Welcome back if you're a returning visitor and just plain welcome, if you're new! As you know if you've been here before, this is where I give advice to job seekers. Today, I am featuring an article about the US healthcare system, designed to give those looking for health care jobs a high-altitude view of the industry as a whole. Let's get started!
In the US, a diverse selection of individuals and legal entities pay for health care- patients are offered both inpatient and outpatient services by charitable, commercial, or governmental entities. The healthcare system is funded by a mix of public and private funding, with the government picking up about 45% of the total annual cost.
There is also a huge market in the US for medical devices, medicines and medical research and development. Most spending on medical R and D is privately funded; however, non-profit organizations and the government provide some funding as well. Most medical research and development for direct medical application is conducted in commercial labs, and most general research is funded by the government (for example, the National Institute of Mental Health) or by universities.,
The law uses a "fee for service" business model when it comes to healthcare similar to other service industries, meaning that the patient must pay out-of-pocket, in full, for all medical treatment rendered. If a patient has insurance, they will pay a set monthly premium that will help pay most of the cost of medical treatment, however, a deductible (a minimum part of the total cost) is usually paid up front. Alternatively, the patient may have to pay a "co-payment"- a small part of the cost of every procedure.,
Most health care coverage provided through a person's work is provided through managed care organizations which pay much lower prices for medical services than an individual would if they paid out of pocket. The thing that makes managed care different from traditional insurance is that the health plan organization has contracts with specific health care providers, as the managed care organization is able to bring their numbers to bear to negotiate price reductions.
There are many individuals that are not covered by private insurance, but are covered by government programs such as Medicaid (which provides care to the poor), Medicare (which provides care for the elderly and disabled), or the Veterans Administration (which provides care to veterans, their families and survivors). In 2006, Medicaid provided coverage for 38 million Americans while Medicare did the same for about 40 million. Another 11 million people are eligible for coverage but are not enrolled in any kind of government program.
The number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased over the past decade due to high administrative costs and low levels of reimbursement. Another program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997 to provide coverage for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet can't afford to buy health insurance- however, this program is already losing funding in may states.
Thank you for taking the time to read my article, and if you liked it won't you leave a comment? I hope you are well served in your health care jobs search by my advice- feel free to contact me if you'd like to discuss the healthcare industry in general!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thinking of Career Nursing Jobs?
If you were enrolling in a nurse training program in the mid to late 1990's, you probably heard that you were really in for it, training for a difficult jobs- you also probably heard that with all these nurse training schools popping up, it was going to be very hard to have career nursing jobs, as there just weren't enough jobs to go around.
Well, flash forward to the end of the first decade of the new century. Prognosticators who study the healthcare industry have been predicting for a while that the situation with regards to the availability of jobs for nurses was going to change- and boy, has it! Health care providers such as hospitals and nursing homes are waking up to the realization that as people leave nursing positions, it's becoming very hard to fill those positions with new, qualified nurses. This has led to extreme competition for qualified nurses, and not only on a local (national) but worldwide scale.
The benefit of the shortage, to nurses, will be an improved future work environment, as employers try to better conditions in order to attract quality candidates. However, in the short-term, it's putting a lot of strain on everyone and may actually exacerbate the frustrations nurses may have, which may cause them to not only leave their jobs but also discourage others from becoming nurses.
In order to ensure that the current crisis in nursing does not continue much further into the future, the two areas of retention and recruitment need to be addressed. This article will take a look at some of the topics that come up among nurses when it comes to addressing these issues.
It's very important that employers do their best to keep their nurses happy, so this crisis can be cut short. Anywhere from 25 to 40% of nurses are going to retire in the next decade- this means it's very important to retain younger members of the nursing workforce.
The general public is coming to the realization that nurses play just as important a role in the healthcare system as doctors and other medical professionals do, and the industry is starting to realize it, as well. Many nurses complain that they are not accorded the level of respect they deserve, as nursing is seen as less of a "profession" and more of a "job". Physicians are often guilty of this, making nurses feel as if they are simply there to mechanically carry out the doctor's orders, and nothing more. As the system loses more and more nurses, it will become more and more important to grant those remaining the appropriate level of respect.
A benefit of the current nursing shortage (if you can consider it a benefit) is that non-nurses are finally starting to realize how rigorous the training and testing processes for becoming an RN are. It takes just as long to become a nurse as it does to earn a B. A., B.S., or any other undergraduate degree!
Another oft-cited concern of professional nurses is that the conditions in their places of work are very poor. In this case, work conditions do not apply to the many different situations a nurse will have to put up with from patients during a course of a day; rather, they concern areas of the job that are directly informed by management policy, such as hours of work, nurse to patient ratio, the use of support staff, and the condition of equipment.
Most nurses in the US work a combination of both day and night shifts. Of course, it's impossible to run a medical facility without nurses, yet the inconvenience of working a night shift is not currently compensated any differently. One way to increase the attractiveness of the position would be to do as they do in other professions and pay more for workers that take night shifts, and some facilities are already looking at revising work schedules so that night shifts are not as long as day shifts are, with some adding in a "swing" shift.
