Category: Team Building

When it comes time for your business to onboard new employees, you likely post ads in the usual places. In other words, you post positions on websites or in newspapers that prospective employees visit and read. Perhaps hiring a recruiter has never crossed your mind; however, good reason exists to do so.

Dedicated Time

You might struggle with hiring employees because you simply do not have the time to dedicate to this endeavor. With a recruiter, you can seriously cut down on the number of hours that you have to put into searching for employees. Instead of focusing your energy on candidates who are not qualified for the position, you can allow the recruiter to take care of this challenging work. Basically, you are allocating the task of finding prospective employees to another individual or group.

Ready Candidates

When you post a job listing, you don’t necessarily have any specific … Read more

Employee satisfaction in workplace is consistently one of the top millennial recruiting problems. Nowadays, it’s not just about the salary—money is not enough to hold feet of millennials. More and more youngsters are considering companies that offer incredible perks and benefits, aside from salary.

This is when employee wellness programs (EWP) come into effect. When companies have healthy employees, they reap the benefits. A correctly designed employee wellness program, also called a workplace wellness program that promotes and supports the health, safety, and well-being of the company’s employees, is one of the essential perks to retain employees in the long run.

Ron Goetzel, senior scientist and director of the Institute for Health and Productivity Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, said that employee wellness programs have a positive impact on health behaviors and financial outcomes and that, done right, can save money—employers will see reduced emergency room and hospital visits … Read more

Leadership should be a two-way street, but managers in US organizations are falling behind. According to a 2019 study, 83 percent of workers would like their managers to ask for their opinions more often.

You’re in a management role for a reason. But that doesn’t mean that your teams can’t contribute effective ideas. Equally, a key part of your role is to listen to and address their concerns.

Here, we outline how you can improve your leadership by listening to your employees.

Make performance reviews a two-way street

Most businesses will carry out monthly, quarterly, or annual performance reviews. But many won’t be using them to their full potential. In recent years, performance reviews have been criticized for focusing on looking backward instead of forward. What’s more, 30 percent of employees find them unhelpful.

While it’s important to review your employees’ performance and identify areas in which they’re doing well, … Read more

Medical coding is one of the fastest-growing careers in the healthcare industry. Working as a medical coder allows you to make a difference in the lives of others while using your skills and interests to do something rewarding and fulfilling with your career. To get started, consider the following benefits of becoming a medical coder:

High Demand

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment for medical coders is expected to grow by 25% between 2012 and 2022, which is much faster than the average growth rate. In fact, due to their critical role within healthcare organizations, coders are often considered hot employees. One reason for their high demand is coding accuracy – as long as you enter accurate data into your software each time you code a claim, your practice can dramatically improve its revenue cycle management (RCM) performance. Moreover, with nearly every doctor’s office or clinic having … Read more

We’re experiencing the issue of talent scarcity for a few years. And this isn’t contained in one industry or another; it is a ubiquitous issue that each field and organization is facing.  

The repercussions of this are a few; however, the main one being a whopping $302 billion in financial implications of this talent gap. And this already-shocking number will reach $775 billion by 2022 according to a report by IDC. 

With that being said, with the limited amount of pool we have, the real struggle lies in finding the right candidate for your requirements. And the best solution for this is modifying your recruitment strategy. Regardless of the type of organization you are working for, you need to have a structured action plan to effectively and efficiently attract, engage, and get the top talent onboard.   

The purpose of recruitment strategy is not limited to filling job vacancies but … Read more