Leverage Your Competencies And Attract Employer

At the midst of the economic recession the number of unemployed individuals across the US is still climbing and this is true in many parts of the world. There are some signals of employment initiatives but many people are in pain because of the absence of real employment opportunity.

            US-DOL Chart of  Unemployment: Jan 1999 - Nov 2009 at 10.2%

Reality Check:
a. Unemployment statistics are still rising, companies continue to close their doors
b. Very few employers are hiring on selective positions
c. At job boards, many job openings are being advertised but candidates who applied do not get any response, call back from recruiters or messages from the hiring organization
d. Advertised job descriptions bear a ridiculous functional requirements e. Position titles demonstrate a mid management role but its actual function is administrative function
f. There are so many senior level and experienced professionals who are out of job(managers, executives alike, notwithstanding with the junior individuals)
g. There are organizations that are still laying-off employees
h. Very few firms hire experienced professionals based on their experience because many do not like to pay a reasonable compensation to their experience and qualification but instead hire a junior individual but cannot execute the right function of the job


Where to find the right employment is the key question?

Current Paradigm Challenges:
The paradigm of current employment landscape has changed significantly and is absolutely different these days. Current hiring practices and procedures are influenced by the information technology driven applicant tracking system. You cannot speak live with a person who will hire a qualified person. Every candidate is required to complete their web-based application form. Unfortunately, there are web portals of these employers that are not user-friendly.

The ethics of the hiring process have changed. Corporate Recruiters do not have the basic etiquette and professionalism of communicating to their candidate. Many firms use the phrase 'customized service in doing business with them'. But when comes to hiring practices majority of these companies do not train their corporate recruiters to be pro-active and demonstrate the 'customised service'. Acknowledging an application with a personal email is not that difficult to do. It enables a certain degree of professional appeal and respect from the candidate and that action when provided it will reinforce and align to the branding of the firm.

What Are the Ten Pointers of the Job Seeker:
For individuals who are seeking employment, it may be necessary to look at your personal value and professional competencies. To gain better opportunities, consider the following options.

Make a simple personal exercise:

1. Reflect about your personal interest and vocation
2. Identify and explore your personal and professional values and competencies 3. Highlight these as valuable pieces when you are searching for employment
4. Demonstrate these values when you write your resume, gain additional development for your career 5. Demonstrate these values as not an option by the prospective employer
6. Seek for employers who value your abilities and competencies, research the background, business culture and organizational behavior of your prospective employer. Locate people that worked there and employ your investigative approach in learning about them.
7. Communicate affectively only to employers who acknowledge the value on your abilities and ignore anyone who do not. Be confident to say "NO"
8. Put an extra effort in searching that quality employer for long term gains not for short term convenience, use critical thinking in making sure you are applying to the right organization
9. Learn to interview interactively and strategically, get an interviewing Coach to experience important scenarios and learn the art of interviewing
10. Negotiate and offer what can you do in adding value to the hiring organization and not emphasizing your traditional skills

The identified ten pointers are not easy to tackle when someone has been out of job for over many months. But take it as a compromise to yourself. Performing an elimination process and selection is a valuable activity. You are giving yourself a credit and in many ways, you are building your confidence. At the end, it will give you a better optimism, greater fulfilment and energy when you will begin working with an employer that embraces you.

Useful Behaviors within the American Workforce are Missing:
The American workforce are missing social and communication competencies that are relevant and healthy to the organizational environment.
a. Majority of the workforce cannot demonstrate productive engagement of Critical Thinking. Workforce in Other countries are highly well-versed on this type of competency. US workforce are trained within the 'assembly line workforce approach' where every worker will follow what is being identified by the supervisor as his/her role.
b. Feedbacking as a means of healthty communication processes among workforce is not encouraged within the work environment. Many individuals within orgnaizations viewed this form of communication as a form of agression to another person. When professionals are trained in providing a feedback, they will behave ethically because they act as human beings and as an intelligent being.
c. Working styles that demonstrate greater possibilities of non-divisional workforce is not understood. This is an area where organizations do not like to invest because they do not understand what values these can add to their organization when they have human capital that knows how to work together as a team, collaboratively and strategically.

To become a healthier organization in the Twenty-first Century, invest on human capital and understand the behaviors of man that will utilize their level of intellect and professional abilities. Hire an experienced human capital consultant to guide you in achieving your business goals.

