New York Presbyterian Hospital, a 2,369-bed hospital with more than 12,600 employees in New York City, has come up with a unique way to get its name and message out: care packages addressed to career counselors at 50 nursing programs in the Northeast.
Everyone knows about the nursing shortage, but for some hospitals, that may be just a precursor to shortages in a growing number of health care fields. Hospitals in some areas already are having trouble finding medical coders and pharmacists, and according to some research, the next five years could see high vacancy rates in everything from nutritionists to speech pathologists.
Any great human resources professional knows that retaining existing employees is much easier than recruiting new ones. But now research from the VHA proves that financially its a much better deal, too.
Finding the right person for the job makes it less likely youll be interviewing someone else for the same position next year. So what can you do? Try asking different questions.
