Healthcare & Wellness

This career path is focused on preparing individuals for employment in careers that relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care and consumer services.

It is also focused on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

While many majors and minors can prepare you for this career path, we find that students studying certain subjects have a natural connection. Common majors and minors related to career in this area include:

  • Health Sciences (all majors), Psychology, Sociology

Use the Job Trends tool below to explore the tasks and skills connected to specific types of jobs related to this career path.

Career definition is adapted from the National Career Clusters® Framework.

The Benefits of Mental Health Leave

Working hard can sometimes lead to stress and burnout. Recently, we’ve been talking a bit about the signs of burnout, the different types of solutions that are available to you, and how to approach your employer about taking some time …

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Which industry will hire the most tech workers in 2025?

The labor market in most sectors and most countries has been a lot weaker since early 2023 than it was in 2021 and 2022. And one of the weakest of those sectors has been technology. We wanted to find out …

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How Many Shadowing Hours for Dental School? The Ultimate Guide (2025)

Shadowing a dentist is a crucial component of the dental school application process. It provides prospective students with a deeper understanding of the profession, practical insights into dentistry, and valuable connections with dental professionals.

This guide outlines everything pre-dental students …

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How This Former Nurse Recalibrated Her Skills to Pursue a Tech Career with Spectrum

Before starting her journey into the tech world, Grace Thompson’s career was on a very different path. For nearly two years, she worked in a pediatric emergency department, all while juggling the demands of nursing school, and then she spent …

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Schools may not hire the most teachers in 2025

We’re in the midst of exploring which industries are likely to hire the most people in various occupational fields next year. One that we thought was pretty predictable turned out not to be. We thought that schools would likely hire …

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Resources

Handshake

UMass Lowell’s Career & Co-op Center is pleased to offer a comprehensive recruiting system called Handshake. This system provides customized …

Liquid Compass

Nursing jobs in hospitals/health systems.

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