's largest environmental festival and at a benefit for the Jane Goodall Institute at the American Museum of Natural History. He's a member of the North American Association of Environmental Educators and does workshops for teachers. He also offers a program on Managing Anger, with the belief that the way we treat ourselves and each other is connected to the way we treat the earth.

For more information, please visit www.davestreet.net/Enviro.html

		News From the Schools According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12 of the 30 occupations with the fastest employment growth are in health care. By the year 2008 health services employment is projected to increase to 13,600,000, over 2,800,000 NEW JOBS. The increased demand for health care services, fed by the growing proportion of elderly in the population is expected to continue for a full 50 years! The opportunities aren't limited to traditional health care occupations. Health care institutions will need thousands of additional accountants, personnel specialists, attorneys, computer programmers and operators, chemists, engineers, drafters, photographers, secretaries, purchasing clerks, food service helpers and massage therapists. *National HealthCareer Association CERTIFIES YOU* With the most current job openings nationwide in the healthcare field, the demand is on the rise for qualified medical assistants, home health care aides and nurses. The National Healthcareer Association, based in East Orange, is a unique certification and training organization. “We’re unique because we approve schools nationwide and also provide training and certification programs for medical assistants, medical billing and coding specialists, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, and patient care technicians,” said Jon Brandt, executive administrator of the National Healthcareer Association. Brandt adds that there is a movement to make certification in these areas mandatory in New Jersey. “In the past, medical assistants may have been trained for two or three days in a hospital -- and then get thrown into the mix. We’re seeing the emergence of the medical technician. Nurses today are becoming more managerial. Due to the nursing shortages, hospitals are using four nurses -- rather than 10 -- with 10 or 12 medical technicians. This opens up more opportunities for medical technicians which will help to reduce turnover in the medical field. We want to help create careers in the medical field -- not just jobs.” NJHA offers placement services -- which succeeds, Brandt adds, in finding new career opportunities in the medical field for about 85% of all graduates. Training and continuing education programs are held at the NHA Certification Center in East Orange and William Paterson University in Wayne. *MASSAGE: The Oldest Form of Healing* -A Viable Career Choice Most therapists earn $30-$60 per hour of massage according to Gary Merel, director of marketing for Somerset School of Massage Therapy, one of the largest massage educational facilities in New Jersey. A new partnership between Middlesex County College and Somerset School of Massage Therapy has formed. SSMT has been approved for college credit through the Health Science Option at Middlesex College. The SSMT program prepares graduates for a career in massage therapy that may include work in sports medicine, doctor and chiropractic offices, spas, cruise ships, hospitals and corporations. Professional training at SSMT offers instruction in Myofascial and Deep Tissue techniques, Pre-Natal massage, Hydrotherapy, and Business Management & Professional Ethics. Graduates are eligible to sit for National Massage Board certification. Many graduates, who become certified massage therapists, have opened up successful practices of their own, says Merel. Somerset’s instruction includes: anatomy, therapeutic massage, reflexology, Tai Chi, CPR, and sports massage. The school also offers a student clinic which is open to the public. Massage Therapy is a flexible career - one of the most attractive aspects of the massage therapy profession. You can work part or full time. for yourself at home, or at leased or shared office space, or you may choose to work for someone else. SSMT has two locations in New Jersey: Wall Township and Piscataway. Each campus offers career nights and tours throughout the year. For further information contact Neil Tucker at 732-885-3400, or go to www.ssmt.org. Health Care Career Training & More at Eastwick Colleges “No doubt about it,” states Tom Eastwick, president of Eastwick Colleges, “health care continues to be one of the fastest-growing areas -- and job markets.” Located in Nutley, Hackensack, and Ramsey, the Eastwick schools offer accredited training programs for entry into some of the fastest-growing industries. Eastwick’s Hohokus School of Business and Medical Sciences in Ramsey, which has an ongoing partnership with Thomas Edison State College, provides training for those seeking careers among the fastest-growing jobs in the state and the nation -- as medical technicians in the areas of ultrasound and cardiovascular technology, medical transcription, and certified nurse and home health aides. For more info on these programs call 201-327-8877. Information Technology Eastwick Colleges’s RETS Institute campus in Nutley specializes in training for careers in electronics and the computer industry. “A key part of the curricula at RETS focuses on Information Technology -- the basic technology you’re going to use in any field today,” said Tom Eastwick. RETs training includes Microsoft A+ certification programs, as well as other career opportunity enhancers in industrial robotics, software, digital networking, and consumer electronics. A key issue in the entire industry going forward, is a push toward the establishment of national certification programs. “One of our most popular programs in computer operations,” Eastwick points out, “is in Microsoft Office.” Eastwick’s American Business Academy in Hackensack offers courses in the legal, medical, computer, and general business fields. Eastwick also provides financial assistance programs and job placement services to qualified students. For more info on the three Eastwick schools call 201-327-8877. *New Skills Required For a Digital Marketplace* During the Academy Awards program, Oscars were presented for special effects in animation -- a skill that can be learned at the Association of Graphic Communications, based in midtown Manhattan. "We offer professional development for graphic communications careers," said Diane Chavan, AGC's Director of Education & Training. "And we're certainly seeing increased interest in digital video. Digital technologies have revolutionized the graphic communications industry." AGC works to continue training and re-training people in more widespread graphic communications applications and workflow-- for example, designing and managing websites, producing graphic design for print, prepress education, even sales and customer service training. "The entire printing industry," adds Ms. Chavan, "has been completely transformed for the digital age, and much printing today is being done in-house." AGC trains everyone from ad agencies, to traditional publishers and printers to financial and retail companies to most corporations - anyone that has a corporate communications department. "We have a number of corporations in New Jersey," Chavan notes, "who take advantage of our customized training programs. Popular software courses include QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PDF technology, HTML and Macromedia Dreamweaver, and our special series program in Print Production & Prepress which include classes in color, paper, binding, estimating, preflighting, press ok's and customer relations.” AGC, which is located at 29th Street and 7th Avenue, has easy access to Penn Station. The school also offers training for Graphic Arts in Fairfield, Teterboro, and Paramus, N.J. For more information call 212-279-2100 ext 109. *Dave Street Offers top Environmental Assembly* Dave Street offers an “Off Broadway” type theater show about nature and the environment, titled “The Habits That Save Habitats.” He is the first person to be honored by the New Jersey State Senate for developing his own educational programs. Dave incorporates skits, stories, songs, slides and plenty of audience interaction. His general theme is how we can develop good habits to make our planet the cleanest, healthiest world it can be. His subjects range from recycling, litter prevention to saving the Rainforests, Oceans and Wetlands and stories about endangered or extinct animals. Dave brings kids onstage to simulate a Rainforest and 'role play' extinct animals in a 'living' museum.His programs for older students include more advanced subjects like sustainable development. Street is a former stand-up comic, actor and teacher with a master's degree in education from Rutgers University. Aside from performing at schools, Dave has performed at Town Hall in New York City; the Clearwater Festival; EcoFest, New York City's largest environmental festival and at a benefit for the Jane Goodall Institute at the American Museum of Natural History. He's a member of the North American Association of Environmental Educators and does workshops for teachers. He also offers a program on Managing Anger, with the belief that the way we treat ourselves and each other is connected to the way we treat the earth. For more information, please visit www.davestreet.net/Enviro.html