You can potentially connect to a career in the healthcare industry as part of a career fair hosted by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s Sturgeon Bay campus next week. The health sciences career fair will have local healthcare professionals on hand to showcase the careers that are available to them, whether it is at a hospital or clinic or inside long-term care facilities.

According to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, the country will be short thousands of people within the next five to twelve years in key roles such as physical therapists (9,140 people short), mental health counselors (87,840 people short), and registered nurses (207,980 people short). NWTC Sturgeon Bay Regional Manager April Konitzer says the career fair is just one of many ways the college is trying to stay ahead of the curve on when it comes to the region’s healthcare industry.

The NWTC health services career fair is scheduled for February 25th from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.