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With the Summer season drawing quickly to a close, I find myself reflecting on what an interesting year this has been for healthcare organizations as it relates to employment. In the 2009 monthly employment report published by the U.S. Department of Labor, healthcare was one of only two industries that experienced employment growth for the month of July – adding 20,000 to its ranks nationally.
While some might think statistics like this paint a rosy picture for healthcare, HR and staffing professionals are still faced with difficult recruitment challenges including: high employee turnover, managing the massive influx of resumes from a growing national unemployment rate (9.7% in the month of July) and increased resume scrutiny on every potentially qualified candidate identified in the recruitment process. In times like this, HR and staffing professionals need to be extra diligent and overly cautious as they identify candidates for their open positions. Why? In 2009 alone, resume falsification has skyrocketed. For example, a recent survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that 52% of job seekers admitted to “making some sort of false claim on their resumes.”