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Infographic: Find and hire the best candidates with better interviews

Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

When you say, "tell me about yourself" in a job interview, the most likely response is going to be a repeat of what's already in the candidate's resume and cover letter. Why ask the question if you're not going to get any new information? Better job interviews lead to better hires, and better hires build better teams. Asking questions to test a candidate's creativity can show you how they will perform better than asking what school they attended. Learn more about better interviewing practices from this infographic.

When clinicians become politicians

Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

It’s often been said that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu, and this could not be more accurate when speaking of nurses, doctors, and other clinicians vis-á-vis local, state, or federal government. So, what happens when healthcare workers run for public office, and who benefits in the end?

Watch what happens when you align your team

Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

On a crisp late September morning, as I stood on the eastern bank of the Schuylkill River just outside downtown Philadelphia, I witnessed a tremendous lesson on alignment. An eight-person rowing team was practicing for an upcoming race and one of the oarsmen was having difficulty staying in sync with the other seven rowers. Principles of alignment are true in business and almost every other human activity. Failure to properly align means missed goals, wasted time and resources, and a less-than-optimal working environment. Results range from poor to good, but never great.

New ways to communicate better with your critical care team

Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare Administration

As a healthcare administrator, you value the incredible skill and work ethic of your critical care physicians and nurses — but do they know that? A study from the American College of Chest Physicians found that up to 71% of critical care doctors and 86% of critical care nurses experience some form of work-related burnout. When a healthcare organization communicates appreciation for the physical and emotional health of their best and brightest through concrete and helpful strategies, it can make a huge difference in terms of bringing those numbers down.

New home sales rebound as resales dip

Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

In a pattern all-too-familiar to builders and realtors, housing market activity flipped again in June, with the scales tilting up for new homes and down for resale homes. Sales of new homes surged in June following two consecutive months of dismal declines. On the other side of the market, tight inventories and rising prices put a dent in sales of existing homes, which similarly had trended upward in May after two previous months of negative growth. Despite mortgage rates remaining relatively low, affordability and availability continue to be the primary factors influencing consumers’ willingness to purchase a home.

A climate of change: What should your organization do?

Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

The data show the earth is getting hotter — hotter now than it’s been since records were first kept in 1880. The rise in temperature affects animal and marine life and causes potentially devastating dangers for people. What should we do about it? How involved should businesses and associations be on this issue? Will support one way or the other help or hurt your business? Here are a few points to consider.

Are manufacturing wages stagnating?

Michelle R. Matisons Manufacturing

While some argue that a $15 per hour minimum wage still does not provide a living wage, it’s an improvement for all workers regardless of pay disparities among various sectors. At first glance, manufacturing would be one sector least affected by a minimum wage hike. But let's compare recent increases in manufacturing wages. In July 2018, the average manufacturing wage was $21.43. One year later, in June 2019, average wages topped off at $22.03, slightly down from May’s $22.04. This suggests incremental wage growth has now halted: is there wage stagnation in the manufacturing sector?

Health data breaches continue despite firms’ confidence in their…

Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

Healthcare data is collected continuously, and new uses are found for this data nearly every day. In fact, almost all U.S. healthcare organizations collect, store or share data and sensitive information within technologies and cloud platforms, but less than 40% of these organizations actually encrypt data in such environments. This is according to a new report by French security company Thales and research and analysis firm IDC.

The importance of autism training for police officers

Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

Dealing with autistic and differently abled people has been a challenge for law enforcement, primarily due to a lack of training. A deadly shooting on June 14 at a Costco in Corona, California, outside Los Angeles, brought this issue to the forefront again. Following the incident, a panel convened to increase awareness of autism, train officers, and prevent further such horrors. The panel, hosted by Autism Society Inland Empire, urged families to join the awareness discussion, share information, and help train law enforcement officers.

AI, IoT converge to create a new technology superpower: AIoT

Joseph Zulick Science & Technology

When people hear the terms artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT), most think of modern advances in a futuristic world like those that have been depicted in science-fiction franchises. Many of those predictions are now coming to fruition in this Fourth Industrial Revolution that is currently transforming the way the world works. Even though the full capabilities of AI and IoT are still in their relative infancies, these two technology superpowers are now being combined across every industry to provide scenarios where information and problem-solving can improve outcomes for all stakeholders.

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