Want to Increase Your Chances of Getting Hired in the Healthcare Industry?

Healthcare professionals are in high demand these days. According to an Economic News Release from the U.S. Department of Labor, job openings in the healthcare and social assistance industries increased by over 172,000 last year. While much of this may be associated with the Affordable Care Act, the fact is the medical community is getting quite crowded and will continue to be for at least the next five years. More and more patients are seeking healthcare benefits, not just traditional medical care provided by doctors and nurses, but treatment from physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and chiropractors as well.

Now this may sound like a positive thing to a jobseeker in the healthcare industry, it often takes a lot of work for an applicant just to get his or her foot in the door. Then, how can you be sure your resume will attract the attention it deserves and stand out above other applicants? Fortunately, if you are looking to launch or re-launch your healthcare career, The People Link can significantly increase your chances of getting hired.

We Go Beyond Getting Your Foot in the Door

Our goal, here at The People Link, is for jobseekers to locate and secure the permanent, career position they seek. We also work with employers in order to secure an employee who is not only ideally suited for the hole they are looking to fill, but who could potentially become an invaluable member of their team. We do not strive to just place people in positions, our objective is long-term viability.

When a jobseeker like you comes to us, we take the time to discuss your career objectives, assist you with your resume as needed, and find out about your ideal position so we can get started on finding you a match. You can peruse our current job listings as often as you want. You'll also receive e-mail alerts of positions which may interest you. If it looks like you'd be a match for a particular position, we'll work one-on-one with both you and the company doing the hiring to arrange an interview, gather follow-up information and help seal the deal. Whether you want to work in an outpatient clinic, private practice, skilled nursing facility, hospital or home health setting, we can help.

The services we provide are offered at no cost to jobseekers, so you've got nothing to lose. It is the employers who pay us a finder's fee once we have found the perfect match. No upfront fees required.

How The People Link Gives You an Advantage

One of the ways The People Link gives you an advantage is we have close to 20 years experience. We have the connections, know what employers are looking for, understand how to successfully promote applicants, and how to find an ideal fit. For nearly two decades our team has been finding and matching employers with job seekers. During this time we have amassed a significant number of connections in the healthcare industry, as well as maintained a very high retention rate (98%). To us, you aren't just another job applicant, you're a real person in search of a long-term career. We are here to help you accomplish your objective.

Positions Currently Available

Although the number and types of positions currently available with The People Link are constantly changing, these are a few of the healthcare jobs we are seeking to fill at this time:

• Physical Therapist for Outpatient Clinic
• General Dentist for Private Practice
• Registered Nurse for Home Health Agency
• Physical Therapist for Outpatient, Home Health and Inpatient
• Pediatric Physical Therapist for Home Health Company
• Physical Therapist Assistant for Outpatient Clinic
• Occupational Therapist for Home Health
• Certified Hand Therapist or Hand Therapist for Outpatient Clinic
• Registered Nurse for a Hospital Position
• Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for Outpatient Clinic
• Occupational Therapist for Hippotherapy Ranch

Where you live in the United States does not matter, we have positions available all around the country. We can even help you find a job if you are planning to relocate to another city or state. Physical therapists and dentists are a few of our most requested positions, so those in these industries are encouraged to apply.

Let Us Help You Secure Your Ideal Job

The People Link is a professional recruitment service specializing in finding and placing qualified health care candidates across the U.S. To find out more about what we can do to help you secure your ideal job in the healthcare industry, please visit our website or call 888-773-0014 today for a free, no-obligation job consultation.

Physical Therapists Still In High Demand

Of all the careers in the health care industry, physical therapists (PTs) continue to be in high demand. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of physical therapists is expected to grow an estimated 34 percent between 2014 and 2024, a rate far above the average of other professions. We should also see a similar demand for physical therapist assistants during the same period of time.

While some of this growth will be attributed to aging baby boomers, physical therapy is considered by many to be a contributing factor in improved patient outcomes, fewer trips to the ER, shortened hospital stays and more rapid, long-term recovery. Physical therapy not only helps lower health care costs, it promotes patient well-being as well, which is a win-win for the health care industry.

