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January 03, 2009

Recruiting and Recession - A Great Time to Be in Healthcare

ApplyforJob Here is an excerpt from "Who's Hiring Now: America's Most Wanted Workers" by Kate Lorenz:

"With a large segment of the population entering retirement age, health care remains strong adding more than 254,000 jobs so far this year. All sectors of the health-care industry experienced growth from January to August 2008. Ambulatory health-care services (which include doctor's offices, outpatient care centers and home health services) experienced a gain of 117,100 jobs. Hospitals added 92,700 positions, while nursing and residential care facilities grew by 19,600 jobs. Additionally, social assistance (like substance abuse and mental health counseling) added 24,000 jobs. Indeed, 30 percent of large health-care employers (50 or more employees) expected to expand staffs in the third quarter of 2008, according to CareerBuilder.com and USA Today's 'Q3 2008 Job Forecast.' "

Check out the complete article.

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June 20, 2008

Fast Facts about our Industries...

Pharmacy Facts:

  • 230,000 employed pharmacists
  • 24.6% annual growth
  • 23,000 openings now and 150,000 by 2012

Nursing Facts:

  • 2.4 million working nurses
  • 29.4% annual growth
  • 229,000 openings now and 500,000 by 2012

Approximately 56 million jobs will open up between 2002 and 2012 - 22 million of these are new jobs created by a growing economy, 34 million will be available because people (largely Boomers) are leaving them. Now is the time for you to decide how many of these you want to fill.

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  • Winston Churchill -
    "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
  • Remember the Six P's of the Marine Corps:
    "Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance."
  • John D. Rockefeller
    "Your future hangs on every day that passes."
  • Mark Twain
    "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
  • Looking for the easy way to success?
    "There is always free cheese in a mousetrap."
  • On Prospecting or Sourcing....
    "Generating leads is akin to building the Alaska pipeline. You build a client base, you integrate services, and then you'll start to see the oil flow in the form of business and new leads."
  • Attracting Talent - Steve Pogorselski
    "You attract talent with outreach and a strong brand message about your organization. When people have a choice of jobs (or recruiting firms) they behave like consumers shopping among many products. If you want to attract the best you have to compete for them. You have to offer value to them."
  • How to Warm Up the Cold Call
    "To overcome the coldness of the call, overcome the recipient's stereotype."
  • You, Inc. - Harry Beckwith
    "The first thing you sell (maybe the only thing) is you. People value - and pay more for - the way you make them feel."
  • Charlotte Byndas, On Priorities
    "Profitable recruiting firms don't work on the possible - they give their attention to the probable."
  • Mae West
    "An ounce of performance is worth a pound of promises."
  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower
    "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
  • John Wooden, Coach UCLA
    "Hard work and good luck travel together."