Healthcare Talent Management Blog

Written by, Joanne Davignon, BS, CEBS, SPHR, System Manager, Human Resources & Staff Development and Edith Okoth, BS, MS, Human Resources Informatics Specialist, Union Hospital, Inc.

Candidates get frustrated filling out an online assessment. It makes the application process longer. And as recruiters, we don't want to make the front-end of the process longer and more frustrating for our candidates. When you're thinking about implementing an online behavioral assessment, these are valid points to consider. Here at HealthcareSource, we usually think about how our behavioral assessment software, Staff Assessment (formerly TestSource), helps our clients - the healthcare HR professionals who need to hire patient-focused individuals that fit into their organization's culture. We certainly believe our solution helps them do this. But perhaps, before writing our white paper on the candidate experience, I didn't think about the assessment process from the candidates' perspective.

For three years running, VCU Medical Center has been ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals.”  The only academic medical center in central Virginia, the 779-bed facility is a regional referral center, offering nearly 200 areas of specialty, and is the area’s only Level I Trauma Center.

Holding your hiring managers accountable...It's an issue on the minds of every talent aquisition team, everywhere. In healthcare, when you're recruiting for a wide range of positions, often for multiple facilities, the challenge of holding hiring managers accountable is even more imperative but also more challenging. That's why David Szary, founder of LEAN Human Capital and The Recruiter Academy, and I think this is such an important topic. Such an important topic, in fact, that we decided to make it the subject of our latest episode of Just in Time Education - a podcast for healthcare HR. Listen in on our interview with Carol Statter, Employment Manager at Infirmary Health System. She shares her team's strategies for holding hiring managers accountable and David shares tips from his Recruiter Academy Certification Program, where he actually teaches a module on "Holding the Hiring Manager" accountable. Download the MP3 file to listen in and learn more about Service Level Agreements, Value Stream Mapping and how to keep hiring managers engaged and responsive during the recruitment process. Don't feel like downloading a file? Listen online!

What's the main factor in healthcare that makes improving the candidate experience a top initiative? Ironically, the economic recovery is adding new challenges to healthcare recruitment. Healthcare is one of the sectors adding the most new jobs to the economy every month. Therefore, healthcare recruiters face an accelerating "war for talent" because as the number of open positions increases so does candidate confidence. "With the economic downturn, people were lulled into a sense of security," said David Szary, founder of LEAN Human Capital and The Recruiter Academy. "We need to re-train recruiters and managers to compete for top talent in healthcare." So how can recruiters beat the competition and attain top talent? Before you download our candidate experience white paper for additional information, here are 5 strategies for improving your recruitment process.

A gathering of healthcare HR professionals from all over the country, sharing ideas and best practices! 

We are thrilled to announce that our 10th Annual User Conference, Talent Outcomes^TM, will take place Wednesday - Friday, November 7-9, 2012 at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, Lake Buena Vista, FL. Why should you attend #TalentOutcomes12? Watch our video to find out! On a smart phone, iPad or reader? Click here to watch our video! Excited to attend? Tweet about Talent Outcomes 2012!

Attention Healthcare HR Recruiters: Stop wondering what Hiring Managers are thinking!

When we asked Healthcare HR professionals what superpower they wish for, one of the most popular responses to our Healthcare HR Superhero Contest was, "I wish I could read the minds of our hiring managers." Since healthcare recruiters can't actually read the minds of their hiring managers, let's go through some best practices for communicating and working with them more effectively.

During healthcare HR week, March 11-17, we received entertaining, honest and just plain wonderful entries from healthcare HR professionals across the country for our Healthcare Superhero Contest. We asked, "What superpower do you wish you had and how would it help you on the job?" Here are some of our favorite responses!

According to an article on Healthcare Jobsite.com, the Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) and Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) estimates that there are currently 4 billion mobile subscribers worldwide, with a projection of 6 billion subscribers by 2013. That means mobile communication is now the most widely adopted of all mass media channels. With the growing popularity of smart phones, a majority of mobile users can read and respond to emails on their phones very quickly and easily. 

HireRight surveyed more than 200 health care organizations to better understand why, how and where they conduct employment screening and identified the top challenges facing these organizations today. In addition, the report addresses common screening practices and policies and explores issues and trends impacting employment screening programs. Its purpose is to help organizations evaluate their own screening programs to identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential areas for improvement.