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I am trying to get my foot in the door in hospital HR. I have heard it is notoriusly hard to break into the hospital arena.
I received a bachelor's in healthcare management 5 years ago but did not
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Hospital HR
posted at 3/6/2008 11:33 AM EST
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I am trying to get my foot in the door in hospital HR. I have heard it is notoriusly hard to break into the hospital arena.
I received a bachelor's in healthcare management 5 years ago but did not actaully get into healthcare until last year. I have been working as a homecare recruiter/hr asst. for almost a year now and am trying very hard to get into hospital hr. I would greatly appreciate anyone's input. |
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Hospital HR
posted at 3/10/2008 10:18 AM EDT
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First: 9/29/2006 Last: 3/10/2008 |
Here's an analogy, which applies to all of our job-search clients.
My daughter recently graduated from a state-run architectural school. She wanted to work for a firm that had 30 to 50 employees, thinking that would be a great size for her -- not too small and not too big. The top firm hired only graduates from Harvard and Yale. Here's the technique. First she made a lost of about 40 firms. She divided them into a list (the few she would dying to work fro), the B list (those that would be okay) and the C list (those she would not want but ones she knew would have difficulty hiring architects because of their location or whatever. First, she contacted those on the C list and got some offers. She put a few of those on hold while she contacted the B list saying, "I have four offers but didn't want to accept any of them until I had the chance to talk to you." Everyone agreed to see her and she got eight more offers. Only THEN did she contact her A list company, telling them she had 12 offers, but didn't want to accept any of them until I had the chance to talk to you. Along the way, she had to turn down a number of the least interesting offers, but kept a sufficient number open so she had a safety net. She got an offer from her top choice firm, has been there since September and loves it. Even our senior HR executives have used the same technique effectively. Make a list of hospitals in and near your selected geographic areas. Divide them into A, B and C lists. Contact them all but start with those in the C list. It does not matter whether or not they have openings. That is not a consideration. You just want to get in to see the head of HR or another appropriate person and let them get to know you. Fight to get an offer. You never know. This is the company you may have to start your hospital career with. Once you get one offer, you can leverage it into meetings with others. What it takes on your part is a tiny bit of research. You must stay in touch with those with whom you meet -- those who like you and cannot find a place on board for you right now -- because they may have a need for you in a few months. Only going after job opening is deadly because you will have competitors. However, if you notice in ads that a certain hospital is hiring, that's one to go after -- not that specific job, but it's a clue that they may eb expanding and may need someone like you -- at least a few months from now. For more info on our job-search techniques, go to our website, www.fiveoclockclub.com, and see the "How to Find a Job" section. Be sure to do the mini-course at the bottom of that page. You can get a job in a hospital. Good luck in your search. Kate Wendleton President, The Five O'Clock Club a national career coaching and outplacement firm www.fiveoclockclub.com |
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Hospital HR
posted at 3/11/2008 12:51 AM EDT
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First: 2/28/2008 Last: 7/29/2011 |
I have worked in hospitals for about 7 years now.
If you have any direct questions, feel free to email me. Getting into a hospital can be hard, but what I think sets the top candidates apart is Customer Service... I have found working in a hospital, you have more walk in questions, applicants, than in other industries (at least the ones I have worked in.) I have found working in a hospital that I dealt with a lot more "egos" The one thing I never liked was people who said that they want to work in HR because they "like people." I think it is more important to be good with people. |
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