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5 Popular Employee Engagement Practices For The Pandemic & Beyond

February 5, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Employee engagement, which was a top initiative for senior care providers prior to the pandemic, became even more critical with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Frontline workers, who were already...

7 Employee-Centric Technology Investments Senior Care Providers Are Prioritizing In 2021

February 2, 2021 | Jenna Berris

Throughout 2020, we saw all of the ways that tech helped senior care organizations navigate and mitigate the pandemic, especially when it came to helping residents stave off loneliness and thrive...

New Whitepaper: Supporting Your Employees During COVID-19 & Beyond

January 27, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Senior care providers have always strived to support their hardworking frontline staff. And the challenges presented by the pandemic have brought on an even greater need for doing so, as recent...

How Home Health Providers Can Make The Most Of Hiring In A Virtual World

January 22, 2021 | Cari Rosenberger

The emergence of the pandemic has dramatically changed our world forever. For home health care providers, Spring of 2020 was the beginning of a sharp drop in demand, as well as higher employee...

How The New Congress & Administration Will Impact Senior Living

January 21, 2021 | Jenna Berris

Last week, Argentum hosted a webinar to brief senior living providers on how the new Administration and Congress will impact the industry and those they serve in 2021 – particularly when it comes to...

OnShift Employ Helps Providers Safely Recruit & Hire During COVID-19

January 15, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, OnShift released our robust talent acquisition software, OnShift Employ. The goal of OnShift Employ is to help healthcare organizations source,...

2021 Forecast Report Puts The Senior Living Job Market Into Perspective

January 14, 2021 | James Balda

Argentum’s 2021 Forecast Report points to a major change in the senior living workforce environment. To understand its importance, we need to look back. 

Why The Mission Statement Is An I/DD Provider’s Best Recruiting Tool

January 13, 2021 | Cari Rosenberger

The overall mission of the I/DD industry, providing support and care to individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities, is without question an extremely rewarding one. For those with a...

OnShift's Top Blog Posts Of 2020

January 8, 2021 | Jenna Berris

2020 was a year unlike any other, to put it lightly. And as easy as it might have been to put 2020 behind us when the clock struck twelve on New Year’s Eve, I am a firm believer in learning from the...

Providers Creatively Encourage Staff Members To Take The COVID-19 Vaccine

January 6, 2021 | Peter Corless

The development of a viable COVID-19 vaccine was by far the most exciting and promising moment of 2020. However, for the vaccine to have its intended effect and help long-term care and senior living...

4 Steps To Better Employee Onboarding In Home Health

December 22, 2020 | Cari Rosenberger

According to research from Glassdoor, an effective new hire onboarding program can help boost retention of those hires by 82%. However, recent studies from Gallup show that nearly 88% of...

Happy Holidays, Cheers To A Brighter 2021 & Thank You

December 17, 2020 | Mark Woodka

I’ve written a holiday message for the OnShift blog many times before, but never have I been so overwhelmed with emotion while doing so. 2020 has been a year unlike any other. We’ve all been...