Making Your LinkedIn Work For You

94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to source and vet candidates, but only 36% of LinkedIn users are actively updating their profiles and using the site! Those statistics are encouraging for any users who want to make themselves stand out in the sea of candidates! A lot of people don't know where to start when it comes to updating their LinkedIn to attract recruiters and organizations; thankfully it doesn't have to be hard. 

1) Your personal tagline should be relevant to your current or desired profession.

2) Think of the summary box as your elevator pitch, and use as many keywords as possible! You should be creative but also remember to keep it short and sweet. This makes it easier for recruiters to find your profile and to see what you're all about!

3) Always avoid grammatical and typo errors, just as you would on your resume! This is an instant turn-off and an easy way to weed people out (in the eyes of a recruiter).

4) Collect recommendations and testimonials from colleagues, supervisors, and industry professionals so they can speak to your experience and abilities! Think references 2.0.

5) Update your privacy settings to allow for people to contact you in the ways you would like.

Best of luck!

Revise Your Resume!

We see thousands of resumes each week, and we would like to think we have "good resumes" down to a science. Having a resume with simple formatting, correct grammar, and the right information can take you very far. Have a look at our example here if you are considering re-vamping your resume(No, we don't know any Jane Nurses!):

Does your resume look like this?

Say Hello!

As a growing small business, we are elated to welcome the newest members of our team to the office! Putting a face to a name is always nice, so here they are! We are pleased to have them.

Erica Turner

Kim Rogers

Sierra Threatt

Stacey Pellow

Don't Mess with Texas...Just Visit!

This week, Jennifer, Sadie, and Chanel are at the 2013 Leading Age Annual Meeting & Expo in Dallas! Last week, they were at the 2013 Healthcare Staffing Summit in Chicago, and this week they've migrated south. 

From a hack-fest, to legislation, to leadership, the Meeting and Expo is giving us a great opportunity to meet with other long term care professionals and share ideas! 

We hope to leave the conference with a renewed sense of inspiration and hope in achieving our goals! Some things will always be important to us, and when we go to conferences like this, we are brought back to why these things are so significant to Clinical Resources:

1) Shortening the gap to health care

2) Educating the nurses of tomorrow

3) Providing you with a tailored, needs-meeting service

We will keep you all updated over the next few days. For now, we'll be enjoying our time at #LeadingAge13

7 Reasons Why

Who doesn't love a good list? If you were ever to ask us for 7 reasons why Clinical Resources is the best place to go to for immediate staffing and placement needs, this is what we would say:

We have...

1 Tight-knit office in Atlanta

2 Dedicated executives

3 Staffing Coordinators

4 Years in a row on the Inc. 500 List

5 Distinct service areas

• Interim Placement

• Executive Recruitment

• Software Implementation

• School Nurse Staffing

• Government Contracting

6 Certifications and counting!

7 Years of experience in long term care staffing and bridging the gap to health care


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Graduation Day!

Tuesday was the big day! Our President and CEO, Jennifer Scully, graduated! No, she didn't go back to college for another degree; it was from the Georgia Mentor Protege Connection!

The Georgia Mentor Protege Connection is put on by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute each year! How it works is every year, smaller firms apply to be mentored by successful, larger companies. They go through a rigorous application process and are then matched up with an appropriate mentor. 

Last year, Clinical Resources was matched up with Wells-Fargo.  Jennifer's mentor was Lesley Fluke, VP, Principal of Business Banking. The encompassing goal of the program is to create jobs and spur economic growth throughout Georgia by growing small business, like ours. And how appropriate that it is the 50th Annual Small Business Week? 

Over the past 12 months, Jennifer has assessed her past and present with her mentor in order to plan for the future. During the program, they have met on numerous occasions to report and analyze progresss and take all the steps necessary to achieve their 3 set goals.

Proteges are paired with mentors from successful companies headquartered in Georgia or companies that have a heavy presence here. They are not limited to any one industry, and have a well-rounded image. Many of them have already been long-standing partners with the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council. The relationships the proteges develop with their mentors and can be integral in helping the smaller firms grow. 

The timeline of the program looked like this:

June - Mentor/Protege Orientation at the Coca-Cola Company

July - Reporting Session 1 and Educational Forum on Strategic Planning

September - Reporting Session 2 and Educational Forum on Finance

November - Reporting Session 3 and Educational Forum on Sales

January - Reporting Session 4 and Educational Forum on Marketing

March - Annual Retreat & Expo on Technology

April - GMSDC Minority Business Summit and Business Opportunity Expo 

May - Reporting Session 5 and Educational Forum on Operations & Infrastructure

June - Graduation Ceremony hosted by Delta Air Lines

With networking events in August, October and February

"The Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection is a business development partnership between the State of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Enterprise Innovation Institute administered by Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC). It provides opportunities for Georgia small businesses to benefit from a partnership with a corporate mentor for a period of one year. Emerging firms can build relationships, explore new technologies, learn about best practices and benefit from the wisdom of corporate executives who are committed to the long-term health and overall growth of small businesses in Georgia. The goal of the program is to help small businesses to be successful over the long haul, by helping them to develop capacity, enhance their skill sets and become more competitive. Research has shown that access to the right kind of coaching and mentoring significantly increases the success rate in small business, while both the mentor and the protégé benefit tremendously from their interaction."

Last night, we had a mixer at the office after hours to catch up with our GMPC friends! 

http://www.georgiamentorprotegeconnection.org/index.html