Category Archives: company-culture

In 2019, when the World Health Organization officially defined and recognized “burnout” in their international classification of diseases as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” few could have predicted the life-changing…

Imagine receiving hundreds of applications for a single job post, only to find a few qualified candidates. That's a lot of time spent reading cover letters and reviewing resumes, and honestly, you have more important things on your plate.

via GIPHY What if someone told you that your workplace could make just one change that would result in you feeling more satisfied, motivated, and less stressed? That probably makes you roll your eyes or think, “yeah right!”

As many of you know, Harger Howe has three offices – Boston, Massachusetts, Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. Most years, two of our teams, the Patriots and the Texans face off on the football field during a relatively competitive qualifier. Now, we in Boston aren’t biased or anything, but we…

During the early Winter and holiday season, many candidates relax when it comes to job searching. A general malaise comes over them and they justify the lack of action with statements like, “I’ll start fresh in January!” However, there is a certain type of candidate that keeps searching during…

The flipside of any negative situation is opportunity. Per Medscape’s Lifestyle Report 2016: Bias and Burnout research, physician burnout is at an all time high. In fact, “the highest percentages of burnout occurred in critical care, urology, and emergency medicine, all at 55%. Family medicine and…

As summer moves in so does the new recruitment season and according to the May/June issue of The New England Journal of Medicine's piece regarding "The Medicus Firm’s 2016 Provider Placement Summary", Primary Care is still the largest area of placement for physicians. In 2015, that summary reported…

AMN Healthcare provides excellent insights when it comes to nurse recruiting and retention strategies. I was pleased to note that two of their recent articles addressed the issues of nurse happiness and travel nurse utilization.

Recently, Forbes Magazine wrote an article called Ten Unmistakable Signs Of A Bad Place To Work and I wanted to highlight it because it provides some prime examples of what you should be aware of as a potential employee. With that list in mind, employers should really think about what they are…

We regularly talk about how important current employees are when it comes to brand building and promotion, but a lesser-known long-reaching recruitment advertising strategy is working towards creating a solid network of employee brand evangelists. Brand evangelists are enthusiastic promoters of…