by Tera Tuten on March 6, 2012
Are you really going to rock your future employer’s world on the job? Prove it by treating the interview you just snagged just like one (or two) of your most brilliant days at work.
Need some insights? Try incorporating some (or all) of the seven concepts below into your game before, during, and after the big day:
Before the interview:
Caught on tape
Do a mock interview with a friend and record it so you can look back and better analyze your performance, like an elite athlete trying to reach the pinnacle of his or her game. During playback, note what answers made you want to hire you and which ones elicited a cringe or two out of you or anyone else watching your performance. Do (and record) the mock interview again, and reassess, adjusting and finessing your performance accordingly. [continue reading…]
by Keith Moffatt on February 24, 2012
A Quick Update on My Progress
First meet: 7’3.25″
Second meet: 7’4.5″
Third meet: 7’1.5″
It’s been 10 days since my last competition and I needed the down time to get ready and rest up for my next competition. After each competition, I like to evaluate the great things I did and the mistakes I made, similar to how Soliant evaluates a call to a candidate or client. Correcting my mistakes and highlighting the successful things I do is the perfect recipe for success.
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by Tera Tuten on February 21, 2012
As evidenced by the drunken (and completely unnecessary) rant against her boss (who just happened to be behind her in line for the corporate party video-postcard) “career-limiting-moves” – or CLMs, according to the Urban Dictionary folks – such as the above are a sure-fire way to get… well…fired.
Such moves in hospitals can be up there with extreme cases of malpractice and ridiculous mistakes in surgery (which we could fill 10 blog entries with.) But such things are statistical rarities…Here we’re talking about much more common ill-advised moves potentially detrimental to a much higher percentage of medical staff.
And while it’s a good idea to be aware of the attitudes and habits that can lead career damage from the ER to the OR, it’s an even better idea to look at specific examples of what not to do in the hospital or clinic you’d like to keep working in: [continue reading…]
by Keith Moffatt on February 10, 2012
My first three competitions had begun, starting in the Czech Republic. The first stop was Ostrava, a small town. Arriving at the airport early in the morning, I was greeted by a local driver. Thankfully he had been holding a card bearing my name, since I soon realized that he did not speak much English. The driver took my bags and loaded them into the car before we headed to the hotel. [continue reading…]
by Tera Tuten on February 7, 2012
According to a recent poll…Actually who knows what the polls or voters will say in the coming months?
Come November 6, things in Washington could stay largely unchanged or shift radically, depending on the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
What Could Change?
Current plans and promises aside, there likely wouldn’t be much change in another four years of Obama.
But in the case of a Republican win, everything – from tax credits/cuts/breaks to malpractice insurance to market reforms will likely get turned on its head.
By far, the most dramatic change likely to happen to the U.S. healthcare system, through, in the case of a Republican-run White House, is possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Repealing Obamacare?
“The 2012 election will be the most important in the history of our health care system because it will determine whether the Affordable Care Act is implemented or repealed,” Harvard health policy expert David Blumenthal wrote this past December in the New England Journal of Medicine.
As is the intention – more or less – of every GOP candidate in the running, a Republican president would almost certainly seek to repeal the ACA after a 2012 election win. [continue reading…]
by Tera Tuten on January 24, 2012
Each year, there are thousands of medical conferences and more than a thousand conferences specific or related to nursing of note in the U.S.
Whether you get to pick a few, have a limited number you can go to, or get asked to weigh-in on which ones you could get sent to, it’s always good to have some conference buzz and meeting intel well in advance.
So, for a month-by-month snapshot of the lay of the land in 2013, check out our look-ahead at 15 important nursing conferences you might want to consider: [continue reading…]
Are you really going to rock your future employer’s world on the job? Prove it by treating the interview you just snagged just like one (or two) of your most brilliant days at work.
