Men hit hardest in recession are now getting work faster than women

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The shift is apparent in programs that prepare people for the workforce.

At Joliet Junior College in Illinois, for example, the nursing program has had a 10 percent increase in male students over the past five years. During that same period, the number of men studying pharmacy technology rose 125 percent, and there are now 60 men in the radiology technology program, far more than in the past.

Cecile Regner, the school’s dean of nursing, allied health and emergency services, said many of the male students are older and have come from the construction or manufacturing fields or from the military. Most are seeking stability.

“Health care provides good jobs,” Regner said. “In this economy, the fact that they are stable jobs are probably the most important thing. ... It makes it very appealing.”

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