Michelle Frankel chose to take an extra internship placement in her Masters program on speech-language pathology at Hofstra University.

WSJ: Job Hunting in the Off Season

Baby boomers facing the possibility of neurological disorders, strokes and accident trauma contribute to the positive job trend, says Lemmietta McNeilly, chief staff officer of speech-language pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

FORBES: 7. Speech-Language Pathologist