Questions or inquiries, please call (480) 656-2981 or send an email to: info@jntconsulting.com

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Job: Occupational Therapist RU Code: JNAZ-091023b

The Opportunity:
JNT Consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist RU

Position: Occupational Therapist RU
Code: JNAZ-091023b
Type: Full Time

Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the evaluation, planning, administration and supervision of Occupational Therapy treatment in accordance with physician referral, state and local organizational standards, regulatory agencies, and established departmental policies and procedures. This position demonstrates the clinical competence and knowledge necessary to provide treatment appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our Performance Standards each and every day. Performance Standards include: Safety, Attitude, Responsiveness, Communication, Comfort, Privacy, Appearance, Teamwork, and Accountability.

1. Evaluates patient's functional abilities and limitations. Determines if intervention is needed. Establishes a plan of care and treatment goals.. Completes comprehensive evaluation within the established time frame set by the department. Identifies and prioritizes key limiting factors. Establishes treatment goals that are functional, measurable, patient related and reflect the key limiting factors. Collaborates with patient and family/caregiver when setting goal Initiates discharge planning. Recommends additions to or modifications of referring orders.

2. Implements individualized treatment plan with consideration to the patient's physical, social, spiritual, cultural, educational and age specific needs. Provides skilled treatment in a safe manner.. Assesses ongoing effectiveness of treatment and modifies plan of care as indicated. Involves patient and family/caregiver in the treatment and decision making process. Provides ongoing education to physician, nurse, patient, family/caregiver, and interdisciplinary team.

3. Documents according to standards set by the department and regulatory agencies. Documents legibly. Completes documentation within the established time frames of the department. Documents innovative and individualized treatment techniques/plan. Documentation reflects comprehensive assessment of patient's progress or lack of progress. Treatment goals are reassessed according to department policies

4. Communicates pertinent patient information to ensure the best possible follow through of care. Communicates evaluation/treatment results and patient progress to physicians, nurses, patient, family/caregiver, co-workers and the interdisciplinary team. Communicates in a clear and timely manner. Accepts responsibility to contact physicians for routine or difficult problem solving to ensure optimal patient outcome. Defends treatment rationale with standard practices and/or current literature

5. Exhibits adaptability in assignments as it relates to caseload, scheduling, and staffing shifts. Takes initiative to assist in other patient care areas and accepts responsibility for all patient care needs.

6. Demonstrates appropriate direction and delegation of personnel to achieve safe delivery of quality cost effective patient care. direction and delegation of the COTA, Therapy Technician and student complies with department policies and regulatory agencies. Participates in the training and orientation of new personnel. Assures competency of personnel, prior to delegation of task.

7. Department operational activities. Participates in department/facility process improvements. Meets productivity standards set by the department.

Competencies Requirements:
1. Must have graduated from an AOTA accredited school of Occupational Therapy.
2. Must possess a current Occupational Therapy license from the State of practice.
3. Requires a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
4. Experience include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Occupational Therapist in the specialty area.
5. Current membership with American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
6. Demonstrable clinical competency, experience, training and education they have received that is required to perform the job.
7. Demonstrable behaviors and competencies to job related experiential questions.
8. Require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
9. Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Occupational Therapist in the specialty area.

Compensation:
DOE (Depending on Experience)
Salary + Benefits
No Relocation

Please submit your resume in word file and must indicate the position code: JNAZ-091023a on your subject line and attach your resume to an email to: careers@jntconsulting.com

All qualifying candidates will be interviewed by telephone for screening purposes. Succeeding steps will follow to those who will become strong candidate for the position.

Inquiries about the status of an application are discouraged. When your qualification will not match to all of the requirements of this position, your Resume will be put in our active database for future consideration of any employment opportunity. Thank you.

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Job: Physical Therapist IP Code: JNAZ-091023a

The Opportunity:
JNT Consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Physical Therapist IP

Position: Physical Therapist IP
Code: JNAZ-091023a
Type: Full Time

Responsibilities:
This position evaluates, plans, administrates and supervises physical therapy treatment in accordance with physician referral, state and national organizational standards, regulatory agencies, and established departmental policies and procedures. Demonstrates the clinical competence and knowledge necessary to provide treatment appropriate to the age of the patients served.

1. Evaluates patient's functional abilities and limitations. Determines if intervention is needed. Establishes a plan of care and treatment goals. Completes comprehensive evaluation within the established time frame set by the department. Identifies and prioritizes key limiting factors. Establishes treatment goals that are functional, measurable, patient related and reflects the key limiting factors. Collaborates with patient and family/caregiver when setting goals. Initiates discharge planning. Recommends additions to or modifications of referring orders.

