Written by guest blogger Joshua Hill, Employment Specialist at Bronson Healthcare (Kalamazoo, Michigan) In healthcare recruitment, the interview process can be a challenge. How do you know a potential employee is the right cultural fit for your organization and how do you determine if they’re truly patient focused (not just competent)? More and more healthcare
Last year we launched the first HR Initiatives Survey with The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and over 230 healthcare HR professionals shared their priorities for 2011/2012. The field of HR is always changing, but the healthcare HR in particular is rarely evergreen. Healthcare reform, financial challenges
Written by guest bloggers Joanne Davignon, BS, CEBS, SPHR, System Manager, Human Resources & Staff Development and Edith Okoth, BS, MS, Human Resources Informatics Specialist, Union Hospital, Inc. (Terre Haute, IN) About our Hospital At Union Hospital, Inc., our mission in HR is to create an exceptional experience for our customers by creating processes that
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. So it’s not surprising that
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
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 OutcomesTM, 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
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
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! “The superpower our HR
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
When it comes to boosting a hospital’s HCAHPS scores, there’s on adage worth remembering, happy employees help make patients happy. Judy Gracia, Vice President of HR at St. Tammany’s Parish Hospital has observed this saying to be true, “Happy employees result in happy patients and HCAHPS points go up.” In our newest white paper, we review
