Justify to Your Emplyer Why You Should Attend IMAGE 2012!

The time for the 2012 NAHCR IMAGE Conference is just around the corner. Can you sense the excitement? For those that have to justify with their organizations why they need to be there (not just because they need to get away), here are some things to share with your manager or other leaders:

- CEUs offered. The conference is approved for HRCI (PHR/SPHR) credit as well as continuing education for RNs and other licensed professionals. This is a great way to get several of those hours packed away in a single setting.

- Review conference sessions ahead of time and show your leadership which ones you would plan to attend and let them know you plan to report back on them.

- Networking. Learn best practices from colleagues around the nation and be certain to share that information with others at your company. You will also gain contacts so you can be the "go-to" person in the office.

- CHCR exam offered at the conference. Obtaining certification shows your leadership team that you have the basic competencies for the role and helps build confidence.

- Coming away with ideas on how to tackle the changing landscape of healthcare.

- This is one of the kindest conferences to your wallet, or the company bank account. The speakers and value of the conference for the cost alone make it worthwhile.

- IMAGE is the one conference that closest matches what we do on a daily basis and pertains to what concerns us the most.

- Gain new ideas on products/systems to help make for a more productive team back home.

- Learn about legal updates to help keep your organization out of hot water when it comes to employment law and related matters.

Click here for justification sample letters.

Time is running out, so please use this information to help show why you need to beat IMAGE in July.

-Derek Cunningham, PHR, CHCR-

Secretary, NAHCR

5 Reasons to Attend IMAGE 2012

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Where do we go from here?

I am relatively new to the recruitment world, but even in my short career, it seems like so much has shifted. The emphasis on job postings seemed to primarily be on major job boards such as CareerBuilder and Monster, but these job boards (as hard as they try to up sell all the fantastic upgrades to drive applicants to your website/job opportunities) are not enough by far. They just aren’t as effective, at least in the capacity they used to and now is the time to think outside of the box and reach candidates in ways that never existed before such as social media, and niche websites.

Every few months or at least every year there seems to be a new “it” social media. We now have Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and most recently Pinterest. Although I am not sure just yet how to use Pinterest in the healthcare recruiting field, I’m sure it will evolve soon as it is already evolved to retail companies. The longer these networking sites are around the more they have adapted to cater to recruiting. For example, Facebook has recently teamed up with Monster for the “Beknown” app, where you can post jobs or even create an RSS feed to your job board. Things like this are making social networking a growing resource for applicants to search for job opportunities.

Many recruiting efforts have recently been placed on using niche sites for different healthcare groups, and job fields. I am finding myself doing a search at least once a week for new sites and looking into all those advertisement emails with new websites to reach executive candidates, new graduates and everything in between. I’m sure the rest of you are familiar with this same sort of situation, trying to realign and reach out in any way to reach those that may not have been reachable a few years ago.


Anyone have any new outlets they have been finding success with lately, either social media or niche sites?



Posted by Natalie Speece
Vibra Healthcare