In a decisive move to address staffing challenges and continue to build a skilled healthcare workforce right here in the Berkshires, that county's largest employer, Berkshire Health Systems, has launched a series of workforce development pipeline programs that are opening new career paths for hundreds of nursing assistants, medical assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses.
Even more importantly, the creation of those skilled jobs will expand and deliver vital healthcare services to patients and communities throughout the region.
Maggie Perkins, a Georgia-based teaching advocate, had been working as a teacher for nearly half a decade before she decided to "quiet quit" her job. The decision didn't mean she'd leave her position, but rather limit her work to her contract hours. Nothing more, nothing less.
"No matter how much I hustle as a teacher, there isn't a growth system or recognition incentive," Perkins told TIME. "If I didn't quiet quit my teaching job, I would burn out."
A pediatrician terminated for declining to receive a COVID-19 vaccine despite a hospital's vaccination requirement did not persuade the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that he was entitled to immediate relief.
In a victory for Georgia's Republican governor, a federal judge has reinstated a work requirement in the state's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income residents.
With recession on the horizon and substantial job cuts already taking place, hiring patterns and strategies have been difficult to navigate.
Although both job-seeking and hiring within an economic contraction is tricky, there are best practices to help ease the way, and there is even opportunity to be found on both ends.