What Employers Are Looking For In a Physical Therapist

What are employers looking for in a physical therapist? Although one of the basic requirements employers are looking for in a PT applicant is a degree in physical therapy, along with a license to practice in the state, employers generally want to see certain qualities in their applicants. Qualities employers often sought after include:

• Professionalism
• Initiative
• Strong work ethic
• Good communication skills
• Competence
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Organizational skills
• Teamwork
• Creativity and problem solving
• Honesty
• Positive attitude
• Self-motivation
• Willingness to learn
• Dependability

Specific certification could also be required, depending on the facility. For example, some employers may be looking for someone who has worked in an outpatient clinic before, or has spent time treating geriatric patients. In certain instances, an employer will need to find a PT who has attained specialist certification in sports or women's health. Highlighting your certifications and past employment could help you stand out from other potential applicants.

PT Positions Available

If you are a physical therapist with either a B.S. in Physical Therapy or a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree, we may have a PT position suited for you. It doesn't matter whether you are a recent graduate or a PT with years of experience, The People Link will work hard to get you connected up with the right employer.

As of right now, we have more than 60 different physical therapist positions available throughout the United States. We have jobs for PTs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.

Many of these positions are in outpatient clinics, although we do have PT positions in home health, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient clinics and pediatrics. We also have a few PT Director positions needing to be filled and one PT position at a Hippotherapy Ranch.

In Search of the Ideal PT Job? Contact The People Link Today!

Whether you are looking for a PT job, interested in starting a new career, planning to relocate, or need some help getting your resume ready to begin the job search, The People Link is here to help.The People Link is a professional recruitment service with more than two decades experience of finding and placing qualified health care and PT candidates throughout the U.S. Our success can be seen in our client testimonials, as well as our extremely high retention rate of 98%.

To find out more about PT jobs currently available, please visit our current job listings, fill out a job application form or call 888-773-0014 to set up a free, no-obligation consultation.

Hiring Tip: How to Find the Right Physical Therapist

While a physical therapist (PT) can be an invaluable member of a health care team, not all PTs are of the same caliber. If you are a skilled nursing facility, health care facility or outpatient clinic who is looking to hire a physical therapist, you may be wondering how to find the right PT? What attributes and qualities should a physical therapist exhibit? Where can you find a qualified applicant? What are the benefits of seeking help from a seasoned health care staffing specialist?

Basic Attributes You Want in a Physical Therapist

Physical therapists are some of the most sought-after professionals in the health industry. This may be due in part to patients longing for and actively pursuing the tailor-made, hands-on care offered through physical therapy services. Physical therapy allows patients to choose a natural approach, and in some instances, avoid major surgery or debilitating injuries. A skilled PT can aid a person's recovery, assist in rehabilitation, allow for improved mobility and improve overall quality of life.

Due to the one-on-one care physical therapists are required to provide, some of the basic attributes and qualities you'll want in a physical therapist include:

·         Competence

·         Responsibility

·         Confidence

·         Heightened observational skills

·         Empathy, compassion and support

·         Resilience

·         Good communication

·         Passion for the job

·         Sociable

·         Ability to educate patients on their own self care

·         Physical dexterity

Determining Your Exact Needs

Before you go out in search of a physical therapist on your own, it is important you determine your facility's exact needs. While all PTs are required to complete an accredited Physical Therapy Training Program, pass the national exam, and meet the licensing requirements of the PT board in the state where they plan to practice, specialty certifications are available.

According to the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, physical therapists can obtain specialist certification in these eight areas:

·         Cardiovascular and pulmonary

·         Clinical Electrophysiology

·         Geriatrics

·         Neurology

·         Orthopaedics

·         Pediatrics

·         Sports

·         Women's Health

Benefits of Contracting an Experienced Health Care Staffing Specialist

Finding a qualified physical therapist for your health care facility is not always a simple task. In fact, it is not uncommon for an employer  to  spend hours upon hours scouring hiring sites, posting to job boards and sifting through volume of applications to try and fill one position. Often times PT jobs go unfilled as the time and effort required is just too much.

Fortunately, The People Link  is a professional recruitment service  who specialize in finding and placing qualified health care candidates across the country. We have over 20 year experience and a very high retention rate at 98%.  It doesn't matter where in the U.S. your business is located, or the position you are trying to fill, we are committed to helping you get the results you seek.

To find out more about our current services, please visit our website or call 888-773-0014 for a free, no-obligation consultation. Let us help you find the right physical therapist!

