Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

[Irrelevant]

There are job openings in all environments. You selected two companies highly dependent on government funds. Spokane is still working on a northbound highway that I read the work is slated to ramp up over the summer. Hospitals are hospitals. But compared to a few years ago, hiring is not anywhere close. And like other large HC providers, Providence (SH) has had a hiring freeze for non-clinical staff for a year because it is losing money after medicaid cuts and trying to find ways to get back in the black under the "new normal" in HC. There are openings, but hiring is slow unless you are a specialty Dr they need. And even they can expect a tough negotiation.

You said, "there's not much around here." There is actually still quite a lot, maybe not as "much" as previously, but there's still a metric shitton of opportunity for someone who is actually looking and wants to work.

 

[Nick87]

wants to wor

That's what it boils down to ultimately, and no I don't want to certainly not like I used to anyway.

 

[SAJ-99]

You said, "there's not much around here." There is actually still quite a lot, maybe not as "much" as previously, but there's still a metric shitton of opportunity for someone who is actually looking and wants to work.

Yes probably a hyperbolic on that statement of “not much” but it’s all relative and I stand by my view. Hopefully the people at the unemployment office will tell newly unemployed to stop being lazy and apply for the RN positions at the hospital.

 

[Exhausted]

Yes probably a hyperbolic on that statement of “not much” but it’s all relative and I stand by my view. Hopefully the people at the unemployment office will tell newly unemployed to stop being lazy and apply for the RN positions at the hospital.

"Learn to code", amiright?

 

[Irrelevant]

Hopefully the people at the unemployment office will tell newly unemployed to stop being lazy and apply for the RN positions at the hospital.

or, "have you tried showing up on time?"

 

[SAJ-99]

or, "have you tried showing up on time?"

I agree there is plenty of the that, which is why it is a stereotype. I'm not interest in assigning that as a reason to every person that loses their job. I have encountered many people with jobs that I would say are incompetent at it. Laziness is not what makes our unemployment rate over 5% while the national average is 4.3%. Same with the unemployment rate in Midland TX being 2%. Each area is different and has different economic drivers. There is also a mismatch in skills and requirements. That is constant these days, and I suspect getting worse.

 

[jryoung]

In the healthcare space there are an incredible amount of openings, especially in CA. The health care space has created something like 30% of new employment over the past 5 years.

What we are seeing in our clinic and talking with friends and colleagues at hospitals, Kaiser and bigger clinics there is a massive shortage in qualified applicants. Experience/training skillset being the biggest gap, but a lot of unemployable individuals as well.

Finding nurses with good venipuncture skills is so damn hard right now, they just aren't getting the training. We've offered to send some to phlebotomy school (60 hours time, $3000 cost) with a forgivable loan over 12 months.

No one has taken us up on it.

You can have an amazing side hustle with a CPT-1 (certified phlebotomy technician) and being great at venipuncture can open up so many opportunities. This goes beyond what we offer for competitive pay, fully paid medical, dental, vision, 401k with 4% match, defined benefit program (7.5% annual comp).

It seriously sucks, you finally get a candidate with a great personality and CS skills, but you ask them for for some extra effort that builds their talent and they say no, I'm good.

....... RN positions at the hospital.