To Coach, or to Mentor?
Research from 2013 revealed a disturbing fact: Although 83% of 10,000 employees surveyed said they thought they could benefit from mentoring, a mere 29% of them worked for organizations that offered it. Coaching does come out better in that regard, with more than half...
Tackling Turnover: It’s Do or Die for Doctors
Whether you’re an ophthalmologist like me or any other kind of medical doctor, you face an array of challenges in managing your practice, including the need to find, hire, and retain great employees to fill your staffing needs. In fact, it’s safe to say that nearly...
Workplace Weather
The Importance of Climate... We’ve been posting articles lately about ways to boost employee retention to end the constant battle with staff turnover so many organizations face today. There are lots of different ways to make your employees feel like they are valued...
12 Tips to Turbo-Charge Employee Recognition
In the last article about establishing a carrot culture in the workplace, providing adequate and effective recognition of your employees was revealed as a key aspect. If you think an annual employee appreciation day is enough, then you’ve got you work cut out for you....
Top Performers ARE Affordable!
Have you ever felt like you can’t afford to hire the top talent you need to move your company forward? If so, then there’s good news. Here’s one of the best-kept secrets in talent management today: A top performer (or as we like to say, an A-Player) is a bargain. You...
Retaining Talent with a Carrot Culture
Constant turnover among your employees is a battle far too many companies seem to be losing. Some estimate turnover’s overall drain on the national economy to be as much as $5 trillion per year. That’s according to Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton in their book The...
You’ve Made a Great Hire, Now What?
Congratulations! Painless Hire just helped you find and hire a fantastic new employee to fill a position you were worried about. Now you can sit back and watch your new employee shine, right? Wrong! We can help you make great hires, but it’s your job to keep them. You...
Got Time? Probably Not. Here’s What to Do.
Time. It’s the most precious commodity of all, and it seems there’s never enough of it. This is especially true for doctors in the clinical practice environment. In addition to all your patient appointments, you’re returning calls and fielding messages from patients,...
Increasing Use of Recruiters: But Who to Choose?
This year marks the beginning of a rapid period of growth for the recruiting industry. The Social Security Administration, the AARP and the Pew Research Center estimate that about 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day; a trend expected to continue for the next 18...
Paper, Plastic, and Candidate Resumes
We all try our best to do our part for the environment. Various green movements are springing up as marketing campaigns for companies, generating the beneficial awareness of caring for the world we live in while unifying people under one powerful roof. From the...
Recruiting Agencies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Not all recruiting agencies are created alike. Some are praised, some are utilized once and forgotten, and some leave a bad impression from both the employer’s and the candidate’s standpoint. A study by Unity Personnel revealed that 60% of job seekers would prefer not...
When an Office Manager is a Necessity
The rapid growth of the healthcare industry is contributing to the job stability of individuals working within it, as well as the necessity for an increasing supply of certain professions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates a projected industry growth of about...
Warning Signs during Interviews
It is best to learn on the mistakes of others than one’s own, as some mistakes can result in costly consequences. When it comes to hiring employees for your business, great care must be taken in predicting their future performance, and consequently their impact on...
Interview Red Flags
Interviewing candidates is a crucial part of the hiring process. Interviews should be conducted in a structured way, and every question should be on target to gauge whether the candidate fits the criteria for the job. Phone interviews should be initially conducted as...
Don’t Skip the References!
As a general rule, the statement “the best predictor of the future is the past” has value when it comes to making a call regarding a candidate’s future performance. A reference check is one of the best ways to get feedback on a candidate’s personality and work ethic....
Avoid Hiring Pitfalls
All too often, interviewers rely on the assumption that it is easy to assess a candidate’s fit for a position. Developing your interview process based on this assumption is comparable to laying a building foundation on top of a bog. Reality dictates, rather harshly,...