Social Media Awareness

Whether it’s checking your Facebook wall, tweeting about your day, connecting with like-minded professionals on LinkedIn, or watching a news story on YouTube, many of us are connected via social media. Like you, NACHR is also heavily involved in social media and wants to share itself with you, the member. Now is a great time to take advantage of all of the great information that NACHR has to share through its social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

As part of the new Social Media Committee for NACHR, it is part of our mission to make you aware of all the ways NACHR helps keep you informed. This blog is just one way we would like to start reaching out to you, our valued NAHCR members, and encourage you to become more involved, not just in providing feedback through our blog, but follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Become an active participant and encourage other members to do so as well. Together we can grow our social media connections and awareness of what some of our local chapters have on the horizon.

Become more involved in social media with NAHCR and other organizations today! Share your wealth of knowledge and build strong network!

News About the CHCR Exam

PHR, MBA, RN, CCRN, JD, or CHCR. Doesn't it make you feel proud when you see those initials after your name? It's a sign of competency in one's field of expertise, a source to go to for information, or perhaps just someone that wants to see how many letters of the alphabet they can fit after their name. As a member of the NAHCR board of directors, I wanted to report out that the group met in November and decided to use some of our funds to help take the CHCR exam to other sites across the nation. Working in partnership with AMP (Applied Measurement Professionals), we have the potential to have the exam administered at testing centers throughout the U.S. I know I'm excited to see how this plays out. This is something that NAHCR members have been asking to have offered for a while, but the timing and costs didn't fit. Having the exam offered at other locations enables us to take this to a new level, provide the opportunity for more people to take it, and bring additional recognition to the certification. It's a win/win situation.

What are your thoughts on certification (CHCR and in general)? Do you see value in it? Will offering it at locations other than just the annual conference likely exponentially increase the number of those certified?

NAHCR Blog Pitch Sheet

Friday November 4, 2011
Greetings from the NAHCR Social Media Committee:
Want to know the latest scoop in healthcare recruitment? We are pleased to announce that the “Recruiter Scoop”, NAHCR’s blog, will be updated biweekly beginning Nov 2011. For those who may be wondering “what’s a blog?”, it is basically a real-time, interactive webpage. This is an excellent way to stay updated on relevant healthcare recruitment topics, share your comments, and connect with other NAHCR members. Special thanks to the members of the Social Media Committee who will be our regular bloggers. In addition to the blog, you can also connect with NAHCR via LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
We understand that some facilities block social media sites and some of you are unable to access the blog from your work computer. NAHCR Social Committee member Melissa Marreno has graciously created a pitch sheet to submit to your HR/Recruiting leadership and IT department. Click here to access NAHCR Blog Pitch Sheet.
Until the next post, happy recruiting!

Angela Pointer, BSN, RN, CHCR
Nurse Recruiter: Duke University Hospital
Chair: Social Media Committee

What disciplines do we as Healthcare Recruiters feel is a must to be successful?”

The best “Recruitment disciplines” is to attain and/or have as a Healthcare Recruiter in order to be successful,  really relates to a sphere of knowledge, higher education, personal abilities, multi-task abilities, ability to follow through on tasks, an organization who has individuals who believe and trust what the recruiter is doing,  as well as networking abilities (just to name a few-the list could really go on and on, don’t you think so?)

I believe that Healthcare Recruiters are able to access and attain this “sphere of knowledge” through groups such as, NAHCR.

NAHCR has given me access and network abilities with a group of other Healthcare Recruiters who provide life experience in the field and firsthand knowledge of the struggles and on the job experiences as a Recruiter.  All of this collection of knowledge is shared through NAHCR meetings, emails, webinars, workshops, speakers that are provided, and the members are willing to provide it to others within the field to help them succeed.  Being stingy is not allowed at NAHCR, it’s about seeing everyone succeed!

What are your thoughts?

Nicki Walling
Hancock Regional Hospital
NAHCR Social Media Task Force Member


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How Important is that Blinking Red Light on the Blackberry?

The Blackberry was among the first, but this can really pertain to any of the myriad of smartphones we use for the purpose of staying connected at work. Have you ever been in a meeting, on your office phone, or otherwise occupied when you notice that the red light is blinking on the Blackberry to indicate a new message has been received? It can be quite stressful knowing someone is expecting a quick response, but we don't wish to be rude and appear to be giving anything less than our full attention to the meeting (or other activity).

Recent reports have shown that there is increasing acceptance of checking messages or texting in many settings such as the dinner table, on a date, and even the bedroom, let alone at work. There are many websites out there that will attempt to provide etiquette guidance, but they seem to be all over the map. While we need to keep the other party in mind and realize they really can have a legitimate need for a quick answer, the hope would be (perhaps falsely) that they understand how busy we are as well. Technology can be a benefit, but has also increased expectations of response times. I see the importance to respond as soon as we possibly can, but what is an acceptable time frame? Is it and hour, half day, 24 hours, etc? Knowing this can help with a better understanding of expectations, as well as help with our health/sanity. If we don't have clear expectations of response times and what types of messages are considered a priority, we can literally make ourselves sick trying to stay on top of everything. What are your thoughts on:
-Response times
-Priority messages
-Settings that are OK to use and respond to messages

Derek Cunningham, PHR, CHCR
Scripps Health
NAHCR Social Media Task Force Member

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The Recruiter Scoop - CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Deborah Hormann from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for submitting the winning name, for the NAHCR Blog - “The Recruiter Scoop”. 

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Favorite/Successful NAHCR Image Networking Stories

I attended my first Image conference last year in Las Vegas.  At the time I had four years of hospital recruiting experience (Nursing and Allied Health) and was a chapter president.  I was very excited about the opportunity to gain additional knowledge in the field of healthcare recruitment and network with fellow recruiters across the country. The Image conference did indeed exceed my expectations! 

There was one thing that was totally unexpected. While at the conference, I received a voice mail message from a recruiter at Duke. Earlier in the year, I applied for a few positions with various organizations and one of which as Duke. (I was happy in my current role at the time; however, I was exploring potential promotional/growth opportunities.) The recruiter informed me that the hiring leaders decided to move in a different direction for the position I applied for. However;  there was a Nurse Recruiter position available, and he asked if I was interested. Although I wasn’t really looking to make a lateral move, I called the recruiter back to let him know I would be interested in learning more about the opportunity.  Literally a couple of hours later, I ran into a gentleman wearing a Duke Medicine shirt.  I mentioned to him that I just received a call from someone at Duke, and he informed me that he was there with his wife.  She was also on the elevator and introduced herself. She was one of the Associate Chief Nursing Officers at Duke and was over Nurse Recruitment.  After the few minutes spent talking with her about the position, I was quite intrigued.  I went back to my hotel room and officially applied for the position. To sum up the story, three months later I joined Duke University Hospital as a Nurse Recruiter.

What about you?  What is your favorite Image networking story?

 

Angela Pointer
Duke Medicine
NAHCR Social Media Task Force Member

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