Written by Terry Kennedy, Senior Search Consultant.
Over time we have developed best practices on how medical management professionals can work most effectively with their Recruiter to achieve not only a successful job placement, but also an efficient and rewarding experience for all. In a recently published paper entitled “Working with Medical Management Recruiters” we outlined the top five best practices most critical to a healthy Candidate-Recruiter relationship. Below we expand on the second item addressed, “Don’t be Afraid to Brag about yourself to your Recruiter.” Download the full white paper to read more about these 5 key ingredients to successfully working with a specialized Recruiter.
Remember, your Recruiter is the one promoting you and now is not the time to be shy. You have to believe that you are an amazing candidate or no one will believe you… including your Recruiter.
Give the Recruiter vital information about what makes you excel in your work performance, your strengths as well as accomplishments or awards/recognitions received that may help to differentiate you from other candidates. Have a genuine positioning statement that your Recruiter can use on your behalf, outlining your experience in a short synopsis. The strongest resume and positioning statements are quantifiable, objective and have the power to set you at the top of consideration list and the key to securing your first interview.
A few examples of strong positioning statements:
“20 years of Medical Management Experience including Case Management, Utilization Review and Quality Management. Experience includes creation and presentation of community teaching programs for Disease Management, developing and implementing Quality programs, creating and implementing audit tools, developed a risk reporting process and procedures protocol.”
“Recognized by Director of XYZ Health Plan for creation and implementation of new workflow process which resulted in streamlining the departments Case Management Reporting and improved Quality Audits.”
We recently were in process with an Inpatient Case Manager who hadn’t mentioned on her resume or in prior conversations that she is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Presenting this information about her translation skills for patients and their families accelerated her consideration by our client and she was offered the position ahead of several other highly qualified candidates.
Written by Terry Kennedy, Senior Search Consultant. For more tips and information, or to engage one of CareNational’s best Medical Management Recruiters, visit us at CareNational.com.