Setting 2025 Career Goals as a Healthcare Professional
What does your future career picture look like – starting in the new year? Do you envision yourself becoming an RN? Getting promoted into a managerial role? Earning a new certification? Or perhaps mastering a new tech platform, increasing your income, or sharpening your stress management or communication skills? There are steps you can take […]
How to Manage Holiday Time-Off Requests without Disrupting Patient Care
‘Tis the season to be … as generous as possible with letting your employees take time off while at the same time keeping operations smooth and ensuring seamless, top-level patient care. It sounds great on paper, but how do you make it happen in reality and not emerge looking like the Ebenezer Scrooge of employers? […]
The Importance of Work-Life Balance for Healthcare Workers During the Holidays
The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year … or are they? Work-life balance is challenging all year long, but it takes on a whole new level of importance during the holiday season. You work in healthcare. The seasonal hustle and bustle is happening all around you, but there’s no way you can […]
The Benefits of Working for a Healthcare Staffing Co-Op
Are you familiar with employment, specifically healthcare employment co-operatives? A growing and dynamic trend nationwide, co-ops are collaborative businesses owned and operated by their employees, aka worker members. Yes, you read that right: owned and operated by their workers. The Benefits of Union Representation AlliedUP is a healthcare employment co-op that partners with the SEIU-UHW […]
The Growing Demand for Bilingual Healthcare Professionals in California
California has a growing, diverse, and aging population, and healthcare professionals are in short supply to serve all these demographic groups. Not least among the challenges is finding bilingual clinical and allied health professionals to address this issue and achieve a much-needed diversity balance in patient care statewide. Miscommunication: A Leading Cause of Medical Errors […]
Healthcare Certifications to Boost Your Salary
The healthcare world is constantly evolving – and career options are nearly limitless. While your first thoughts about these options may be roles that require lengthy education and/or advanced degrees, there are a number of certifications that can be earned within a reasonable time frame (for some, a year or less) and with a high-school […]