Test your employees

Have you ever wondered if the attitude or behavior of your employees was really an important issue? Hasn't it been all about whether or not they can get the job done right? Like, so what if that girl on reception gossips on all day about the other girls in the office. She answers the phone with a polite voice and transfers calls correctly.

However, everything may not be as it seems. You'll find a staff member that has a bad attitude often "seems" to get their job accomplished well, but you'll often find mistakes later - sometimes too late to correct. And some business owners have had their company fall down around them, failing miserably, without ever realizing it was one employee who caused it all, behind the scenes.

When you have someone covertly destroying everything you've built up, not realizing the consequences their actions are having on your company, you may end up blaming another cause for your failures, making it impossible to turn it all around.

Not all attitudes are completely open and in full view. Some attitudes can lie hidden beneath the surface. If you don't have a way to discover a person's real attitude towards life and their job, you can be fooled. And in the interim, you've lost money, good will and much more.

Judging Behavior by the Handling of Communications

Have you had an employee that seems to relish in sharing gossip and delights in talking about others' plights? This negative attitude can extend to the capability of getting a good result in the work they do.

But looking at the opposite side of the coin: Have you had an employee who was enthusiastic about their job, went about their duties with determination and seemed always happy? This attitude, I'm sure you will agree, gave them an uncanny ability to get the job done and get it done right the first time in most cases.

Take the same two examples of employees above. Put them on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the negative employee and 10 being the enthusiastic one. You can correlate how each person will handle communication on this same scale. The person at the midpoint on the scale will likely alter communications, deliver them more negative than were received, and often upset people when delivering them.

The person at the bottom of the scale will be your worst nightmare. Give them a message to deliver and they will often not get it delivered at all. Or they may alter it so much that any instruction given doesn't get across properly, and of course, not carried out.

An enthusiastic person (at 10 on the scale) will deliver a message the exact way intended. They won't pass on very negative communications but will make them more tolerable to the recipient. You can trust someone like this with delivering a message or instruction for you in your business. They will often follow up and ensure your instructions are carried out. They take responsibility.

Look for Those "Tens"

The handling of messages and other communications by an employee is more important than you think within your company. An excellent employee is someone who will get work done properly, be able to follow directions, understand what you are saying, and will be able to pass on communication from you completely and freely.

Someone who is a "bad" employee and one that you want to avoid will pass on communications in an altered manner. What you wanted delivered isn't delivered at all, but some perverted form is gotten across. Upset will result. You may even lose personnel who don’t want to be around a person like that.

The good employee won’t forward gossip. They won’t contribute to it. They will take any upsetting communications they are asked to pass on and attempt to tone them down. This won't necessarily change what your message is, but will certainly prevent your anger from coming across. And likely all the better for your reputation as the boss!

There are Degrees in Ability to Pass On Communications

Although only the bottom and top are outlined here, there are all different levels of attitude in people. When you give someone a message to deliver, they may pass it on exactly as you intended. They may tone them down slightly, even if the message is very upbeat. They may pervert them and add suspicions and threats. They may just cut the line altogether and not deliver the message at all.

When ninety-five percent of an executive's troubles can lie in the communication lines of the business, it's something to pay attention to. You can even test your employees and judge where they are on the scale. And you can judge what sort of job you can expect from them. 

You Can Test it with Your Employees

Try a test. Take one of your employees that you want to evaluate. Give them a slightly complicated message to deliver to another staff. Make sure the message is really enthusiastic and shows some reward to expect for the recipient.

After your employee has delivered this communication, go to the person who received it and ask them about it. See how it was delivered. Did the message bearer give the complete message? Was it in the spirit intended? How was the deliverer's attitude? Was anything left out?

You may have to do this more than once. But this exercise will provide some insight into your employees and how you can expect them to perform on their jobs.

Know who you are hiring

Imagine there was a way you could test your employees BEFORE you hired them. Imagine knowing how the employee will handle communications, customers, responsibilities and orders! You don't actually have to imagine this because there is a way to know all of this through simple tests. If you truly want to know who you are hiring, then you need to have them take our battery of tests.

This battery consists of the Personnel Potential Analysis™(PPA), IQ Test and Aptitude Test. These coupled with our unique interviewing skills will reveal if you have a person who will help you out or if you're hiring somebody who's going to wreck the place.