As the government continues to ramp up medical spending, the concerns of nurses with regards to support staff and equipment will gradually alleviate. Nursing is a job that requires a lot of lifting, so it's important that hospital equipment is available to assist nurses with this endeavor, if they are to work the full span of a nursing career at a healthy level of fitness. Often, nurses report that they are taking care of duties that could be better performed by a receptionist or orderly, and healthcare providers are going to have to juggle their budgets to be able to afford the support staff that their nurses need.
In the short term, the nurse to patient ratio will continue to be the biggest problem concerning both nurses and patients. The nursing shortage means that most facilities cannot fill vacant positions needed in order to bring the ratio down to a level that nurses are comfortable with. However, by properly addressing the issue, there is hope that this situation can be resolved.
Recruiting of nurses is the second vital focus for the future of nursing. This milieu will see increasing attempts to train nurses properly, and increased efforts by medical providers to attract good nurses. Those that can't offer sufficient training and enticements will soon find themselves without enough nurses to run their facilities!
One of the biggest concerns is that the output of nurses from universities and colleges does not match the number of nurses that are leaving. In addition, many graduating nurses are not going to work in traditional areas such as hospitals, instead choosing the lower levels of stress and the higher levels of pay available at other facilities, such as jails and nursing homes.
In order to improve the patient to nurse ratio that is such a common complaint among nurses, it is vital to increase the number of students coming out of nursing schools across the country. Universities and colleges need to have the funding available to create these spaces. In addition, facilities and governments will have to offer programs such as student loan forgiveness programs in order to attract potential students to the profession.
Over the last 10 years, several "secondary industries" targeted towards nurses have come to the forefront. Industries such as travel nursing programs and nursing agencies hire their own nurses and then contract them out. These nurses generally make more money than those that choose more traditional employment and they have the added benefit of a constantly-changing workplace, often with all travel expenses paid. Healthcare organizations are going to have to take a long hard look at matching these kinds of benefits if they want to attract quality nursing personnel.
As far as the nursing profession goes, the long term future is bright. The current shortage allows a graduating nurse to virtually write his or her own ticket. In addition, the shortage is expected to grow worse, which has pushed the concerns of nurses into the public spotlight. In order to alleviate the shortage, governments and facilities will have no choice but to meet the concerns of nurses in order to keep them at their jobs.
Alternatively, the future of the nursing profession may lie within nursing agencies. Unless facilities and governments realize that the concerns of nurses need to be met at the ground level, new and established nurses alike will continue to gravitate towards the pay and flexibility that these agencies offer.
Armed with these facts, you should be able to make an informed decision about whether becoming a nurse is right for you. Happy job hunting!
Well, flash forward to the end of the first decade of the new century. Prognosticators who study the healthcare industry have been predicting for a while that the situation with regards to the availability of jobs for nurses was going to change- and boy, has it! Health care providers such as hospitals and nursing homes are waking up to the realization that as people leave nursing positions, it's becoming very hard to fill those positions with new, qualified nurses. This has led to extreme competition for qualified nurses, and not only on a local (national) but worldwide scale.
The benefit of the shortage, to nurses, will be an improved future work environment, as employers try to better conditions in order to attract quality candidates. However, in the short-term, it's putting a lot of strain on everyone and may actually exacerbate the frustrations nurses may have, which may cause them to not only leave their jobs but also discourage others from becoming nurses.
In order to ensure that the current crisis in nursing does not continue much further into the future, the two areas of retention and recruitment need to be addressed. This article will take a look at some of the topics that come up among nurses when it comes to addressing these issues.
It's very important that employers do their best to keep their nurses happy, so this crisis can be cut short. Anywhere from 25 to 40% of nurses are going to retire in the next decade- this means it's very important to retain younger members of the nursing workforce.
The general public is coming to the realization that nurses play just as important a role in the healthcare system as doctors and other medical professionals do, and the industry is starting to realize it, as well. Many nurses complain that they are not accorded the level of respect they deserve, as nursing is seen as less of a "profession" and more of a "job". Physicians are often guilty of this, making nurses feel as if they are simply there to mechanically carry out the doctor's orders, and nothing more. As the system loses more and more nurses, it will become more and more important to grant those remaining the appropriate level of respect.
A benefit of the current nursing shortage (if you can consider it a benefit) is that non-nurses are finally starting to realize how rigorous the training and testing processes for becoming an RN are. It takes just as long to become a nurse as it does to earn a B. A., B.S., or any other undergraduate degree!
Another oft-cited concern of professional nurses is that the conditions in their places of work are very poor. In this case, work conditions do not apply to the many different situations a nurse will have to put up with from patients during a course of a day; rather, they concern areas of the job that are directly informed by management policy, such as hours of work, nurse to patient ratio, the use of support staff, and the condition of equipment.
