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February Outlook: Biotech/Pharma/Health

While millions of people in the U.S. anticipate not only a recession but also the daunting prospect of a weakened job market and layoffs, those in the medical field have little to worry about since this profession has grown since the start of 2008, according to the latest findings of The MedZilla Report: February Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health. In addition, the report also reveals that as compared to January's numbers, February saw a relatively-large increase in the number of job searches made by companies. In fact, companies in Florida searched almost 4% more and New Jersey companies were up almost 3%. Five other states also saw resume searches increase by more than 1%. While those companies continued to search for more qualified sales personnel, general medical or surgical employees, lab technicians, and engineers were also highly sought-after. The report further claims that while companies continue to search for new candidates to fill their available positions, actual job availability was off in several arenas, especially customer service and product development. This was, however, offset by a jump of nearly 5% in available educational positions; growth was also seen in available medical or surgical positions and in research positions. "Even with all the disturbing economic news, jobs continue to grow in the medical professions," says Michele Hopps, director of marketing and development for MedZilla.com.