The MedZilla Report for July, 2009 - Health Care Creates 20,000 More Jobs As Economy Hit...(la MedZilla employment report raised th...)

Date:8/12/2009

la">MedZilla employment report raised the concern that, once everyone who is not involved in patient care is laid off, who will health care agencies eliminate? The obvious answer has begun revealing itself in carefully-worded press releases, such as one from the North Philadelphia Health System, which said they would be “substantially reducing [their operations and permanently reducing [their staff by discontinuing a number of programs.” July's biggest layoffs directly from health care – at least in terms of scope of personnel – came from Pennsylvania, as the West Penn Allegheny Health System announced a reduction of 185 people. There were also two big layoff announcements from the pharmaceutical sector – Caraco, who faces difficulties due to manufacturing violations, will be forced to cut 350 people, and PPD, a contract research company, plans to lay off 270 workers nationwide.

Meanwhile, in terms of job growth, companies in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California posted significantly more jobs in July than June – New Jersey led the pack with a 3.5 percent job increase. Of the new jobs posted, however, July was the first month in several where primary care and surgical postings dropped by as much as they did – more than eight percent fewer jobs posted in July than June. A few months ago, MedZilla suggested there was a 'research cycle', where certain jobs were created and posted as needed by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms that were working on new medications and devices. In July MedZilla saw significant increases in the number of jobs posted in the research and development sections, which seems to lend credence to that hypothesis.

Companies actively seeking new employees were most active in New Jersey, increasing their activities by seven percent; Louisiana and Illinois also jumped more than two percent apiece. And while job seekers did not much change the frequency with which they looked
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