Most nurses in the US work a combination of both day and night shifts. Of course, it's impossible to run a medical facility without nurses, yet the inconvenience of working a night shift is not currently compensated any differently. One way to increase the attractiveness of the position would be to do as they do in other professions and pay more for workers that take night shifts, and some facilities are already looking at revising work schedules so that night shifts are not as long as day shifts are, with some adding in a "swing" shift.
As the government continues to ramp up medical spending, the concerns of nurses with regards to support staff and equipment will gradually alleviate. Nursing is a job that requires a lot of lifting, so it's important that hospital equipment is available to assist nurses with this endeavor, if they are to work the full span of a nursing career at a healthy level of fitness. Often, nurses report that they are taking care of duties that could be better performed by a receptionist or orderly, and healthcare providers are going to have to juggle their budgets to be able to afford the support staff that their nurses need.
In the short term, the nurse to patient ratio will continue to be the biggest problem concerning both nurses and patients. The nursing shortage means that most facilities cannot fill vacant positions needed in order to bring the ratio down to a level that nurses are comfortable with. However, by properly addressing the issue, there is hope that this situation can be resolved.
Recruiting of nurses is the second vital focus for the future of nursing. This milieu will see increasing attempts to train nurses properly, and increased efforts by medical providers to attract good nurses. Those that can't offer sufficient training and enticements will soon find themselves without enough nurses to run their facilities!
One of the biggest concerns is that the output of nurses from universities and colleges does not match the number of nurses that are leaving. In addition, many graduating nurses are not going to work in traditional areas such as hospitals, instead choosing the lower levels of stress and the higher levels of pay available at other facilities, such as jails and nursing homes.
In order to improve the patient to nurse ratio that is such a common complaint among nurses, it is vital to increase the number of students coming out of nursing schools across the country. Universities and colleges need to have the funding available to create these spaces. In addition, facilities and governments will have to offer programs such as student loan forgiveness programs in order to attract potential students to the profession.
Over the last 10 years, several "secondary industries" targeted towards nurses have come to the forefront. Industries such as travel nursing programs and nursing agencies hire their own nurses and then contract them out. These nurses generally make more money than those that choose more traditional employment and they have the added benefit of a constantly-changing workplace, often with all travel expenses paid. Healthcare organizations are going to have to take a long hard look at matching these kinds of benefits if they want to attract quality nursing personnel.
As far as the nursing profession goes, the long term future is bright. The current shortage allows a graduating nurse to virtually write his or her own ticket. In addition, the shortage is expected to grow worse, which has pushed the concerns of nurses into the public spotlight. In order to alleviate the shortage, governments and facilities will have no choice but to meet the concerns of nurses in order to keep them at their jobs.
Alternatively, the future of the nursing profession may lie within nursing agencies. Unless facilities and governments realize that the concerns of nurses need to be met at the ground level, new and established nurses alike will continue to gravitate towards the pay and flexibility that these agencies offer.
Armed with these facts, you should be able to make an informed decision about whether becoming a nurse is right for you. Happy job hunting!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Healthcare Jobs Information You Wish You Had
Hello, welcome to my little corner of the web! Today, I'm featuring an article about the general state of the healthcare industry in the United States. This is not a top-to-bottom review of the entire industry, but it will give you an overview, and should give anyone looking for healthcare jobs a head start on the rest of the pack!
Health care in the United States is provided by a variety of sources, ranging from private insurance to government-funded initiatives. The US spends more on health care than any other country in the developed world; about 16% of the GDP annually is spent on health care. In 2007, that was over 7 thousand dollars per person.
Medicine is practiced in a variety of facilities throughout the United States. Obviously, there are for-profit hospitals, operated by private corporations, and there are also nonprofit hospitals, which are usually operated by the government or nonprofit or religions organizations. Hospitals provide a small amount of outpatient care in emergency rooms and specialty clinics but are run primarily to provide inpatient care.
The law uses a "fee for service" business model when it comes to healthcare similar to other service industries, meaning that the patient must pay out-of-pocket, in full, for all medical treatment rendered. If a patient has insurance, they will pay a set monthly premium that will help pay most of the cost of medical treatment, however, a deductible (a minimum part of the total cost) is usually paid up front. Alternatively, the patient may have to pay a "co-payment"- a small part of the cost of every procedure.,
Managed Care organizations include HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) and PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations. A PPO general has a higher cost than an HMO, but a PPO allows the patient to choose where they receive their care, while with an HMO they are constrained to "in-network" providers. The PPO has been the dominant of the two, over the past decade, and it is common today for a physician or hospital to have contracts with a dozen or more health plans, each with different referral networks, contracts with different diagnostic facilities, and different practice guidelines.,
There are many individuals that are not covered by private insurance, but are covered by government programs such as Medicaid (which provides care to the poor), Medicare (which provides care for the elderly and disabled), or the Veterans Administration (which provides care to veterans, their families and survivors). In 2006, Medicaid provided coverage for 38 million Americans while Medicare did the same for about 40 million. Another 11 million people are eligible for coverage but are not enrolled in any kind of government program.
The number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased over the past decade due to high administrative costs and low levels of reimbursement. Another program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997 to provide coverage for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet can't afford to buy health insurance- however, this program is already losing funding in may states.
