There are high-paying health care and science jobs to be had in West Michigan, but prospective employers are operating with key positions unfilled due to the lack of qualified candidates, even with the relatively high unemployment rate.
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At $32 an hour, the position at Saint Mary’s Health Care pays well enough. And, in a brutal economy, one might expect the job posting to last about as long as a Detroit Lions winning streak. But Saint Mary’s Vice President Tom Karel spent a half-year trying to fill an opening for manager of medical instrument sterilization. One applicant had the technical expertise but no management skills. For another, it was the reverse. He finally found the right candidate about a week ago.
“There is a somewhat limited supply,” Karel said. It’s not the only hiring challenge at the Grand Rapids hospital: Openings for medical technologists, nurses, doctors, even patient registration can be tough to fill.
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