Will the Upcoming Tax Changes Help or Hurt My Business? The impending tax reform will help you if you’re a corporation by reducing your tax from 35 percent to 21 percent. Most individuals and small businesses won’t see a benefit. In fact, the tax reform could damage them financially. A Few Tax Reform Myths and Facts Myth: The […]
According to a 2017 IBM-sponsored study on cybersecurity, the healthcare industry incurs higher data breach costs than four other industries: financial services, research, media, and the public sector. The same study also reports that the healthcare industry has higher per capita data breach costs than average. In 2017, the US healthcare industry spent $380 per compromised record, […]
According to the HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration), the demand for primary care physicians will increase by 14% through 2020. The demand for nurses will increase by 28% through 2030. In the Northeast, the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania will see the greatest demand for nurses from 2017 through 2030. Meanwhile, the accounting industry will see its […]
Here at Vitalis Consulting, we’ve seen it all and heard it all. All the mistakes people make when searching for new job. Many job candidates unwittingly shoot themselves in the foot. Pay close attention and you can avoid these mistakes. These are red flags that have hiring managers skipping past your resume before you even […]
Trust is fundamental to a successful partnership of any kind. The strongest partnerships involve mutual respect and collaboration. A business relationship should include loyalty, honesty, and integrity. This is just as true for your relationship with a staffing agency. Here is how sticking with one staffing agency can build long-term trust: Finding the Right Candidate Takes Time […]
As the economy recovers, the task of attracting and retaining top-quality staff is becoming increasingly important to all organizations. The challenges are particularly important in the financial sector, where the supply of strong candidates for accounting and financial positions rarely meets the demand, especially in clustered urban markets where firms and their clients are […]
In January 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 15 other federal agencies published its final revision of the Common Rule to protect the rights of clinical research patient volunteers. The Common Rule is also known as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. It was published in 1991 and […]
In speeches on the campaign trail in 2016, Trump promised to dismantle much of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. On February 3, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to make legislative recommendations for reform within 120 days. The order also delays implementation of the fiduciary […]
It’s a miracle, but busy season is over! It’s high time you handed in your resignation and looked for greener pastures. Ok, that was a bit corny, wasn’t it? But, wait–before you roll your eyes, there’s one thing we’d like to ask you. If we told you that a particular consulting company wants to pay CPAs from one of the Big […]
In Part 3: Recruiting Quality Patient Volunteers For Medical Research, we’re going to discuss marketing strategies that work. Leveraging Social Media To Recruit Volunteers. It has been reported that researchers spend nearly a third of their time on recruitment and enrollment. Yet, studies show that more than 70% of all nationwide trials fail to recruit enough volunteers for their projects. […]
In Part 2: Recruiting Quality Patient Volunteers For Medical Research, we’re going to discuss the topic of payments and its relevance to the recruitment effort. FDA Policy On Payments. The FDA is committed to the welfare of subject volunteers in clinical trials. As has already been stated, many participants are willing to expose themselves to great risk in […]
For the past few decades, there has been a fairly consistent flow of books, movies, articles, editorials, blog posts, cartoons and more showing a bleak future for just about every profession. They all say the same thing: computers are going to take over. They can do things better and faster. And that last bit is […]
Subject recruitment is an often overlooked element of a successful research study. Failure to recruit sufficient participants can be very disruptive to the study timeline, and in some cases, can be the reason for ending the trial. Recruiting quality volunteers is not easy, because some stereotypes are true for a reason. Patients who tend to […]
As America navigates political change, many experts are preparing for corresponding adjustments within the health-care industry. Although there is much confusion about how a Trump administration will implement an ACA (Affordable Care Act) repeal, it’s safe to say that any new changes will affect employment levels among nurses, doctors, phlebotomists, and medical assistants. Today, we’ll […]
It’s a proven fact that good hires lead to fewer headaches for your human resources team. However, attracting great talent is a challenge. So, what’s a manager to do? Below, we list 5 steps to attracting high-caliber temporary staff that’s guaranteed to make life easier for you. 1) Make sure your job posting is up […]
The healthcare landscape is changing quickly, and sometimes it seems impossible to keep up. If you’re responsible for finding temporary medical staff in New Jersey, you know that attracting the right per diem candidates is easier said than done. How can you find the people you need to meet the needs of your patients? Here […]
Even extroverts will admit that networking can be challenging — simply because it requires continuous work and effort. What is networking? I define it as creating a group of acquaintances and associates who communicate regularly for everyone’s mutual benefit. A network can include almost anyone — family, friends, past acquaintances, current colleagues, and potential colleagues […]
I often hear candidates who have been actively searching and have been on the job market for a long time say something like this: ” Several recruiters have invited me to their offices to discuss my experience and future career goals. They seemed genuinely impressed with my resume, but then I never heard from them […]
When something nonsensical happens, something I can’t understand no matter how hard I try, I often say it “cracks my brain.” Do you know this feeling? Lately, what cracks my brain more and more are candidates who don’t respond to expressions of interest about a job opening. Or I should say, candidates do respond, but […]
Okay, now that I have your attention . . . I want to talk about the issue of chasing higher pay versus staying with one company in the early years of your career. (Sorry, folks, this has absolutely nothing to do with Mexico.) I recently received a response from a candidate that said, “$100k jobs […]