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Engaging Employees Through Social Media

Posted March 16, 2012

by Kristin McGinnis, Consultant, Client Solutions

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, blogseverywhere we look these days, we are faced with some type of social media.* As a result, we can get information quicker and communicate it to a larger audience. Just to give you an idea of how many people worldwide are utilizing social media outlets, here are some statistics.

• Facebook (an online social networking service) 845 million monthly active users, as of December 2011
• Twitter (an...

Let's Get Onboard

Posted August 11, 2011

by Kristin McGinnis, Consultant, Client Solutions

When healthcare employers are faced with the challenges of reducing turnover, cutting costs, retaining key talent, and engaging employees, one solution may be onboarding.

Onboarding refers to the organizational process in which new employees are brought into an organization and provided the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for their new positions. Traditional onboarding methods include orientations, training manuals, meetings, videos,...