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Pharmacist Interviews: It All Happens in the First 60 Seconds

"A hiring manager makes a decisive qualification of a job candidate within the first 60 second of the time they meet."

60 Seconds, a long time:

While the first sixty seconds can't replace the hard work of preparation prior to the interview, a lot can be accomplished in 60 seconds.

The time has come to meet your prospective employer, and if he or she is going to make a decision in the first 60 seconds of your first meeting you will want to influence that decision. You have the ability to determine the outcome of the first minute, and there is a lot of preparation to be done!

What can be accomplished in 60 seconds:

 You can...

• Convey an impressive "look." Strive to exceed all of his or her expectations and leave long-standing first impressions

• Exhibit your positive interpersonal skills. You want your interviewer to see you as the polite, professional, and confident person you are

• Make a connection. You will attempt to make a personal connection with your interviewer that will facilitate a comfortable, positive, and advantageous interaction.

The Objective:

The objective of the first look is to elicit a remarkable response from the interviewer, something on the order of - Wow! Yes! Whew!

• Wow, this person looks even better than I had imagined.
• Yes, I made a great decision bringing this person in for an interview (and I think I'm going to have a great new employee soon).
• Whew, I may not have been absolutely sure before, but I am now; this is exactly the type of person I want on my team.

 

For more on how to ace the interview and make a  great first  impression, see  The First 60 Seconds

 

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Hottest HC Job in 2010!

President Obama's  health care reform strategy may be responsible for creating the biggest boom in health care jobs during the fourth quarter of 2010. The 2007 bill "Wired for Health Care Quality Act" co-sponsored by then Senator Obama along with three other Democrats and twelve (count 'em) Republicans never reached a Senate vote. But Obama has been unrelenting in his commitment to support a comprehensive health care technology bill.

In his December 5, 2008 weekly radio address, President-Elect Barak Obama outlined the main features of his  Economic Recovery Plan a key plank of which is improving the information superhighway. He said  "we must also ensure that our hospitals are connected to each other through the internet. That is why the economic recovery plan I’m proposing will help modernize our health care system – and that won’t just save jobs, it will save lives. We will make sure that every doctor’s office and hospital in this country is using cutting edge technology and electronic medical records so that we can cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help save billions of dollars each year."

True to his promise, on February 17th the President signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  that will invest billions of dollars in physician, hospitals, information exchanges, universities, and other institutions and programs in order to accelerate the adoption and use of health IT.  This package includes $87 billion for helping with Medicaid costs and $20 billion for health information technology and another $20 billion for SCHIP projects related to health IT. This bill has been described by eHealth Initiative as the "most significant legislation ever to address health information technology."

The Office of Health & Human Services estimates a projected 244,000 jobs created in health IT by the end of the 4th quarter of 2010 and 821,000 jobs created through the aid to the States.

One health care chief information officer blogging on this subject in December 2008 tallied the jobs created when his hospital, Beth Israel Deaconness, recently computerized it health records department. Twenty-two new jobs were created in his facility. Extrapolated over the nation's health care providers he estimated tens of thousands of new jobs would be created by the stimulus package nationwide.

Simply Stated - All of a sudden health informatics will be HOT!