After reading “Timely Tips for Keeping Employees Engaged this Holiday Season“ from HR daily, it got me thinking about how important it is to keep employees motivated throughout the holiday season, especially in healthcare. Hospital and continuing care community employees should always be focused on patient and resident safety and satisfaction, but they might be
Just like technology, recruiting is constantly changing. Some millenials might look at that old record player you still have and wonder what it is. Same goes for that huge cell phone you used to carry around with an antenna. Let’s face it, the modern day teenager will not think you’re cool if you’re caught using a
Senior executives, VPs and directors, supervisors and managers at your hospital – can they explain what the HCAHPS survey is and what HCAHPS survey results mean to your organization? Probably. What about your hospital staff? Maybe not…Make sure your healthcare HR team is ready for HCAHPS so you can support your hospital staff at every level.
If you’ve been a recruiter for more than ten years, think back to when you first started recruiting. The paperwork was endless, the phone never stopped ringing, and you couldn’t always connect with your candidates in time. So much has changed since then. Recently, I sat down with Jodi Weiss, Talent Acquisition Projects Lead at
Have you ever promoted a stellar clinician only to realize she was a sub par manager? Or perhaps you’ve sourced a Senior Network Engineer who looked great on paper but couldn’t handle the multiple projects required in the healthcare field. This happens all the time. There are fewer leadership roles within your organization, but front
As a recruiter, you’re a marketer. And you’re selling your healthcare organization to potential candidates. With so many positions to fill at a hospital, from staff to clinicians, everyone in your community is a potential customer. That’s right – I said customer. Start thinking of your candidates as customers for the purposes of this blog.
Even though the Olympic Summer games are long gone, I still think back to the volleyball match between Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings versus Jennifer Kessy and April Ross. Seeing the way both teams communicated and worked together flawlessly, I thought to myself, “That’s how recruiters and hiring managers should work together, but without
It’s time for another installment of “Adventures in Attracting and Retaining Quality Healthcare Professionals!” Watch our new cartoon to learn why you should never “gamble” on your new hires. Don’t just “check the box” when it comes to checking references! Want to learn more about a better way to check references? Download our white paper: Reference Checking
Last year, we conducted a survey with the American Society for Healthcare Human Resource Administration (ASHHRA) to discover what the top initiatives for healthcare HR professionals across the country are. Healthcare recruiting and performance management initiatives are constantly changing, which is why we conducted the HR Initiatives Survey again this past summer. Just under 400
After reading an article in TLNT stating reasons why employees lie to get off work, I started thinking“What can the HR folks we work with do so their healthcare employees don’t feel the need to lie to get out of work?” Immediately, I thought about employee satisfaction and how critical HR is to making this
