The 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard is a user-friendly tool designed to provide access to the 2024 High Demand Occupations List and core labor market data for all Virginia occupations. It offers vital information such as current employment, median annual earnings, average annual openings, and a five-year workforce projection for each occupation. The dashboard also highlights how each occupation aligns with various programs, including the Workforce Credential Grant/Fast Forward, G3 funding, Registered Apprenticeship, and the STEM workforce. Users have the flexibility to tailor the data to their region by selecting a Local Workforce Development Area (LWDA) or Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and can further refine their search based on specific career clusters, pathways, and entry-level education requirements.

Explore more HERE.

Virginia Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

This video provides a brief overview of the goals of the Virginia Area Health Education Centers (Virginia AHEC) and the program activities (Timestamp 2:33) including The Virginia AHEC Scholars.

AHEC VIDEO

Healthcare Careers for Everyone

Virginia Has Jobs Healthcare Careers for Everyone 

From patient care to paperwork, meal service to maintenance, tech support to transportation, healthcare runs on a wide mix of skills. Whether you’re hands-on with patients, behind the scenes, or somewhere in between, there’s a path that fits your strengths. Explore possible careers, training options, and other resources that can help you step confidently into roles across Virginia’s growing healthcare workforce.

Whether you’re a 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 or 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄, this all‑in‑one site is your gateway into opportunity.​

𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻:​

🧭𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁​

Take career discovery quizzes​

Explore roles — from patient-facing to behind-the-scenes​

Hear what working in healthcare is really like​

🎓 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲​

Explore training programs & education pathways​

Discover tuition support & funding options​

Find certifications and upskilling opportunities​

🤝 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁​

Connect with Workforce centers ready to guide you​

Partner with education & community organizations​

Access resources to help you confidently take your next step​

Virginia Health Careers: Blue Ridge Partnership

Career Maps – Blue Ridge Partnership Health Science Careers

The Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers (BRPHSC) approaches education and career advancement as a highway – with on and off ramps – rather than a linear path start to finish. 

These career maps were created to help people look beyond a single job and visualize an entire career through a variety of paths. These career pathways also assist with seeing job progression and advancement, while showcasing how different roles are connected in the industry. Workforce needs in health, life sciences and biotechnology continue to grow and offer exciting and rewarding careers in many disciplines.

The maps provide a one-page overview of the education, training, and credentials that lead to a number of employment options within a single career path. They also include salary projections for the listed jobs and training provider options within the Blue Ridge region. These maps may be used to identify training providers in other areas of the state that may support learners’ progress along the pathways in the maps. 

Example Career Maps from the Partnership: 

Mental Health Career Map

Nursing Career Map

Background: Virginia Child Care Provider Scholarship Program:  VDOE’s Child Care Provider Scholarship Program supports students seeking a career studies certificate or degree in Early Childhood Development. This scholarship is applied toward the cost of in-state tuition for at Virginia’s Community Colleges and Certified Montessori Training Programs. Effective October 2024, the lifetime maximum award for new scholarship accounts is $4,130.

This webinar (Access Passcode: 5$$mS5bW) from November 2021 discusses opportunities for students who are interested in careers in childcare and early childhood education.

To hear about the programs offered through the colleges (Including the Infant and Toddler Endorsement Program), see timestamp 7:45.

To learn about student scholarships for higher education, see Timestamp 24:28. To hear about training resources, see timestamp 34:18.

WEBINAR

This resource discusses the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and their workforce initiatives. To learn more about FastForward, see timestamp 1:13. To hear more about:

• The Virginia Infrastructure Academy, see timestamp 5:27.
• What G3 is and the 3-year outcomes, see timestamp 7:45.
• An update on other career initiatives within the VCCS, see timestamp 12:57.
• Some of the new strategic initiatives, including a focus on increasing work-based learning and serving incarcerated individuals, see timestamp 16:50.

VCCS Workforce VIDEO