ASHHRA Career Pulse

With just days before the final quarter of 2016, it’s time to plan your year-end career push. Fall tends to be busy with people catching up after summer vacations and working parents getting back into the school and work juggling act.

Visit http://time.com/money/4503369/six-career-moves-year-end/ to view the full article online.

How to reinvent your career (without quitting your job)

When we think of disruptors, we often focus on individuals who create life-changing new technologies or those who make dramatic career leaps from one industry to another. Here, Nancy Spector, recently appointed deputy director and chief curator at the Brooklyn Museum, talks about pivotal moments in her career reinvention and how others can take lessons from her experience.

Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/whitneyjohnson/2016/09/22/how-to-reinvent-your-career-without-changing-industries-or-jobs/#7f58dccc34b7 to view the full article online.

Health Care Hiring

Game Changers conference: How diversity helps bottom lines

For Rachel Chalmers, diversity is about the bottom line. "Organizations that don't throw more than half of human potential on the floor during the hiring process will outperform organizations that do," said the vice president of Unitive, a company that sells an automated platform designed to streamline the hiring process while eliminating bias.

Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/09/22/game-changers-conference-the-idea-of-culture-is-so.html to view the full article online.

The danger of labeling people as 'low performers'

In a world where 87 percent of employees are not engaged in their work, it's no surprise that improving engagement is top of mind for many organizations' leaders. Managers can pursue a variety of approaches to increase employees' happiness and commitment to work, but there is one simple, often overlooked change they can make: Change the categories by which you label your employees.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-danger-of-labeling-people-as-low-performers.html to view the full article online.

Join the ranks of health care HR specialists who have attained CHHR certification.

With the CHHR behind your name, it shows you to be a professional of the highest caliber: One who truly knows the field and is savvy to current best practices in benefits and wellness. ASHHRA members who qualify and apply for a CHHR Scholarship will receive a voucher for the full CHHR exam fee (a $295 value)!

Congratulations to the following who have attained their CHHR in 2016 – you too could be on this list!

Tracy Burpee, Charlotttesville, Va.
Lori Hoekstra, Kankakee, Ill.
Heather Creeden, Acworth, Ga.

Karen Littlefield, Belfast, Maine
Dana Brandt, New Braunfels, Texas

Christopher Westbrook, Augusta, Ga.

Tracy Braman, Saint Joseph, Mich.

Alex Hayman, New Braunfels, Texas

Dawn Rose, Chicago, Ill.

Nicole Schell, Alexandria, Minn.

Tara Kleas, Fort Worth, Texas

Zachariah Wheeler, Thomasville, Ga.
Lotus Yon, Northbrook, Ill.

Karen Littlefield, Belfast, Maine

Kim Rainer, New Braunfels, Texas

Richard Pea, Freelandville, Ind.

Lisa Halley, Gallipolis, Ohio

Sabrina Thweatt, Boerne, Texas

Elizabeth Bennoch, Norway, Maine

Chris Wilkes, Maryville, Tenn.

Holly Winn, Black River Falls, Wis.

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