For those of you out on the job search grind, keep hope alive, there are position available now. If your background is in the medical industry and you live in Illinois, then you might want to check out Abbott Laboratories. As mentioned, Abbott Labs is headquartered in Illinois, specifically Abbott Park but the company has positions open nationwide.

The position areas include Sales, Clinical Research, Legal, Quality Assurance, Human Resources and Engineering to name a few. Abbott Labs open jobs are heavily concentrated in Illinois and California with a few sprinkles in New Jersey and Texas. If you aren't familiar with Abbott Labs they are a big player in healthcare, focused on healthcare products and equipment. One of their well known products is the FreeStyle Navigator, a glucose monitoring device for diabetics. Also, the company is well recognized for its workplace excellence in the way Abbott Labs treats and invests in its employees.

So what's fueling the hiring frenzy at Abbott Labs? With the number of business units under the Abbott umbrella that calls for investments in various areas to drive growth. Take, for example, Abbott's recent acquisition of Evalve, Inc., a global leader of non-surgical treatment for structural heart disease. With that acquisition, Abbott Labs positions itself to grow their medical devices unit given that Abbott owns the advanced valve repair technology of Evalve, Inc. Thus, this is where you come to fill some of the hot jobs currently open with Abbott Labs and help grow this line of business or one of the host of other business units within Abbott Lab's portfolio. So, long story made short, Abbott Laboratories is hiring nationwide for medical industry pros. Did you submit your resume yet? What are you waiting on?