Highland recruits nurses somewhat in another way with enjoyable job festivals

Sally Lin stopped to play a recreation of cornhole in between chatting with Highland Hospital recruiters. She stated she had by no means attended a job honest like this earlier than.

“It’s just a little bit more fun, a little bit more chill, less work,” Lin stated. “But you’re still getting the work information, work-life balance.”

Lin is graduating from nursing faculty in December, and discovering a job the place she will be able to “click” along with her coworkers is essential to her. While at Radio Social, the place the nursing job honest was being held, Lin might freely discuss with different nurses and nurse managers to get an thought of the hospital’s nursing tradition.

“I really like that I kind of know what I’m walking into, not surprised,” she stated.

This is the expertise Danielle Berry and her nursing recruitment workforce at Highland attempt to create when selecting these job honest areas. For the previous two years, the hospital has hosted these occasions in nontraditional areas, like eating places and breweries.

“It was a way to attract nurses, to just get our name out there a little bit more,” Berry stated. “Then we found that staff were also really enjoying being together and talking about why they love Highland and why they love being a nurse.”

She stated the relaxed surroundings permits the candidates to work together with the workers and actually get a really feel for the folks they might probably be working with.

“We are very serious about the work that we do when we’re taking care of patients. But the reality is, we want to also let people know about the team that we are and the culture that we have,” Berry stated.

Timmi Okung stated she suffers from social anxiousness, however the power on the job honest was very welcoming.

“They just seem excited to have people here, to have people join,” Okung stated. “I think that’s beautiful. It makes me want to be a part of that.”

Berry stated about 40% of the people who attend the job festivals do settle for employment gives.