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, I think that it is important to share with you some bright spots with regard to employment that might not show up in national labor statistics.

In the past two weeks alone my firm has been responsible for securing employment for more than 12 Americans.  That number might not seem a lot, but I assure you that there are 12 families whose lives have been changed.  We anticipate similar, if not higher numbers in the coming months.

In essence, my firm is directly responsible for putting Americans back to work.  

There is a message here that our fellow citizens urgently need to know.  There needs to be more of a spotlight on small businesses just like mine that are directly making a difference in America not just in employment, but the economy.

Small businesses are the foundation that America was built upon and the lifeblood of our economy.   I began my business from my dining room table in 1987, a classic American story.

It has been written that helping someone find a job is the greatest charity of all.   My firm course is not a charity but it is symbolic of what America stands for: opportunity.

Mr. President, I would welcome an opportunity to meet with you at the White House as a positive symbol of a small business that is directly putting America back to work.  Americans need to feel inspired about the future.  I would be honored to help put forth this message.

Yours truly,

Bernie Reifkind, CEO/Premier Search, Inc.

Any questions or comments? I am Bernie Reifkind, CEO and founder of Premier Search, Inc.  I can be reached at 1(800) 801-1400 or email at ceo@psihealth.com

]]> http://psihealth.com/uncategorized/healthcare-recruiting/feed/ 1 http://psihealth.com/uncategorized/the-statement-below-is-true-the-statement-above-is-false/ http://psihealth.com/uncategorized/the-statement-below-is-true-the-statement-above-is-false/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:49:08 +0000 Bernie Reifkind http://psihealth.com/?p=1703 Nonsense can be profound. 

Consider the communication process during the hiring process.  Obviously an employer wants to hire the haystack needle outstanding candidate. 

So the process drags on and on and on.  Canndidates have to fill out forms, sign documents, sign a release on a background check, take a personality test (on line- or in person).

In many cases an insulting array of documentation that is used to escape the possibility of a mistake in the hiring process.

Some candidates get so completely frustrated at the mundane and typical questions and forms to fill out that they are apt to make mistakes (and sometimes on purpose) in answering questions, hence:

The statement below is true. The statement above is false.

Read that for a moment and ponder it.  After the exhaustion of filling out forms and taking personality tests, questions and suppositions begin to appear to be nonsense.

My advice to employers is to consider the point of view of your candidate and take it down a notch.  There are just so many hoops that most people will jump through!!!!

I am Bernie Reifkind, CEO and founder of Premier Search, Inc.I can be reached at 1(800) 801-1400 or email at ceo@psihealth.com

PsiHealth.com
Healthcare Staffing Agency