Medical Assistant is a good job in the recession...

Medical Assistant Jobs: No job is 100% secure, on the other hand if you are one of those actively looking for a job in the healthcare workforce, well congratulations! You have chosen a noble line of work one that is not only dedicated towards helping and caring for the sick but also is more recession proof than many other professions. The health care job sector is one that is not affected as strongly by economic slowdowns.The need for healthcare doesn’t dependent on how healthy or how slumped the economy may be, for there will always be people who need medical attention whatever the present status of economics of the country.Almost half of the 30 fastest growing occupations are concentrated in health services including medical assistants, home health aides, and medical records / health information technicians this according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Medical assistants may advance to other occupations through experience or additional training. For example, some may go on to teach medical assisting, and others pursue additional education to become nurses or other health care workers. Administrative medical assistants may advance to office manager, or qualify for a variety of administrative support occupations. Medical assistants held about 417,000 jobs in 2006. About 62 percent worked in offices of physicians; 12 percent worked in public and private hospitals, including inpatient and outpatient facilities; and 11 percent worked in offices of other health practitioners, such as chiropractors, optometrists, and podiatrists. Most of the remainder worked in other health care industries such as outpatient care centers and nursing and residential care facilities.