Thanks for taking the time to read this; I hope it was as illuminating for you to read as it was for me to write! Keep this information in mind as you go forward in your hunt for healthcare jobs and you will be well served in the future.
Health care in the United States is provided by a variety of sources, ranging from private insurance to government-funded initiatives. The US spends more on health care than any other country in the developed world; about 16% of the GDP annually is spent on health care. In 2007, that was over 7 thousand dollars per person.
Medicine is practiced in a variety of facilities throughout the United States. Obviously, there are for-profit hospitals, operated by private corporations, and there are also nonprofit hospitals, which are usually operated by the government or nonprofit or religions organizations. Hospitals provide a small amount of outpatient care in emergency rooms and specialty clinics but are run primarily to provide inpatient care.
The law uses a "fee for service" business model when it comes to healthcare similar to other service industries, meaning that the patient must pay out-of-pocket, in full, for all medical treatment rendered. If a patient has insurance, they will pay a set monthly premium that will help pay most of the cost of medical treatment, however, a deductible (a minimum part of the total cost) is usually paid up front. Alternatively, the patient may have to pay a "co-payment"- a small part of the cost of every procedure.,
Managed Care organizations include HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) and PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations. A PPO general has a higher cost than an HMO, but a PPO allows the patient to choose where they receive their care, while with an HMO they are constrained to "in-network" providers. The PPO has been the dominant of the two, over the past decade, and it is common today for a physician or hospital to have contracts with a dozen or more health plans, each with different referral networks, contracts with different diagnostic facilities, and different practice guidelines.,
There are many individuals that are not covered by private insurance, but are covered by government programs such as Medicaid (which provides care to the poor), Medicare (which provides care for the elderly and disabled), or the Veterans Administration (which provides care to veterans, their families and survivors). In 2006, Medicaid provided coverage for 38 million Americans while Medicare did the same for about 40 million. Another 11 million people are eligible for coverage but are not enrolled in any kind of government program.
The number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased over the past decade due to high administrative costs and low levels of reimbursement. Another program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997 to provide coverage for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet can't afford to buy health insurance- however, this program is already losing funding in may states.
Thanks for taking the time to read this; I hope it was as illuminating for you to read as it was for me to write! Keep this information in mind as you go forward in your hunt for healthcare jobs and you will be well served in the future.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sites Ending in jobs.com- The Hourly Workers’ Friend!
Hi everybody! Today, I will be taking some time to speak to the person looking for a part-time job. This is a bit of a departure from what is usually a more career-oriented column but I feel this information is valuable as well. Conducting an online job search for a part time job is done in the same manner as conducting an online job search for a full time job! The same rules apply- make sure there is some way for the employer to contact you that isn’t on line, for example- use a cell phone, voice mail or answering machine to help stay in touch when email isn’t available. If you’re also pounding the pavement- walking into physical work locations to ask about employment opportunities, you should be prepared for an immediate interview and/or offer of employment! You may also find other opportunities at national job boards such as Go Jobs.com.
There are niche boards on the Internet that specialize in part-time work, and the big national board also have search engines that will allow a job seeker to search only for part-time positions. The nice thing about using these boards is that you can usually complete the whole application on-line, from the comfort of your home. Some of the larger retailers, such as JC Penney and Target, have special sections – ending in jobs.com- on their websites, just for part-time hourly workers.
Most online applications for part-time work are the same as those for full-time jobs- they will require contact information, education, and employment history, as well as salary information and your availability. Some of these applications will also ask for references.
Make sure that you diversify your job search by using other resources such as classified sites like Craigslist, and the print edition of the newspaper. Make sure you stay vigilant of your surroundings, you never know when the coffee shop on the corner will put out a Help Wanted sign. Alternatively, you may want to approach the manager of such an establishment directly and ask if there are any unadvertised employment opportunities available.
Remember, there is help out there too- make sure to utilize free or inexpensive services that provide job search assistance such as your high school guidance office, college student employment office and state Department of Labor offices, as well as your local public library.
You should make sure that everyone you know knows you are looking for a job- your social and professional network can help you find unadvertised jobs- networking is very important because it works!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Guiding You through Jobs in Nursing
Welcome back if you're a returning visitor and just plain welcome, if you're new! As you know if you've been here before, this is where I give advice to job seekers. Today, I am featuring an article about the US healthcare system, designed to give those looking for jobs in nursing a high-altitude view of the industry as a whole. Let's get started!
The United States is the only industrialized, wealthy nation without a national healthcare system. About 16% of US citizens do not have health insurance. However, Federal law mandates that a person cannot be turned down for emergency medical services because of an inability to pay for them.
Medicine is practiced in a variety of facilities throughout the United States. Obviously, there are for-profit hospitals, operated by private corporations, and there are also nonprofit hospitals, which are usually operated by the government or nonprofit or religions organizations. Hospitals provide a small amount of outpatient care in emergency rooms and specialty clinics but are run primarily to provide inpatient care.
