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March 3, 2020 - In the Arena

How I went from Job Jumper to Committed Caregiver

A personal perspective on healthcare employee turnover You know me. I’m the work-to-live, easily-bored, no-dependents, employee who will do a pretty good job until I suddenly disappear. I might give proper notice to pursue another opportunity or I might stop showing…

February 26, 2020 - In the Arena

The difference between Arena and talent assessments

Talent assessments – also called pre-employment screening tests – have been around for over 100 years. Army Beta Test: “Identify what is missing from each picture” Inspired by Alfred Binet’s Intelligence Tests of the early 1900’s, psychologists developed the first…

January 23, 2020 - In the Arena

How AI in the hiring process reduces nurse turnover

Using data science to predict which RNs are the right fit reduces turnover, vacancy, and reliance on agency labor Nursing Workforce Challenges: Turnover, Vacancy, Shortage Excessive turnover across healthcare, and especially among RNs, has been an issue in health care…

December 18, 2019 - In the Arena

How to Wish Healthcare Workers a Happy Holidays

Advice from a few 3rd year nurses… We hail from 3 different health systems in the Rocky Mountain region. And each of us has already worked at two different health systems. We, therefore, are not experts, but we do have…

June 23, 2018 - In the Arena

5 Hot Topics around Nurse Retention

Can data and analytics improve nursing outcomes? Can it lead to reduced turnover and expand the applicant pool? These were the questions at the heart of “Better Nursing Outcomes Using Data and Predictive Analytics,” a panel discussion at last month’s…

May 15, 2018 - In the Arena

How Data Can Transform Your Health Care Workforce

Data and predictive analytics are everywhere today. Amazon uses it to tell you what to buy. Netflix uses it to tell you what to watch. Google tells you what to search for. Facebook tells you who to befriend. And yes,…

April 19, 2018 - In the Arena

Healthcare Is Bad at Hiring — Here’s a New Solution

High employee turnover has plagued healthcare organizations for decades, and the problem is about to get worse. Baby boomers are retiring. Fewer young people are entering the field. And with the massive transformation in how care is being delivered, organizations…

January 25, 2018 - In the Arena

Healthcare Orgs: Stop Obsessing Over Millennials

Millennials in the workforce get a bad rap. They’re entitled, self-absorbed, uncooperative, tech-obsessed, disloyal. They’re motivated by trivial perks (free snacks! massages! Ping-Pong tables!). They demand constant advancement opportunities. Even if you meet all their needs, they probably won’t stay…

August 15, 2017 - In the Arena

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Nurse

By Myra Norton, President and COO At Arena, we work frequently with hiring teams at hospitals and other health care organizations. Nearly every team we work with expresses a desire to hire “good” nurses and other medical professionals. The only…

June 2, 2017 - In the Arena

Cutting Health Care Costs: Where to Start?

by Michael Rosenbaum, Founder and CEO, Arena It’s hardly a secret that the cost of providing health care is escalating and that hospitals are facing ever increasing pressure to control those costs. Almost four out of every five health system…

In the Arena

How I went from Job Jumper to Committed Caregiver

The difference between Arena and talent assessments

How AI in the hiring process reduces nurse turnover

How to Wish Healthcare Workers a Happy Holidays

5 Hot Topics around Nurse Retention

How Data Can Transform Your Health Care Workforce

Healthcare Is Bad at Hiring — Here’s a New Solution

Healthcare Orgs: Stop Obsessing Over Millennials

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Nurse

Cutting Health Care Costs: Where to Start?

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