Posted by admin on June 22, 2010

(This was actually mailed to the White House on May 20, 2010)
Dear President Obama,
I am a private business owner in Los Angeles, California operating a health care executive search firm, Premier Search, Inc.  We are in the employment business assisting health care organizations nationwide in finding staff. 
Although the current economic conditions have affected my business, [...]

Posted by admin on April 28, 2010

Everyone of your employees goes on interviews : Your most loyal employee has either had an interview or is interviewing- on company time-believe me. Unless you are self employed, I am sure that you too are interviewing at times. When one of your employees has a doctors appointment or needs to see a dentist, they are probably interviewing elsewhere. Am I being cynical? Are you being naive?

Posted by Bernie Reifkind on April 28, 2010

Interviewing to fill a critical job opening can sometimes be a time consuming and tedious process no matter if you are hiring a senior executive or a secretary.
In my more than 20 years of successful search and placement in the healthcare industry it is very common for me to hear from an employer that he/she doesn’t [...]

Posted by Bernie Reifkind on April 21, 2010

So what does all this mean to you, dear reader? It means that the senior housing industry is growing exponentially and will need the services that can only be provided by humans. The internet, high tech gadgets, computers, and digital is constantly being promoted as the next “big thing” to our youth dominated culture.

But nothing will ever replace the care given by humans to our loved ones.

Posted by Bernie Reifkind on April 16, 2010

As a healthcare recruiter I am always fascinated by interview questions that my healthcare clients might ask while interviewing my candidates.

One of the best interview questions that an employer can ask is: “What book or books are you currently reading.”

Why?