A small segment of the population (about 9%) chooses to purchase individual health care insurance. The government covers about 80 million Americans, but in the year 2006, approximately 47 million people did not have health insurance at all. 37% of the uninsured live in homes that have annual incomes of over $50,000.
Managed Care organizations include HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) and PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations. A PPO general has a higher cost than an HMO, but a PPO allows the patient to choose where they receive their care, while with an HMO they are constrained to "in-network" providers. The PPO has been the dominant of the two, over the past decade, and it is common today for a physician or hospital to have contracts with a dozen or more health plans, each with different referral networks, contracts with different diagnostic facilities, and different practice guidelines.,
There are many individuals that are not covered by private insurance, but are covered by government programs such as Medicaid (which provides care to the poor), Medicare (which provides care for the elderly and disabled), or the Veterans Administration (which provides care to veterans, their families and survivors). In 2006, Medicaid provided coverage for 38 million Americans while Medicare did the same for about 40 million. Another 11 million people are eligible for coverage but are not enrolled in any kind of government program.
The number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased over the past decade due to high administrative costs and low levels of reimbursement. Another program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997 to provide coverage for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet can't afford to buy health insurance- however, this program is already losing funding in may states.
Thanks for taking the time to read this; I hope it was as illuminating for you to read as it was for me to write! Keep this information in mind as you go forward in your hunt for jobs in nursing and you will be well served in the future.
The United States is the only industrialized, wealthy nation without a national healthcare system. About 16% of US citizens do not have health insurance. However, Federal law mandates that a person cannot be turned down for emergency medical services because of an inability to pay for them.
Medicine is practiced in a variety of facilities throughout the United States. Obviously, there are for-profit hospitals, operated by private corporations, and there are also nonprofit hospitals, which are usually operated by the government or nonprofit or religions organizations. Hospitals provide a small amount of outpatient care in emergency rooms and specialty clinics but are run primarily to provide inpatient care.
A small segment of the population (about 9%) chooses to purchase individual health care insurance. The government covers about 80 million Americans, but in the year 2006, approximately 47 million people did not have health insurance at all. 37% of the uninsured live in homes that have annual incomes of over $50,000.
Managed Care organizations include HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) and PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations. A PPO general has a higher cost than an HMO, but a PPO allows the patient to choose where they receive their care, while with an HMO they are constrained to "in-network" providers. The PPO has been the dominant of the two, over the past decade, and it is common today for a physician or hospital to have contracts with a dozen or more health plans, each with different referral networks, contracts with different diagnostic facilities, and different practice guidelines.,
There are many individuals that are not covered by private insurance, but are covered by government programs such as Medicaid (which provides care to the poor), Medicare (which provides care for the elderly and disabled), or the Veterans Administration (which provides care to veterans, their families and survivors). In 2006, Medicaid provided coverage for 38 million Americans while Medicare did the same for about 40 million. Another 11 million people are eligible for coverage but are not enrolled in any kind of government program.
The number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased over the past decade due to high administrative costs and low levels of reimbursement. Another program, the State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997 to provide coverage for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet can't afford to buy health insurance- however, this program is already losing funding in may states.
Thanks for taking the time to read this; I hope it was as illuminating for you to read as it was for me to write! Keep this information in mind as you go forward in your hunt for jobs in nursing and you will be well served in the future.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Searching through Internet Jobs getting you down?
Lots of people ask me for basic information about Internet jobs and online job searching.
Finding jobs, especially internet jobs online requires basic knowledge of how to surf the Internet.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of job boards and job sites. There are geographically specific job boards, niche job boards by industry, or job function, boards focused on part-time jobs and even religious based sites.
Finding the specific job boards isn't difficult.
A quick search on Google for "Job boards", or "Jobs", will bring back more than enough career centers.
There are Industry specific job boards, such as Accounting, management, purchasing, and even sales job boards. Many of these job boards are relatively smaller, compared to big job boards, so there are advantages to using these sites.
When searching for jobs online, it's important to remember to be efficient with your time. Chances are there will be a lot of job board results, and hopefully, many of these will be tailored specifically to the type of search that you are performing.
One of the benefits of an online job search is the ability to create job agents. These are simple "reminders" that usually send you email when jobs meeting your criteria come up. One thing to note is that it's important to test your job search criteria. For instance, if you add too many search criteria, you may get limited, or no results. If you create too broad of criteria, you get a lot of jobs that aren't relevant.
Posting a resume online is also unique to online job searching. This is a great feature, but can also be a little cumbersome. For instance, most big employers want you to post your resume on their corporate website. Well this isn't that difficult, it's just time consuming. Follow my advice and you'll be finding internet jobs in no time!
Be sure to continue the process of building up a social network, because while you might spend a significant time looking for Internet Jobs, statistics still show that 65% of people are still hired through referrals.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Jobs in Nursing and Your Internet Job Hunt
The number of open nursing jobs continues to outpace the number of registered nurses available. This is good news for nurses, as jobs in nursing are becoming more and more prevalent, and it’s not likely to slack off any time soon, as the US population is steadily getting older.
