The Employment Report

Jul 25, 2008 – Healthcare employees spend years preparing to work in a specialized position, but few have the resume and interview skills to get their dream job.  Although there is a mountain of information on how to get a job and numerous general specialty career coaches, there is a great deficiency in specific resources to help healthcare job seekers.

A 2006 U.S. Department of Labor report identified healthcare as the nation’s largest industry with 14 million healthcare jobs.  Healthcare will generate 3 million new jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.  There is ample competition for the most desired opportunities.

The Internet has advanced the ability to search and apply for jobs but employers are being inundated with resumes.  Candidates using traditional resume guidelines get lost in a sea of similarly structured submissions that may never receive even a glance by employers.  If they land an interview, one wrong move and it’s over.

Extensive consulting services that teach candidates how to position themselves to secure better career positions with superior compensation packages have mainly been available to executives who can afford steep fees.  Effective individualized coaching doesn’t have to take a great deal of time or be expensive.  Using resume writers or memorizing responses to a list of common interview questions is short sighted.  Learning how to focus on opportunities to impress employers while avoiding potential pitfalls propels candidates to a new level of confidence that attracts job offers long term.

“From Medical Assistants to Practice Administrators, every time I posted a position, I would receive about 100 resumes.  Very few were impressive, even from the candidate that ultimately was hired.  I think employees are unprepared when they start looking for a new job,” said Cathy Cheshire, Healthcare Career Coach for GetThatHealthcareJob.com.  Before coaching, Cheshire spent over 25 years in a variety of healthcare organizations across the country as a hiring manager and recruiting for companies.

“I have seen the most qualified applicants unknowingly say or do things that disqualify themselves or reduce their offer,” Cheshire said.  ”I have had good candidates make damaging comments like asking about salary too early or saying things like, ‘I want a company that takes care of me‘ or ‘I am working on an exciting web venture.’  Candidates not hired usually aren’t given an explanation and they continue the same limiting behavior.”

It’s a great career tragedy to stay in a dead-end job or accept an undesirable one.  Healthcare job seekers can take the mystery out of obtaining incredible job offers with individual feedback from a healthcare career coach that knows what it takes to get that healthcare job they deserve.

If you’d like more information please call Cathy Cheshire at (859) 322-8088 or e-mail her at Contact@GetThatHealthcareJob.com.

Source: PRLog