Category: Workforce

Healthcare is an established hotspot for “boomerang” employees: those who leave an organization and return to it at a later time. But recent research shows that the industry itself has the highest return rate among women who took a career break. 

Early morning meetings were never a fan favorite, but they’ve become a greater source of contention post-pandemic, according to a recent report from Korn Ferry.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is partnering up with Columbus State Community College to address a critical workforce shortage. 

From an aging population and clinical workforce shortages to increasing budget and cost challenges, a recent report from Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm, has broken down the societal changes that it expects to reshape the healthcare industry by 2035.

Amid violence against healthcare workers, hospitals, health systems and states across the U.S. are working to address the issue. These efforts range from appointing “workplace violence coordinators” to holding a gun violence prevention forum.

Most college graduates are underemployed, with 52% employed in jobs that don’t typically require a bachelor’s degree one year after graduation and many of them staying with those jobs for at least a decade. 

Some employers are sunsetting annual performance reviews in favor of regular, daily feedback — a trend experts predict will become increasingly prevalent, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 22.

CMS is asking employees to spend more time in the office, Politico reported Feb. 22. 

More companies are moving to tear the “paper ceiling” by removing degree requirements from job postings that could be done without them. But there’s been more talk than progress, according to a recent Harvard Business School report. 

Among all U.S. states, Tennessee has the highest number of jobs for nurse practitioners per 1,000 jobs in the state, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.