Posts Tagged "Equal Opportunity Employer"

Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Healthcare Recruitment

By Riia O'Donnell - October 13, 2021

Whether we admit to them or not, we all carry biases. These unconscious biases may be undermining your hiring efforts by limiting your candidate pool and overall candidate quality. As healthcare recruiters, we must seek to remove these unconscious biases to ensure the best possible healthcare for our communities.

The Gender Pay Gap and What You Can Do About It

By Faith A. Coleman, MD - May 23, 2019

Women have made great strides toward equality with men in both their personal and their professional lives. There is, however, a glaring lack of action and change in a critical area – pay. Using data from 2017, the federal government reports that the median annual pay of women who work full time is 20 percent less than the median annual pay of men who work full time. That means that for every dollar a man is paid, a woman is paid only 80 cents.

The Gender Pay Gap and What You Can Do About It

Recruiting a Diverse Workforce in Healthcare

By Riia O'Donnell - February 21, 2019

The prevailing wisdom is that a diverse workforce in the healthcare industry can lead to better patient outcomes. A workforce that better represents patients may be more adept in practicing cultural competency, awareness, and sensitivity. Institutions that work toward diversity in their recruitment and acquisition can see many positive results for their efforts; as their workforce expands to better meet the needs of their consumers, their environment and brand may also reap benefits. Moving toward a more diverse facility is something almost every healthcare provider should prioritize.

Recruiting a Diverse Workforce in Healthcare

Unconscious Bias is Affecting Your Institution

By Riia O'Donnell - June 28, 2018

Whether based on experience or fear of the unknown, we all hold biases. But unconscious biases can be difficult to address; many people reject the concept that they hold them. With a baseline norm of denial, how can institutions deal with unconscious bias?