Employee Engagement Starts with the Job Posting

Everything you write about your facility, from the shortest ad to the longest communiqué, is an opportunity to engage employees. In healthcare recruitment, your image is key to acquiring engaged talent that works to their optimum and stays long-term. People want to take pride in their work and workplace, a major component of employee engagement. Engagement starts with a great Job Posting.

Doctor means “to teach”

When I think back to the original meaning of the word “doctor,” I believe we may have lost our way in the physician/patient interaction. The word “doctor” originates from a Latin word, meaning to teach. As a physician and educator, I can’t remember the last time I went to the doctor and was taught something. Prior to starting medical school, I spent 6 months in the hospital and rehab, rebuilding my body from a construction accident. This situation was very painful and debilitating, but it provided me with the patient’s perspective to illness. It is from this perspective that all physicians need to originate. By teaching, you not only strive to treat, but you strive for the best outcome.

Is AHCA a Job Killer, Healthcare Recruiting Getting Harder, & Breaking into the Healthcare Industry

This edition of Healthcare Career Rounds looks at articles about how the AHCA may have a negative impact on employment, how an inadequate number of training programs is set to make healthcare recruiting even harder, and how to get started on a career in healthcare.

Job Search Tips: How to Get Employers to Come to You

When it comes to the job search, we all go through the typical motions of submitting job applications, networking, and preparing to go to a job interview. But what if there was a way to amp up your job search and get the recruiters and hiring managers to come after you? Like any job search, there should be a strategy, and there are strategies you can put in place to get noticed more than you could on your own. Let’s take a look at the ways you can get employers to notice you.

Resume Building Tips for Healthcare Professionals

It’s easy to concentrate on making a good resume when you are looking for your first job or your next one. But, have you considered what you can be doing during the “in between” time? What can you do now to maximize your opportunities and make the job search easier when it comes around?

Why Physicians Must Engage with Technology

How would anyone feel if half of everything they learned turned out to be wrong? Early in my medical career, a mentor relayed a similar age-old sentiment. “One-half of everything you learn in medical school will turn out to be […]

Prepare for your interview in 7 easy steps

Congrats! You landed the interview! Then panic sets in. Interviews can be nerve-wracking. There is a lot of pressure for you to perform well, share everything you need to in a limited time, and make a good enough impression that […]

High Paying Healthcare Jobs in Unexpected Places

When you think of states with great, high-paying job opportunities, California, Texas, and New York probably come to mind. However, healthcare is different. Due to shortages, some unexpected states have high paying positions.

This data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides insights into the great variation in earnings across the country…

How To Tell Employees “No”

When answering requests from employees, you need to consider the merits of the employees request, how your decision will impact others in the workplace, and the best interests of your business. So how do you tell employees “no” when you need to?

The Millennial Revolution in Healthcare

We’ve all heard the success and horror stories about hiring millennials: they’re dedicated/they’re slackers; they work hard/hardly work. Now the largest generation in the workforce (34%), millennials will account for half of American workers by 2020 and 75% percent by […]