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My wife and I moved here from Orlando about 16 months ago. My area of expertise is in the medical field (radiology to be exact). I have been in this field over 38 years.
Prior to moving to this area, we spent a ton of money on stamps, mailings etc sending employment applications to every medical facility in the area. Believe it or not, I got not one response. My thought was, with all the senior citizens in this area, there must be a zillion doctors to care for them. And with doctors come ancillary services: lab, radiology, prosthetics, pulmonary groups.
But then I got hit with a dose of Villages reality. These doctors spend about a nickel a week on their office costs. None of them have ANY equipment for doing the simplest of exams. Everything gets sent out to a lab or radiology facility, etc. There are about 3 stand alone radiology facilities in the area (each fully staffed); lab, etc I don't know. I have looked in the paper, online, kept sending out applications (even with the price of stamps) and finally after 15 months I got a job. But only because an office in Ocala was expanding into the Villages and the group of physicians actually bought equipment for this expansion and needed someone who knew what they were doing to run it.
So lotsa luck on finding a job around here and then a decent salary. (I only make good money because of my experience with this equipment).

Jerry Jackson (Calumet Grove)