Careerbuilder CEO Matt Ferguson – Where are the Jobs?
November 6, 2009
As unemployment rose to 10.2%, the highest it’s been since April of 1983, the economy also continued to lose jobs. Although the rate is declining month over month, we still lost 190,000 jobs in nonfarm payroll employment for the month of October.
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Open Positions, Unqualified Candidates??
November 6, 2009
Recently I stumbled across this article published on CNN Money. The article highlights the struggles organizations that require highly-specialized, scarce talent are facing. If you are in the healthcare industry, odds are that you and your organization might be facing some of the same problems.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/03/news/economy/jobs_sit_open/index.htm?postversion=2009110313
- Categories: Employee Attraction
These healthcare occupations forecasted to grow 50% per year through 2014…
August 24, 2009
1. Home Health Aides
2. Medical Assistants
3. Physician Assistants
http://www.healthcareers.net/health_care_industry_employment_outlook.php
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First-stop docs could get a pay raise
August 24, 2009
Despite bitter disputes over the best ways to overhaul the health care system, there’s consistent agreement about the need to expand the role of primary care doctors. Those physicians are in short supply, and experts are predicting a pay raise for these doctors whose speciality is keeping patients healthy.
http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/08/24/first-stop-docs-could-get-a-pay-raise/15621
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Healthcare social workers in great demand through 2016
August 14, 2009
Employment of social workers is expected to increase by 22 percent during the 2006-16 decade, which is much faster than the average for all occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos060.htm#emply
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These healthcare positions are in demand in Oklahoma…
August 14, 2009
http://www.okhealthcareers.com/heatlthcare_job%20_outlook_text.htm
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Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aide job outlook looking great.
August 13, 2009
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment of nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides is projected to grow 28 percent between 2006 and 2016, much faster than the average for all occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos165.htm#outlook
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Eye of the unemployment storm is a great chance to recruit
August 13, 2009
Last Friday’s BLS job report was the eye of the unemployment hurricane. There are many theories about why this unexpected slowing in job loss is happening. I believe the slow can be directly linked to the Trillions of dollars the Obama administration has put into the economy over the past few months. Kudos to them for putting a stop to the bleeding but it is only temporary. Just like the brief calm at the eye of the storm this feels good, but don’t forget that the worst part is yet to come. Many believe we will see a 10% or 10.5% unemployment rate before the situation gets better in 2010. If we are looking at the glass as half full, and this is in fact the eye of the unemployment storm, at least it means it is half way over, right?
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employee Retention, Uncategorized
The “Red Flags” Rule
August 11, 2009
The Red Flags Rule, a law the FTC will begin to enforce on August 1, 2009, requires certain businesses and organizations — including many doctors’ offices, hospitals, and other health care providers — to develop a written program to spot the warning signs — or “red flags” — of identity theft. Is your practice covered by the Red Flags Rule? If so, have you developed your Identity Theft Prevention Program to detect, prevent, and minimize the damage that could result from identity theft?
- Categories: Legislative Strategy
White House hits the Web to dispel reform rumors …
August 11, 2009
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In a “dear friend” letter, President Barack Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod announced that the administration was launching a new online resource—WhiteHouse.gov/RealityCheck—to help distinguish the truth about the president’s reform efforts. “Anyone that’s watched the news in the past few days knows that health insurance reform is a hot topic—and that rumors and scare tactics have only increased as more people engage with the issue. Given a lot of the outrageous claims floating around, it’s time to make sure everyone knows the facts about the security and stability you get with health insurance reform,” Axelrod wrote.
Recent town hall meetings held by Democratic lawmakers have been besieged by angry critics who are upset with the direction reforms are taking on Capitol Hill.
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