Employers are being forced to use non-traditional means for finding employees including temporary and contract staffing, as well as traveling nursing agencies. All those unfilled jobs mean plenty of opportunity for a nurse that knows how to see it out. As such, you need to be on the Internet as part of your job search, as the healthcare industry is no exception to the rule.
For the registered nurse looking for new job in nursing in 2008, the prospects are pretty good. There are a number of job listing websites with dedicated nursing jobs, links to local and national nursing recruiters, travel nurse employers, and local salary information.
There are lots of Internet job boards such as GoJobs.com, and taking that site as an example- they have over 20 thousand jobs in nursing, from emergency room nurses to traveling nurses, OR nurses, critical care nurses, and many other RN jobs. One of the best ways to help search through the myriad of listings on a site such as GoJobs is to set up a job search agent.
One of the best practices for finding jobs in nursing online is to use job ‘agents’.
Job agents (also known as job alerts, job searches, and job notifications) are simple email notifications. They are easy to set up, and can be used for a variety of reasons, besides just finding a new job. Once set up. A job agent will send you an email anytime a new job(s) fit your search criteria.
Job agents are useful for more than just finding a job, though:
Use the strategy of setting up job agents to simplify your job search. That way, you don’t have to spend time digging through every listing, on every site, every day; to see if something new has arisen. You will be getting emails about jobs in nursing directly to your inbox, so you can use that extra time to learn a new skill, or relax- that job hunt can be stressful! Good luck and happy searching. I hope this has been helpful.
Employers are being forced to use non-traditional means for finding employees including temporary and contract staffing, as well as traveling nursing agencies. All those unfilled jobs mean plenty of opportunity for a nurse that knows how to see it out. As such, you need to be on the Internet as part of your job search, as the healthcare industry is no exception to the rule.
For the registered nurse looking for new job in nursing in 2008, the prospects are pretty good. There are a number of job listing websites with dedicated nursing jobs, links to local and national nursing recruiters, travel nurse employers, and local salary information.
There are lots of Internet job boards such as GoJobs.com, and taking that site as an example- they have over 20 thousand jobs in nursing, from emergency room nurses to traveling nurses, OR nurses, critical care nurses, and many other RN jobs. One of the best ways to help search through the myriad of listings on a site such as GoJobs is to set up a job search agent.
One of the best practices for finding jobs in nursing online is to use job ‘agents’.
Job agents (also known as job alerts, job searches, and job notifications) are simple email notifications. They are easy to set up, and can be used for a variety of reasons, besides just finding a new job. Once set up. A job agent will send you an email anytime a new job(s) fit your search criteria.
Job agents are useful for more than just finding a job, though:
- Get updates on what local companies are paying for different positions.
- Get updates on local companies, who are looking for people exactly like you.
- Find out if there are jobs at your companies competitors.
- Keep up to date on how many employers are hiring for different positions.
- Get updates on jobs that you are in training for, or are looking to start a career in.
- Get updates on Job openings at your EXISTING Employer!
Use the strategy of setting up job agents to simplify your job search. That way, you don’t have to spend time digging through every listing, on every site, every day; to see if something new has arisen. You will be getting emails about jobs in nursing directly to your inbox, so you can use that extra time to learn a new skill, or relax- that job hunt can be stressful! Good luck and happy searching. I hope this has been helpful.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
URLs Ending in Jobs.com- the Internet Recruiter’s Best Friend!
This article is a bit of a departure, as I usually speak directly to job seekers- today, I am going to be speaking to recruiters! That doesn’t mean to stop reading if you aren’t a recruiter- there’s value in knowing how recruiters approach their hiring strategy as well!
Need a fresh idea for your recruiting strategy? Niche job boards- basically any board ending with the text jobs.com - could give you that edge you’re looking for!
Finding a job on the Internet, while mechanically easier than a good old fashioned “pound-the-pavement” search, still isn’t any less stressful. If you’ve been on one of the huge national job boards recently, you’ll be aware that it’s tough to find that needle in the haystack. You’re probably also aware of the numerous job boards popping up on the web every single day- even hour-to-hour! It can be a struggle to validate your recruiting practices, and with that in mind I present the strategy of the niche job board posting!
The first thing you’ll want to do when you decide to use niche boards is to make sure that they have some kind of tracking in place. If you don’t know where resumes are coming in from, you can’t determine the ROI for each of those sites. Using tracking gives you an idea of where to put your jobs to get the most possible bang for your buck.
There are many ways to better present your company to qualified job seekers. For starters, going to where your ideal candidates are on the web shows them that you are not taking the easy way out by only using the quantity providers many employers default to. Discovering more about job seekers you feel are qualified lets them know you are serious about filling the position with someone who will excel. And you know best, a key part of selling (products, your company, whatever it may be) is making the “buyer” feel wanted and cared about.
Still not convinced that you need to post on niche job boards? Here are a few reasons to consider:
4. Niche job boards narrow the number of jobs seekers have to look through to find that diamond in the rough you posted. The more generic job boards require clever searching to eliminate jobs that aren’t in the seeker’s area, industry or professional level. With fewer jobs listed, it’s easier for job seekers to find your job, even on the 15th day of posting.