2. Implements individualized treatment plan with consideration to the patient's physical, social, spiritual, cultural, educational and age specific needs. Provides skilled treatment in a safe manner. Assesses ongoing effectiveness of treatment and modifies plan of care as indicated. Involves patient and family/caregiver in the treatment and decision making process. Provides ongoing education to physician, nurse, patient, family/caregiver, and interdisciplinary team.

3. Documents according to professional practice guidelines set by regulatory agencies. Documents legibly. Completes documentation within the established time frames of the department. Documents evidence based and individualized treatment techniques/plan. Documentation reflects skilled intervention and comprehensive assessment of the patient's progress or lack of progress. Treatment goals are reassessed according to department policies.

4. Communicates pertinent patient information to ensure the best possible follow through of care. Communicates evaluation/treatment results and patient progress to physicians, nurses, patient, family/caregiver, and interdisciplinary team. Communicates in a clear and timely manner. Accepts responsibility to contact physicians for routine or difficult problem solving to ensure optimal patient outcome. Defends treatment rationale with standard practices and/or current literature.

5. Exhibits adaptability in assignments as it relates to caseload, scheduling, and staffing shifts. Takes initiative to assist in other patient care areas and accepts responsibility for all patient care needs.

6. Demonstrates appropriate supervision and delegation of personnel to achieve safe delivery of quality cost effective patient care. Supervision and delegation of the PTA, ATC, Therapy Technician and student complies with department policies and regulatory agencies. Participates in the training and orientation of new personnel. Assures competency of personnel, prior to delegation of task.

7. Department operational activities. Attends department required meetings and/or follows up to obtain pertinent information. Participates in departmental/facility process improvement. Meets productivity standards set by the department.

Competencies Requirements:
1. Must have graduated from an APTA accredited school of Physical Therapy
2. Must possess a current Physical Therapy license within the State of practice
3. Demonstrable clinical competency, experience, training and education they have received that is required to perform the job.
4. Demonstrable behaviors and competencies to job related experiential questions.

Compensation:
DOE (Depending on Experience)
Salary + Benefits
No Relocation

Please submit your resume in word file and must indicate the position code: JNAZ-091023a on your subject line and attach your resume to an email to: careers@jntconsulting.com

All qualifying candidates will be interviewed by telephone for screening purposes. Succeeding steps will follow to those who will become strong candidate for the position.

Inquiries about the status of an application are discouraged. When your qualification will not match to all of the requirements of this position, your Resume will be put in our active database for future consideration of any employment opportunity. Thank you.

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Job: Speech Pathologist Code: JNAZ-091023

The Opportunity:
JNT Consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Speech Pathologist

Position: Speech Pathologist
Code: JNAZ-091023
Type: Full Time - 7:30AM -4:00PM

Responsibilities:
This position provides screening, evaluation, and rehabilitation services for patients with speech and language disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency. This position plans and carries out specialized treatment programs, documents treatment, and maintains data regarding patient care. This position demonstrates the clinical competence and knowledge necessary to provide treatment appropriate to the age of the patients served.

1. Evaluates patients' functional abilities and limitations to determine appropriate intervention. Develops a plan of care and treatment goals, as ordered by physician or other referral source.

2. Implements individualized treatment plans that consider patients' physical, social, spiritual, cultural, educational, and age-specific needs. Ensures that treatment plans are supported by standard practices and/or current literature. Re-evaluates treatment plans, as needed, to ensure maximum patient benefit.

3. Educates patients, family, and other care providers to promote patient participation and attainment of therapeutic program goals. Provides individualized home programs with clear instructions.

4. Documents patient treatment according to professional and regulatory standards.

5. Participates in the provision of training to other staff and students

Competencies Requirements:
1. Requires 3-5 years experience with treatment in an acute rehabilitation or outpatient setting
2. Comfort ability with medically fragile patients
3. Familiar with Acute rehabilitation setting
4. Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited university program.
5. Current licensure in the state of practice.
6. Certificate of Clinical Competence or documented acceptance in Clinical Fellowship Year.
7. Ability to work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare providers.
8. Must have strong interpersonal communications and human relation skills.
9. Requires a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital seting.
10.Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Speech Pathologist in the specialty area.
11. Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Compensation:
DOE (Depending on Experience)
Salary + Benefits
No Relocation

Please submit your resume in word file and must indicate the position code: JNAZ-091023 on your subject line and attach your resume to an email to: careers@jntconsulting.com

All qualifying candidates will be interviewed by telephone for screening purposes. Succeeding steps will follow to those who will become strong candidate for the position.

