Hawaii Medical College has been at the forefront of placing people in important roles since 2007. For over a decade, they have seen the ebbs and flows that have currently led to the industry’s biggest need for medical assistants in over a decade. Since the onset of COVID, the number of jobs available in the healthcare industry has exponentially increased. Hospitals and private practices are constantly advertising the need for medical assistants, billing, IT support, coders, and much, much more. It is a commonly misconstrued concept that only doctors and nurses work in the healthcare industry. This couldn’t be further from [...]

On top of the global COVID-19 pandemic, an unforeseen event happened to tens of thousands of Americans across the country in 2020. It was stressful, leading to things like anxiety, depression, and the fear that nothing would ever get back to normal.  This event? Job loss. Businesses were hit hard by COVID-19. Among the top were the airlines, restaurants, retail, and hospitality fields. Layoffs reached epic numbers, and many small business owners were forced to close their doors permanently. Even now, many of these industries scramble to get some semblance of the way things used to be, and most are having [...]