5. Resume mining on niche job boards is less of a hassle than big boards. Although the quantity is lower, the quality level of the seekers is much higher making it more likely that you’ll find a great candidate.
6. If you’re thinking in terms of budget, hint hint…a vast majority of smaller, niche job sites charge a very minimal posting fee, if they charge at all.
Now, go off and find which niche job boards your hard-to-fill positions should be listed on. There are many associations out there pertaining to the specific field or general industry of your highly targeted open positions, keep an eye out for those boards ending in jobs.com. Find those that you feel represent your ideal candidate or speak with a job distribution firm such as for advice and direction. Good luck and happy recruiting!
Need a fresh idea for your recruiting strategy? Niche job boards- basically any board ending with the text jobs.com - could give you that edge you’re looking for!
Finding a job on the Internet, while mechanically easier than a good old fashioned “pound-the-pavement” search, still isn’t any less stressful. If you’ve been on one of the huge national job boards recently, you’ll be aware that it’s tough to find that needle in the haystack. You’re probably also aware of the numerous job boards popping up on the web every single day- even hour-to-hour! It can be a struggle to validate your recruiting practices, and with that in mind I present the strategy of the niche job board posting!
The first thing you’ll want to do when you decide to use niche boards is to make sure that they have some kind of tracking in place. If you don’t know where resumes are coming in from, you can’t determine the ROI for each of those sites. Using tracking gives you an idea of where to put your jobs to get the most possible bang for your buck.
There are many ways to better present your company to qualified job seekers. For starters, going to where your ideal candidates are on the web shows them that you are not taking the easy way out by only using the quantity providers many employers default to. Discovering more about job seekers you feel are qualified lets them know you are serious about filling the position with someone who will excel. And you know best, a key part of selling (products, your company, whatever it may be) is making the “buyer” feel wanted and cared about.
Still not convinced that you need to post on niche job boards? Here are a few reasons to consider:
4. Niche job boards narrow the number of jobs seekers have to look through to find that diamond in the rough you posted. The more generic job boards require clever searching to eliminate jobs that aren’t in the seeker’s area, industry or professional level. With fewer jobs listed, it’s easier for job seekers to find your job, even on the 15th day of posting.
5. Resume mining on niche job boards is less of a hassle than big boards. Although the quantity is lower, the quality level of the seekers is much higher making it more likely that you’ll find a great candidate.
6. If you’re thinking in terms of budget, hint hint…a vast majority of smaller, niche job sites charge a very minimal posting fee, if they charge at all.
Now, go off and find which niche job boards your hard-to-fill positions should be listed on. There are many associations out there pertaining to the specific field or general industry of your highly targeted open positions, keep an eye out for those boards ending in jobs.com. Find those that you feel represent your ideal candidate or speak with a job distribution firm such as for advice and direction. Good luck and happy recruiting!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Healthcare Jobs- the Industry’s Inside Scoop
Hi, and welcome to Part 1 of my series of articles about the healthcare jobs industry in the U.S. Are you aware that the US spends more on health care than any other single nation in the world? 16% of the GDP is spent on health care- in the year 2007, the US spent 2.25 TRILLION dollars on healthcare, for a per capita average of over $7,000! That’s a lot of band-aids, and a lot of healthcare jobs!
So, what kinds of services are encompassed by the “healthcare industry”, anyway, and who provides them? What kinds of healthcare jobs are available? Well, in the United States, healthcare is provided by a vast array of individuals and legal entities. These organizations are funded by a mix of both public and private funds. In 2004, for example, the Federal government footed 34% of the bill, out-of-pocket expenses were about 15%, private insurance covering 36%, and state and local governments footing the rest of the bill.
Types of Healthcare Services
Ambulatory care- aka “outpatient” care, where no hospital stay is required
Home Health Care = Nursing services, ordered by physicians and provided in the home
General Practice- personal care internal medicine physicians
Specialty Practice- physicians that specialize in a specific area- oncology, for example
Non-Physician - Nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Where are Healthcare Services typically administered?
Private Hospitals (usually operated by private corporations, for a profit)
Nonprofit Hospitals (usually operated by religious organizations or independent nonprofit organizations, or governments)
Specialty Clinics such as prenatal clinics, surgical centers, or family planning clinics
Hospice care (for patients with less than 6 months to live, typically subsidized by charities and/or government and provided in the patients’ home)
What other things does the medical industry do?
Pharmaceutical drugs
Medical equipment/ devices
Medical research
There are a lot of issues revolving around health care in the US. In 2000, for example, the WHO (World Health Organization) ranked the US healthcare system as the best in the world in terms of expenditure and responsiveness; the same survey ranked the US only 37th in overall performance and 72nd in overall level of general health. That study has been criticized; however, as when individual patients are surveyed, they report much higher rates of satisfaction.
