Workforce
Careers in health care innovation offer higher than average wages, are "sticky" and often anchored to their communities, are more recession-proof compared to any other major industry in the state, and provide a range of entry points at different salary levels.
What are we doing?
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Salt Lake City is partnering with the Salt Lake City School District, STEM Action Center, BioHive, BioUtah, and others, to help better meet the community’s education-to-workforce needs. Salt Lake City is involving higher education and industry partners to define, refine, and customize, training and education efforts.
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Salt Lake City plans to partner with Talent Ready Pathways program to create localized opportunities for students to engage in the health care innovation industry. Creating city-specific metrics to help guide the success of the program within Salt Lake City is essential.
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Salt Lake City will partner with industry businesses to identify positions that typically require higher education or certification that could be reassessed to include alternative pathways such as apprenticeships, internships, skills tests, etc. Salt Lake City will use the survey results to create a strategic plan on how to inform and motivate businesses to create more alternative pathway opportunities for employees.
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