Why a health career? Advantages include excellent starting salaries, benefits, career growth, variety, job security, community respect, flexibility and mobility.

SPCC Atlanta·AHEC offers health career guidance – the third of four program areas – to more than 7,000 youth and adults each year through:

Career planning

Explore our health careers manual describing Healthcare occupations, places of employment, educational requirements, starting salaries and schools that offer training.

Classroom presentations/Health career fairs

Our staff and Healthcare professionals visit area schools.

Health Careers Academy

Middle school students preview in-demand skills from health profession schools. The academy consists of health careers awareness presentations, Healthcare facility tours, field trips and job shadowing.

Teach Academy

This three-day workshop for teachers and counselors is an interactive overview of health career occupations, skill sets, educational requirements, resources, curriculum training and job availability.

Workforce development

Targeting mid-career adults, we partner with entities, such as the Georgia Department of Labor, Georgia Workforce Development Boards, the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and various academic institutions.