The US remains the only industrialized country in the world without a universal healthcare system. About 84% of the population is insured through their employer, the government, or through the purchase of a private policy. There are also programs that exist, funded by taxes, to provide medical services to the elderly, the disabled, children, veterans, and the poor. In fact, the government spends nearly half of all the money spent in this country on healthcare. Federal law also mandates that emergency services must be provided to those requesting them, regardless of their ability to pay for said services. Health insurance is expensive, too- it’s cost is rising faster than either wages or inflation, and in 2001, over half of the bankruptcy cases in the US were attributed to “medical reasons”.
For all of these reasons, the healthcare industry in the US is going to remain a viable employer, providing lots of healthcare jobs for a long time to qualified applicants. Make sure you check back soon for part 2 of the series on the US healthcare industry!
So, what kinds of services are encompassed by the “healthcare industry”, anyway, and who provides them? What kinds of healthcare jobs are available? Well, in the United States, healthcare is provided by a vast array of individuals and legal entities. These organizations are funded by a mix of both public and private funds. In 2004, for example, the Federal government footed 34% of the bill, out-of-pocket expenses were about 15%, private insurance covering 36%, and state and local governments footing the rest of the bill.
Types of Healthcare Services
Ambulatory care- aka “outpatient” care, where no hospital stay is required
Home Health Care = Nursing services, ordered by physicians and provided in the home
General Practice- personal care internal medicine physicians
Specialty Practice- physicians that specialize in a specific area- oncology, for example
Non-Physician - Nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Where are Healthcare Services typically administered?
Private Hospitals (usually operated by private corporations, for a profit)
Nonprofit Hospitals (usually operated by religious organizations or independent nonprofit organizations, or governments)
Specialty Clinics such as prenatal clinics, surgical centers, or family planning clinics
Hospice care (for patients with less than 6 months to live, typically subsidized by charities and/or government and provided in the patients’ home)
What other things does the medical industry do?
Pharmaceutical drugs
Medical equipment/ devices
Medical research
There are a lot of issues revolving around health care in the US. In 2000, for example, the WHO (World Health Organization) ranked the US healthcare system as the best in the world in terms of expenditure and responsiveness; the same survey ranked the US only 37th in overall performance and 72nd in overall level of general health. That study has been criticized; however, as when individual patients are surveyed, they report much higher rates of satisfaction.
The US remains the only industrialized country in the world without a universal healthcare system. About 84% of the population is insured through their employer, the government, or through the purchase of a private policy. There are also programs that exist, funded by taxes, to provide medical services to the elderly, the disabled, children, veterans, and the poor. In fact, the government spends nearly half of all the money spent in this country on healthcare. Federal law also mandates that emergency services must be provided to those requesting them, regardless of their ability to pay for said services. Health insurance is expensive, too- it’s cost is rising faster than either wages or inflation, and in 2001, over half of the bankruptcy cases in the US were attributed to “medical reasons”.
For all of these reasons, the healthcare industry in the US is going to remain a viable employer, providing lots of healthcare jobs for a long time to qualified applicants. Make sure you check back soon for part 2 of the series on the US healthcare industry!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Find Programming Jobs in Irvine, California
A History of Computer Programming
If you’re in the job market in Southern California, finding web developer jobs in
In 1896, International Business Machines was founded as the Tabulating Machine Company, by Herman Hollerith. He expanded the use of punch cards and they were actually used to program computers all the way through the 1970’s. The punch card was a major advance in the science of computing, as for the first time the whole machine didn’t have to be reconfigured to run a variety of programs.
In 1954, the first high-level programming language- Fortran- came on the scene. This was a major step forward as it allowed programmers to enter instructions in algebraic terms; these instructions were then converted by a compiler into machine language used by the computer to carry out calculations. At this point most programs were still entered into computers using punch cards or long strips of “tape”. By the end of the 1960s, computers had advanced to the point where instructions could be directly typed into the machine itself, due to advances/cost decreases in memory and parts.
Time marches on, and computers aren’t immune to the effects of time, either- computer programming languages nowadays work on quite an abstract level from their earlier counterparts. This means that more computer processing power is needed, but it also means an easier learning curve for new programmers, and simplification/streamlining of the process for experienced programmers. This has led to quite an increase in demand for programmers in developed countries, as the economy marches ever towards the service sector.
The five most important elements of any computer program are
- Efficiency: the amount of system resources a program consumes-the less the better.
- Reliability: how often the results of a program are correct.
- Robustness: how well a program anticipates situations of data type conflict and other incompatibilities that result in run time errors and program halts.
- Usability: the clarity and intuitiveness of a programs’ output can make or break it's success. This involves a wide range of textual and graphical elements that makes a program easy and comfortable to use.
- Portability: the range of hardware and OS platforms on which the source code of a program can be compiled and run.
The steps of development of a software program are usually:
- Requirements Analysis- what does the software need to do?
- Modeling- anticipating usage scenarios
- Implementation- bringing the software on line
- Failure Elimination- debugging and further testing
Bear these things in mind when you start you programming career- these are the most fundamental aspects of computer programming. Keep these things in mind when you search for a job in
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