Prophecy

How Prophecy is Like…..Yoda

Meredith Juengel — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:44:32 +0000

Our series continues as our founder and CEO, Ron Gonzalez, MS BSN compares Prophecy's nurse competency testing suite to the loveable and cute (in the so ugly it's cute sort of way) Star Wars character, Yoda. Ron's comparison highlights how Prophecy is suited for use as a pre-hire healthcare hiring tool as well as for internal transfers and leadership development.

Talent Management vs Alignment – Don’t Confuse the Two

Meredith Juengel — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:57:20 +0000

Within the last 3-5 years, the “Talent Management” concept has become a hot topic for the Human Resource, Education/Learning and Talent Acquisition community, specifically in Healthcare. The healthcare industry is starting to see the convergence of technology between Learning, Performance and Competency platforms. Instead of managing talent, why not align talent, towards positive clinical and corporate outcomes?

Winners of our Cinco de Mayo Client Fiesta!

Meredith Juengel — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:04:02 +0000

Our 2nd Annual Client Search & Find was a huge success! This year we added more prizes and tried to hide the images deeper within the website, but it still only took our clever clients 14 minutes to find all 5 maracas! Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone for participating in our Virtual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta! We certainly had fun with it and hope you all did as well.

Interview with OFCCP Audit Expert Dr. Patrick Nooren

Meredith Juengel — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:50:55 +0000

The pressure is on for human resources departments as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) gained expanded jurisdiction over hospitals. Dr. Patrick Nooren, Executive Vice President of Biddle Consulting Group, Inc. answers 6 crucial questions anyone preparing for an OFCCP audit needs to answer.

How Prophecy is Like The Andy Griffith Show

Meredith Juengel — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:08:24 +0000

Sit back and relax as Prophecy's Vice President of Quality & Performance, Felicia Sadler, MJ BSN RN CPHQ, walk us down memory lane telling the story of How Prophecy is Like The Andy Griffith Show.

How Prophecy is Like…Restaurant: Impossible!

Meredith Juengel — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:43:29 +0000

Welcome to the new series "How Prophecy is like...." where I threw out a challenge to the Prophecy Team to come up with TV shows, books, or movies that in one way or another reminded them of the Prophecy assessments. My hope was that the choices they made for comparison would help you learn about our team members on a more personal level. First up, Leslie Jeffries, RN BSN, Director of Clinical Validation, who went above and beyond my expectations of this challenge in describing how the Prophecy solution reminds her of Restaurant: Impossible...

How to Turn Graduate Nurses into High Performers

Meredith Juengel — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:05:35 +0000

Hospitals experience their own pain and stress in high turnover of Graduate Nurses (GNs) not long after the cap and gown have been stowed away. One study found that GN turnover is roughly 30% in the first year of practice, and as much as 57% in the second year. At a cost of $82,000 or more per nurse, GN attrition is costly in both economic and professional terms (Twibell, 2012). There are many contributing factors to GN turnover, and Prophecy can help organizations proactively implement retention strategies and initiatives that will keep your GNs and their orientation plan on track.

Healthcare HR Professionals: Strategic Business Partners

Meredith Juengel — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:00:28 +0000

In collaboration with HR departments, Prophecy has worked with multiple organizations in streamlining their entire employee selection process, in order to facilitate Lean principles and methodologies. By doing so, human resource professionals have become strategic business partners in their own organizations. They have moved beyond being reactive and process-driven to promoting business and operational excellence. Prophecy and HR professionals work together in synergy with a holistic approach to employee selection.

Minimize Resistance to Change – Implementing New HR Hiring Tools

Meredith Juengel — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:00:37 +0000

Even the best laid plans for change can fail without the buy-in of employees. Change, both good and bad, disrupts the day-to-day routine. People are creatures of habit. Change can be difficult, especially without advance notice or a perceived “good” explanation. Learn four successful roll-out tips from first-hand experience with hospital facilities implementing new HR hiring tools with their team members.

The True Cost of Turnover

Melissa Spangler — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:01:36 +0000

Even the best laid plans for change, can fail without the buy-in of employees. Change in human resource hiring tools, both good and bad, disrupts the day-to-day routine.