We are offering the testing service as a separate service. It is priced at $75.00 per person tested and it covers all 3 tests. We will grade the test results and give our evaluation of what the tests communicate. It is an excellent tool to get a better picture of where your current staff are at or to evaluate anyone that you are looking to hire. It is better to know before you go. These tests will show what the person's abilities are to produce a good product and can be of immense benefit to you.

Visit The People Link for more information about our services!

-Mya

+The People Link 

New year

The beginning of a new year always makes me feel like anything is possible. The slate has been wiped clean. Anything that has occurred in the previous year is officially in the past and I can move forward to create even better conditions.

I have heard several times how this person and that person doesn't make resolutions. I find it hard to believe that there isn't someone out there that doesn't have at least one goal, improvement, etc that they want in the new year. You don't have to call it a resolution if you don't want to.

The resolution lists can be very long and detailed or general and short. I want a more prosperous year. This doesn't have to mean more money. Although who wouldn't want that! Prosperity comes in all forms. Richer relationships, more time spent with family, improving your work environment...

It is important to surround yourself with the things that you love. Every person has several different dynamics to their life. You have yourself, your family, your work, your friends, your pets, your hobbies, your passions in life, etc.

Don't be a spectator this year. Get out there, participate. Make things happen the way you need them to happen!

Happy 2014 and here's to a year of making things happen!

-Mya

Short Q and A

I get asked questions all the time so I figured why not give you the answers to the most common questions. These answers are relevant to my recruitment company, +The People Link. Each company is different in the procedures and policies.

Q: What is the difference between a recruiter/headhunter and an employment agency?

A: To keep it really simple, a recruitment agency finds employees for their clients and their clients pay them a finders fee. These employees are typically permanent, career positions. There are no other strings attached.

An employment agency is similar to a recruitment company but will tend to fill lower level positions and deal with Temporary and substitute positions along with permanent.

Q: Does it cost me money to use The People Link services?

A: Depends on whether or not you are a job seeker or an employer. For the job seeker, there is no charge ever. For the employer there is a finders fee but there are no upfront costs. In fact you do not pay me for finding you the applicant for your open position until the applicant has been producing for you for 30 days. This way you and the new employee can be sure the match is what you are both looking for and are happy with. 

Q:  Does The People Link hire the applicants?

A: The People Link does not hire the job seeker. There is no contract between the job seeker and The People Link. This is 100% the commitment and responsibility of the employer. The People Link is responsible for matching the applicant with the employer. Once the match is made, the employer puts the employee on their payroll.

Q: Why should I use The People Link services?

A: If you are a job seeker, you will get help with finding a position that fits exactly what you are looking for.

If you are an employer, you will get help with finding the exact person you are looking for.

There are no upfront costs and we do all the work in finding your perfect match.  What have you got to lose?

Please feel free to visit my website at www.thepeoplelink.com or give me a call at 888-773-0014 x2 if you have any further questions about using The People Link services.

+Mya Borgman 

Rising Demand for Healthcare Professionals

Having been in the business as long as I have you get the see the ebbs and flows of the demand for Medical Professionals.

Now more than ever the demand is increasing. If you are still in limbo on what to do with your life, I suggest you look into a career in the medical field. There are professions that take many years to get a degree and others that don't.

Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Registered Nurses, Dentists and Chiropractors are a few of the professions that require 4+ years of educational investment. While Dental Assistants, Medical Assistants, Dental and Medical Lab Technicians, Physical Therapist Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Dental Hygienists, etc only take a few months-2 years of education and provide you with a decent income.

Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors of the American economy and with the government on the verge of passing sweeping healthcare legislation it's about to get more crowded in the medical community.

If more people have health insurance then that means more people are going to be seeking care and more professionals will be needed to meet the needs of the people.

There are currently over 200,000 unfilled nursing jobs. Imagine how many other jobs go unfilled in the medical industry.

It is projected over the next 10 years that there is going to be about 25% of an increase of demand for medical professionals. Imagine the implications of getting on board now before all of the job-creation comes to roost. If you become a medical professional sooner rather than later you will be able to rise in the ranks and supervise all of the people who come in with the job influx that will hit with this new healthcare legislation and retirement of the "baby boomers."

For a one stop resource of professions and their average salaries and length of education visit http://www.medicaljobs.org/search/.

I hope this entry got you thinking about a potential future in the medical field!

- Mya
+The People Link