Archive for February, 2009
Social Network Your Job Search
Grocery shopping this weekend, I ran into someone I went to high school with. Luckily I was somewhat put together and wasn’t embarrassed by my appearance. After exchanging updates, my old classmate said, “Are you on Facebook? I’ll look you up.” And now we are connected once again.
I’m new at social networking. I’ve only been [...]
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
I was out on Facebook recently when one of my friend’s status updates caught my eye. He wrote, If someone were to ask you when you were 10 years old what you wanted to be when you grow up, what would you have said? How interesting. In addition to my day job, I am also a full time [...]
Free Continued Education Credit from HCA West Florida!
Great news! Our Division sponsors a free self-study CE course “Safe Labeling Helps Prevent OR Errors” until April 30, 2009! Hurry on up & complete this free 1.0 hour course on Nurse.com’s website!
The Do’s and Don’ts of Job Fairs
In previous posts, I’ve shared various strategies to search for a position. From a job search perspective, job fairs offer a great opportunity. They allow allow the job seeker to visit multiple employers at one venue. They also give the employer the chance to put a face with a name (and a resume). But you [...]
HCA Commit $470K for FIU’s Tampa Foreign MD-RN Program
I just learned that our Largo Medical Center generously supports Florida International Business University’s Foreign Educated Physician to Nursing Program (FEPN)! HCA West Florida recognizes the states nursing shortage & is actively supporting this program which was launched in Miami 2002. This 5-semester program transforms foreign educated doctors into nurses through live videoconferencing classroom sessions! According to FIU’s online article, HCA contributes $11,000 per student in scholarship assistance. To read the full article, please visit the following link: http://news.fiu.edu/?p=1714.
