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Free Recruitment Tool: Get Matched to Job Seekers with CaringCareersStartHere.com
On April 10, 2025 by Anna Mowry
Is your organization receiving job seeker matches? CaringCareersStartHere.com is helping connect job seekers with long-term care employers and elevating careers in aging services across the state.
Upcoming MN Geriatrics ECHO to Feature CaringCareersStartHere.com
On September 20, 2024 by Anna Mowry
On Sept 24, the MN Geriatrics ECHO is hosting a session featuring our newest resource, CaringCareersStartHere.com, along with LeadingAge’s Director of Workforce, Anna Mowry.
Maximize Your Recruitment: Upload Your Organization’s Profile on CaringCareersStartHere.com
On June 6, 2024 by Anna Mowry
Long-term care providers can connect with job seekers on CaringCareersStartHere.com, a dedicated platform to help Minnesotans embark on meaningful careers in aging services.
Caring Careers Start Here: Linking Job Seekers to Senior Care Providers
On May 5, 2020 by Jenna Kellerman
LeadingAge Minnesota is participating in an effort that recruits people interested in long term care using the Caring Careers Start Here platform. Caring Careers Start Here originally began as a campaign from HealthForce Minnesota focused on recruiting students into long term care careers and is now being redirected to recruit displaced workers specifically during the COVID19 pandemic.
Caring Careers Start Here: Recruiting Directly for Providers
On April 29, 2020 by Jenna Kellerman
LeadingAge Minnesota is participating in an effort that will soon begin recruiting people interested in long term care through Caring Careers Start Here.
Engagement Leads to Retention
On May 29, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Engaging with your staff is an essential way to empower your team, promote a sense of value and to retain your staff. We know that staff who are engaged have higher job satisfaction, show enthusiasm for their work and improve outcomes within your organization.
LeadingAge Minnesota offers a free, web-based toolkit to help boost your ability to engage with staff.
Create an Inclusive Hiring Process
On May 14, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Direct care staff have opinions that matter! When frontline staff know that they will be responsible for training new team members, they are often invested in the people who get hired in the first place and become more invested in the training process. Empower your team by training and including frontline staff in the interview process.
Spice Up Staff Perks
On May 8, 2019 by Jodi Boyne
Many companies have gotten creative with their employee benefits as a way of recruiting, rewarding and retaining staff. Tech companies, in particular, have a reputation for working some fun into the work-lives of their teams.
Treat Recruitment like a Marketing Campaign
On April 30, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Recruitment needs to be more than a generic “Now Hiring!” sign or tired newspaper advertisement. What can you do to create a more focused recruitment campaign? Know your community and create a targeted recruitment campaign.
Best Practices: Using Social Media to Tell Your Story
On April 16, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Are you promoting your organization on social media? For many, using Facebook and Instagram to build the workforce pipeline is a new concept. The good news is that social media is all about telling your story – and from big to small, aging services providers have so many fun stories to share!
Due This Week: Employer Applications for Summer Health Care Internship Program
On April 10, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Employer applications for the 2019 Summer Health Care Internship Program are due April 12. Care centers, home care providers and adult day services providers are encouraged to participate.
Share your “WHY” to Recruit
On April 10, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Do you know about the Golden Circle? As you think about workforce recruitment and retention, explaining to potential new hires what your organization does is easy – and explaining how you do it is helpful. But great organizations are effective at explaining why they exist. Learn how great leaders inspire action by listening to this TED Talk from Simon Sinek explaining the Golden Circle and the importance of your “Why.”
Employer Applications for Summer Health Care Internship Program Due April 12
On April 2, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Employer applications for the 2019 Summer Health Care Internship Program are due April 12. Care centers, home care providers and adult day services providers are encouraged to participate.
Does Your Organization Stand Out?
On April 2, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
With the increasing workforce shortage in all business sectors, aging services organizations need to focus on what makes them stand out as a best place to work. Research shows that Millennials and Generation Z find the mission and meaning of organizations to be acutely important when making their employment decisions – lucky for us in older adult services!
Recruiting Retired Workers and New Americans
On March 26, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Resolving workforce challenges in our field is a multi-tiered strategy. One area to consider is recruiting retired workers and new Americans. Two LeadingAge Minnesota members piloted programs to work with tribal partners and the Somali community to improve their recruitment efforts. Read more for their stories, as well as thoughts on giving the growing number of Baby Boomers a chance to use their skills and make a difference in their community.
Employer Applications for Summer Health Care Internship Program Due April 12
On March 19, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Employer applications for the 2019 Summer Health Care Internship Program (SHCIP) are due April 12. Hospitals, clinics, care centers, home care providers and adult day services providers are encouraged to participate on behalf of qualified students in their community.
Career Pathway Resources
On March 13, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Teach students about Career Pathways in aging services using these excellent tools developed by the California Assisted Living Association:
Grow Future Workforce: Mock Interviews
On February 13, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
As a leading employer in your community, offering students practice interviewing opportunities for their first job is a great way to form a relationship with students entering the workforce and local schools.
Need a Career Awareness & Recruitment Tool? Use Our Career Pathway Presentation!
On January 29, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Connections with local high schools are a great way to get young people thinking about careers in our field. Maybe you’ll even see some immediate applications for entry level positions such as direct caregivers or dietary aides! What should you do?
Just Launched: New Career Awareness Campaign
On January 8, 2019 by Jenna Kellerman
Thanks to the efforts of the Long-Term Care Imperative, HealthForce Minnesota was given funding from the State of Minnesota to create a senior care career awareness campaign -- Caring Careers Start Here.