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The suffering economy has caused the job market to take a hit. Many industries are shedding jobs at a rapid pace as employers try to keep their businesses profitable. Because of this, few fields are to offer workers job security. One industry that seems to be fairly immune to this problem is the healthcare industry.

Healthcare jobs are necessary no matter what condition the economy is in. Because of this, the industry is No. 1 on the list of Yahoo.com’s eight fastest growing job markets. The need for qualified workers to fill the abundance of vacant healthcare jobs also means that those who work in this field are less likely to get the ax.

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Through state funded incentives and money from private investors, the state of Ohio has enticed ViewRay Inc. to relocate both its headquarters and manufacturing operations to Cleveland. After relocating, the company has promised to create 25 Cleveland jobs within the first year. These positions will include both software and hardware engineers, according to the CEO of ViewRay, Will Wells.

The move will not only create new jobs in Cleveland, but will also put it in a center of biotechnology. ViewRay was attracted by the area’s history of work in medical imagery and it’s academic institutions that specialize in medical instruction. Wells told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the company is “lucky to find extremely talented people who have advanced degrees and a broad history in the imaging field.” He went on to say that this is the reason they chose to move to the area.

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