Opportunities in Hospital Administration Careers

The author, I. Snook Jr., wrote an earlier short book on how hospitals work, and that book went through a few editions. This book covers many of the best topics covered in that short introductory book and in addition offers information about actual hospital administrator positions. Hospital administration is an excellent area in which to establish a career, whether one is able to target this area as a college student or whether one is a career-changer but has relevant experience to offer and is able to make a successful career transition. The expectation is that a hospital administrator, once fairly well-established, will not have to completely change careers again - ever. I think this is a great and promising area to get into, and it sure would be wonderful to not have to start all over again later in life. I have personally made at least one major career transition in my life when I went back to school after having been established in a completely different career, got a master's degree in accounting and became a CPA. My successful career transition took altogether some years before I was able to become well-established and personally confident. It is a very difficult thing to do. The final chapter of this book is short like all the chapters. This is consistent with Snook's approach to writing as we've seen from his previous books. Mainly, the final chapter is filled with basic advice about resume preparation and job search advice. Certainly one would do well to get a couple books that are entirely devoted to that subject. The value of this book is that is gives a summary of the areas where one can get started in hospital administration, a field that should promise decent employment prospects for the remainder of one's working life. Certainly, even if sweeping changes are made to healthcare, hospital administration will remain very important. All the diverse healthcare systems around the world require professional hospital administrators.