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How To Kick-Start Employee Engagement In Behavioral Health
November 29, 2018 | Cari Rosenberger
When you ask healthcare providers what keeps them up at night, high employee turnover is likely near the top of their list. The average turnover rate in healthcare is 20.6%. For behavioral health...
How LTC & Senior Living Providers Can Hire Job Applicants In One Hour
November 14, 2018 | Tommy Marzella
A lot goes in to sourcing, interviewing and hiring new candidates. When you factor in all of the areas out of your control, such as background checks and drug screenings, it starts to get even more...
4 Ways Providers Can Use Mobile To Recruit Quality Candidates
November 12, 2018 | Tommy Marzella
Look around you. Smartphones are everywhere. They’re in the hands of people walking down the street, propped up on every treadmill at your gym and even sitting on the table during your morning team...
LeadingAge Strives To Solve Senior Care Workforce Challenges
November 7, 2018 | Anne Weisel
What do OnShift, goats and Ben Franklin have in common? They were all present at LeadingAge 2018 – the annual event for non-profit senior care organizations.
Ghosted By Candidates? Here Are 10 Reasons Why & How To Fix Them
October 29, 2018 | Tommy Marzella
Halloween may only last one day - but the scary reality of losing out on top-notch talent is a year-long event for some long-term care and senior living providers. What's even more haunting? The...
Senior Care HR Professionals Share Their Favorite Tactics For Hiring & Engaging Employees
October 25, 2018 | Jenna Berris
Last week, at theOhio Health Care Association 2018 Human Resources Conference, HR professionals gathered for a roundtable to answer the age-old question: how do we solve recruitment and retention...
Senior Care Leaders Tackle Workforce Challenges At AHCA/NCAL
October 19, 2018 | Peter Corless
Myself and several of my colleagues had a wonderful time mingling, learning and brainstorming ideas for overcoming senior care workforce challenges at this year’s AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo in San...
How To Make Your Senior Care Community A Top Place To Work
October 18, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey
To no surprise, there’s been a lot of buzz about Fortune Magazine and Great Place To Work’s first-ever curated list of the Best Workplaces in Aging Services. This is great publicity for an industry...
3 Reasons Senior Care Providers Should Embrace Instant Pay Models
October 15, 2018 | Tommy Marzella
The staffing shortage is here—and it’s not expected to let up anytime soon, as the long-term care and senior living industries will need nearly 2.5 million workers by 2030. Low unemployment, high...
[INFOGRAPHIC] Text-Based Recruiting: Connect With Candidates Faster Than The Speed Of Light
October 9, 2018 | Tommy Marzella
It’s no shock that recruiting employees in senior care is difficult. Providers are struggling to get candidates in the door. Hours of phone tag, interview no-shows and candidates accepting other...
Is Marketing Our Mission The Key To Better Senior Care Recruitment?
September 27, 2018 | Lisa Fordyce
I came across a story about a recent college graduate who spent a summer living at a senior living community. I have to admit that my immediate reaction was one of shock – as I usually picture...
