Senior Healthcare Blog

These days, the long-term care provider that does not gather employee feedback finds it harder to sustain success. In fact, all employers are being tasked with increasing their feedback process in...

Vista Springs – who operates 13 communities in Ohio and Michigan and offers assisted living and memory care services – approached OnShift with many of the same challenges that long-term care and...

Good leaders are hard to find but can make or break employee morale, culture and team dynamics at your organization. In fact, it's estimated that only 10% of working people possess the talent needed...

If you asked a Direct Support Professional (DSP) to describe their job, they would likely start by sharing how rewarding and fulfilling it is to care for those with intellectual developmental...

Today’s job market strongly favors workers over employers in the U.S., and figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates it will continue to be that way for the foreseeable future.

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Let’s go back to 2013. The world welcomed a new royal baby. Scientists discovered that Mars may have once supported life. And OnShift introduced their mobile app for employees. I know, I know. The...

For people considering careers in nursing, now is the perfect time to make the move. It’s a rewarding, fast-paced industry with plenty of jobs available.

Nursing is a growth industry. Employment of...

Recent research from Stanford Research Center, the Carnegie Foundation and Harvard University indicates that 85% of a new hire’s job success comes from having well-developed soft skills. Such skills ...

When I talk to recruiters and HR leaders in senior living, I tend to hear a lot about ghosting. Most commonly, “ghosting” refers to job applicants disappearing without a trace—missing appointments,...

Employee burnout seems to be the hot topic as of late. But what seems like an industry buzzword is actually quite serious -- so much so that the World Health Organization recently declared employee...

In May 2019, unemployment rates fell to their lowest levels since 1969 at 3.6%. And while in June rates rose slightly to 3.7%, there’s little reason to believe unemployment will significantly...

We often speak about senior care recruitment and retention as if they are one measure. And unfortunately, when we do this, the retention component is often the portion of this initiative that gets...