How to work with a Pharmacy Staffing Firm Best Practices Presented by Marc Cochran, CSP

Goals for today: How to determine if a staffing firm may be right for your career Understanding different types of assignments Understand how to screen the staffing consultant and firm How to get a great reference on every assignment

How to determine if a staffing firm may be right for your career

Understanding different types of assignments

Understand how to screen the staffing consultant and firm

How to get a great reference on every assignment

Is a Staffing Firm right for you? What’s the most important thing for your right now in your career? What Staffing Firms can offer: Flexibility ( PRN, Short, and Long Term Assignments) Different Practice Settings Travel Options Contract to Hire

What’s the most important thing for your right now in your career?

What Staffing Firms can offer:

Flexibility ( PRN, Short, and Long Term Assignments)

Different Practice Settings

Travel Options

Contract to Hire

Is a Staffing Firm right for you? How to determine: Think about your priorities What’s most important to you? Think about your flexibility How much are you interested in working? How flexible are you about travel? Think about what you hope to accomplish from your career in the next 3-6 months

How to determine:

Think about your priorities

What’s most important to you?

Think about your flexibility

How much are you interested in working?

How flexible are you about travel?

Think about what you hope to accomplish from your career in the next 3-6 months

5 Reasons a Staffing Firm may be right: Want relief work in more than 1 practice setting Interested in Travel Staffing assignments Unsure of the next step in career – need bridge Want to try out opportunity before fully committing Flexibility

Want relief work in more than 1 practice setting

Interested in Travel Staffing assignments

Unsure of the next step in career – need bridge

Want to try out opportunity before fully committing

Flexibility

What a Staffing Firm does: From the American Staffing Association : Placement A staffing firm brings together job seekers and potential employers for the purpose of establishing a "permanent" employment relationship. Temporary Help A staffing firm hires its own employees and assigns them to support or supplement a client's work force in situations involving employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special projects. Temporary to Hire A staffing firm employee works for a client during a trial period in which both the employee and the client consider establishing a "permanent" employment relationship. Long-Term Staffing/Travel Staffing A staffing firm supplies employees to work on long-term assignments. Employees are recruited, screened, and assigned by the staffing firm.

From the American Staffing Association :

Placement A staffing firm brings together job seekers and potential employers for the purpose of establishing a "permanent" employment relationship.

Temporary Help A staffing firm hires its own employees and assigns them to support or supplement a client's work force in situations involving employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special projects.

Temporary to Hire A staffing firm employee works for a client during a trial period in which both the employee and the client consider establishing a "permanent" employment relationship.

Long-Term Staffing/Travel Staffing A staffing firm supplies employees to work on long-term assignments. Employees are recruited, screened, and assigned by the staffing firm.

Additional things to look for: Association Memberships : American Staffing Association www.americanstaffing.net National Association of Personnel Services www.recruitinglife.com State Associations NC Association of Staffing Professionals www.ncasp.com Georgia Association of Personnel Services www.gapstoday.org

Association Memberships :

American Staffing Association

www.americanstaffing.net

National Association of Personnel Services

www.recruitinglife.com

State Associations

NC Association of Staffing Professionals

www.ncasp.com

Georgia Association of Personnel Services

www.gapstoday.org

Questions to ask the staffing firm: What is your experience in this field? Where are the majority of your assignments (location/setting)? What are your minimum requirements for hours? Do I have to sign a non-compete with your company?

What is your experience in this field?

Where are the majority of your assignments (location/setting)?

What are your minimum requirements for hours?

Do I have to sign a non-compete with your company?

Questions to ask the Staffing Firm: Can I talk to a current employee as a reference? Are my goals realistic with what your company can provide? What is your scheduling process?

Can I talk to a current employee as a reference?

Are my goals realistic with what your company can provide?

What is your scheduling process?

Selecting the Staffing Firm: Select the one that: Can provide the type of work you want Can provide the consistency you need Has consistent experience in the niche Gives you realistic and honest feedback

Select the one that:

Can provide the type of work you want

Can provide the consistency you need

Has consistent experience in the niche

Gives you realistic and honest feedback

Getting Started: Once you’ve selected the staffing firm, you’ll need to complete their due diligence which includes: Application Interview Background Check License Check (Board of Pharmacy, OIG, EPLS) Three References

Once you’ve selected the staffing firm, you’ll need to complete their due diligence which includes:

Application

Interview

Background Check

License Check (Board of Pharmacy, OIG, EPLS)

Three References

Getting assignments: Most staffing firms will have either a Staffing Specialist or Scheduler that will work with you Update them on your availability regularly either by phone or electronically Once a shift or assignment is set up, ALWAYS ask the Staffing Specialist for a confirmation with the hours, location, date, and pay (including any reimbursements or per diem)

Most staffing firms will have either a Staffing Specialist or Scheduler that will work with you

Update them on your availability regularly either by phone or electronically

Once a shift or assignment is set up, ALWAYS ask the Staffing Specialist for a confirmation with the hours, location, date, and pay (including any reimbursements or per diem)

How to get a GREAT reference on every assignment: “ Start with the end in mind” -from Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“ Start with the end in mind”

-from Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

How to get a GREAT reference on every assignment: Be on time or early (every day) Be prepared (know who to ask for and what you’re being asked to do) Ask questions – especially when training and take notes if you need to Be proactive – if you find yourself finished with a task or queue ask where else you can help At the end of the first day, ask what you can do differently on the next scheduled day Be better than your coworkers there – don’t just think because they aren’t doing something that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t

Be on time or early (every day)

Be prepared (know who to ask for and what you’re being asked to do)

Ask questions – especially when training and take notes if you need to

Be proactive – if you find yourself finished with a task or queue ask where else you can help

At the end of the first day, ask what you can do differently on the next scheduled day

Be better than your coworkers there – don’t just think because they aren’t doing something that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t

Final Thoughts Working for a staffing firm can be very rewarding depending on where you are in your career Listen to your Staffing Consultant and their feedback – they are there to help and advise you

Working for a staffing firm can be very rewarding depending on where you are in your career

Listen to your Staffing Consultant and their feedback – they are there to help and advise you

Q & A We’ll take questions from the message board

We’ll take questions from the message board

Thanks! Thanks for your time today, we hope this was beneficial as you explore staffing firms as an option in your Pharmacy Career. Contact Info: Marc Cochran, CSP Market Manager, Carolinas/Virginia Hire Dynamics Rx 1-866-489-8168 Office [email_address] Email

Thanks for your time today, we hope this was beneficial as you explore staffing firms as an option in your Pharmacy Career.

Contact Info:

Marc Cochran, CSP

Market Manager, Carolinas/Virginia

Hire Dynamics Rx

1-866-489-8168 Office

[email_address] Email