May 20, 2013 Tim Tolan
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When it’s time to negotiate the offer with a future employer, the last thing you want to do is drop a bomb regarding a future bonus or other form of compensation you will be receiving after your projected start date. If you choose to wait to disclose this information thinking it might help your cause, think again. You just took your problem and dropped it off at your future employer's doorstep - talk about an awkward situation.
May 13, 2013
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Behavioral interviewing tells us a lot about a person – especially their perceptions of themselves, their actions and experiences. In a behavioral interview, the interviewer asks probing questions and the way they are answered can often be the best way to predict a candidate's future job performance. In other words, what you see and hear is a sort of preview of upcoming attractions.
April 30, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Heavy patient loads, smaller staffs and higher stress levels may be causing healthcare workers to check themselves out of their facilities, according to a new survey by recruiting firm CareerBuilder.
April 25, 2013 Tim Tolan
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Getting bad news following an interview is never what a candidate wants to hear, and most are shocked to hear they have been eliminated from future consideration. In many cases the hiring manager has a reason for not pursuing a candidate any further. After years of post-interview calls with clients, I have compiled a list of the top ten worst interview behaviors (in no particular order) from the eyes of the interviewer, so you can avoid being added to these statistics in the future.
April 22, 2013 Tim Tolan
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I get a kick out of candidates that (from day one) start off each conversation about what to expect regarding the compensation once they've interviewed with one of my clients. Forget discussing the Where, What and the Why of a potential new role - let’s skip all of that and move to the meat of the matter and discuss what's really important: the amount they’ll be receiving and how often they'll get paid!
April 15, 2013 Tim Tolan
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Social media has certainly been a game-changer in today’s competitive job market, and LinkedIn is a very important part of a candidate’s virtual representation of their career accomplishments. With over 135 million members and two new accounts signing up per second, LinkedIn is becoming an ever more important professional networking and job search tool.
April 12, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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U.S. healthcare providers need to rethink their approach to hiring and retaining the experienced information technology (IT) professionals they need in the new healthcare environment, according to new research by Cherry Hill, N.J.-based global professional services company Towers Watson.
March 18, 2013 Gwen Darling
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Many of you went to HIMSS13 with the express purpose of finding a new Healthcare IT career opportunity, or, at the very least, strengthening and building your professional network to do your “passive candidate” due diligence. Either way, at an event like HIMSS, special as you may be, you were not alone -- hundreds, and quite possibly, thousands of highly qualified Healthcare IT professionals like yourself did the same thing. So, what’s your next move to ensure that you don’t get lost in the shuffle?
March 11, 2013 Tim Tolan
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I’ve written about bad candidate behavior for years and have a very long list of things candidates should avoid when seeking higher ground/greener pastures or as they're interviewing for a new role, but the most basic rule is to practice good interview etiquette. It’s not rocket science to most, but I understand that some may find it fairly challenging.
March 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
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On a day focused on leadership challenges for CIOs and other healthcare IT executives, Stephen M.R. Covey, a noted motivational speaker and son of the famous Stephen Covey who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, delivered an address on March 3 at the CHIME/HIMSS Forum in New Orleans that focused on both the “quantitative and qualitative” benefits of trust-driven organizational performance.
February 27, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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In healthcare, there is often a reported divide in health IT adoption between smaller, critical access hospitals (CAHs) and large, urban-centered multiple-hospital health systems. According to a new study conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), that divide carries over into CIO compensation as well.
February 18, 2013 Tim Tolan
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Last week, after months of minimal to no travel, I booked a business trip to NYC. I adore NYC and love to spend time there any time I get the chance. It's such an electric city, and I feel its energy every time I step out of a taxi – like clockwork. I've had that same charged feeling since I first visited as a teenager. But I digress...
