About the Program

This roundtable will focus on new and exciting careers in the Healthcare and STEM industries, tailored to young women and girls interested in pursuing careers in these industries. Bringing women into the STEM industry is crucial as men outnumber women significantly, with only 28% of the industry’s workforce being occupied by women. The workforce in these industries is growing significantly, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, creating many opportunities for young women and girls to enter the workforce. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is anticipated that the STEM industry will grow by 10.5% between 2020 and 2030, while non-STEM industries will only grow by 7.5% in that time frame. Additionally, it is anticipated that the Healthcare industry specifically will grow by 18% and that 2.4 million new jobs will be added between the years 2016 and 2026. Despite this growing workforce, more niche and new career options are often unknown to those pursuing careers in the STEM and Healthcare industries. It is essential that more attention is brought to these career options so that people who will soon be entering the workforce know the possibilities that exist for them. New careers such as telehealth providers will become a necessity due to the increasingly virtual nature of our world. The telehealth market is expected to grow by 32.1% between 2021 and 2028. In 2020 alone, the number of telehealth visits increased 63 times from 2019, with 840,000 users in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020. Niche and exciting careers such as video game designers will experience 9.3% growth between 2016 and 2026. Currently, there are about 287,200 video game designers in the U.S. This roundtable will bring together experts from the STEM and Healthcare industries along with job recruiters and talent specialists to bring light to some of these possible career options and the growth that is to be expected in them over the coming years.

AGENDA

Thursday, November 16, 2023

12:00 - 12:40 PM: Roundtable Panel Discussion

12:40 - 1:20: Virtual Networking Session

*Times are CST

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Register for Ever-Evolving: New and Exciting Careers in Healthcare & STEM

Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM | Virtual