Inquiries about the status of an application are discouraged. When your qualification will not match to all of the requirements of this position, your Resume will be put in our active database for future consideration of any employment opportunity. Thank you.

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Job: SW Developer - Ruby on Rails Code: JN091023

The Opportunity:
JNT Consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Software Developer experienced in Ruby on Rails

Position:Software Developer - Rudy on Rails
Code: JN091023
Type: Full Time

Responsibilities:
This position is responsible of developing and building an interesting software in a space of payment solutions. Focused in Rails and require the skills in Ruby. Leveraging other technologies is important. For instance, the system is expected that it can take advantage of specific features in languages like “Erlang and Clojure.”

Technical Competencies:
1. 2 years intensive experience in Ruby on Rails, ideally enterprise level applications
2. 5 years experience in Software Development (various languages)
3. High aptitude for new technology
4. MySQL a plus
5. Erlang experience a plus
6. Clojure experience a plus
7. Collaborative competence is required
8. Detail oriented and independent


About the Work Environment:
The environment is start up, looking for someone with exceptional software development talent. Putting together deliberately a smaller teams of all-stars is the best way to build software.

Being in a start up mood, No startup drama. Nor the long hours. Nor any outside investment. The business is profitable.

The challenge is the same as every development shop: build the best software in our space. By hiring great developers and place them into an environment that is conducive to results is the approach. To achieve this you should expect: great salaries, benefits, and be team player.

We want to hire super talented people who are more interested in the creativity and development arena. We are not looking for any rock stars.
We value aptitude over experience. We also value maintainable teams and codebases, feedback loops and we prefer essence and reality to ceremony.
This is as much an opportunity to define the team as it is to be a part of it.

Compensation:
DOE (Depending on Experience)
Salary + Benefits
Relocation Assistance is available for the right candidate.

Please submit your resume in word file and must indicate the position code: JN091023 on your subject line and attach your resume to an email to: careers@jntconsulting.com

All qualifying candidates will be interviewed by telephone for screening purposes. Succeeding steps will follow to those who will become strong candidate for the position.

Inquiries about the status of an application are discouraged. When your qualification will not match to all of the requirements of this position, your Resume will be put in our active database for future consideration of any employment opportunity. Thank you.

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Global: Expatriate Living Abroad can be SUCCESSFUL!

Expatriate Living in another country has a lot of challenges and opportunities. It entails many tasks that you have never come across unless you have a prior experience, however essential. If you are a green horn in the expatriate community you are challenged with identifying the right information. Yes the internet is widely open and you can find anything but the main point is... which ones are correct and which ones are not; "most prevalent practice is to bite your teeth and hope for the best!"

Many things are involved when you uproot yourself from your current living location to another part of the world. There are visas to enter and for employment purposes, current home management, transporting personal stuff, deficiency of cultural knowledge, favorite food, new home, temporary living style and convenience, hobbies, pets, driving license, bank account, medical information and sources, personal insurance, dependents comfort-ability, period of adjustments, survival coping skills and many more.

How and what are the best way to implement expatriate plans? Approach an experienced individual with this kind of lifestyle. Or make a search of an experienced Global Human Capital Consultant with successful experiences in global mobility management. Both types of individuals can provide you an experiential learnings about Expatriate Living abroad. Inquire about the challenges, the advantges and disadvantages. Identify to yourself the value of this experience for your personal fulfillment or growth. Set a short term goal and long term goal as both will help you achieve a balance to your lifestyle being an Expat inlcuding your family members (where applicable).

Dependents are crucial pieces of Expatriate Living. One of the most effective tool that make dependents happier is the implementation of a Cross Cultural Training to all parties. This will provide a pre-transitional adjustments and setting up of expectations. It will facilitate a better behavioral approach to adjustments. If the family member is happy - the expat can concentrate on job functions rather than easing up family's discomforts.

There are expats who were assisted with their relocations by third party companies procured by their Human Resources Department. These companies were meant to ease the challenges of every aspect of the international relocation and transitional lifestyle of the Expat. Experiences of an Expat and family members varies based on the level of service procured and provided by his/her employer. At certain aspects there were shortcomings of the service providers that were authorized by their employer. This is because of inexperience about the entire global mobility management. Oftentimes, companies cut corners and employ admin assistant type equivalents of personnel instead of a strategic experienced consultant. They like to present themselves as Specialist in the global mobility management area but the experience of their staff does not reflect that. However, the main frustration of the Expat and HR Manager - they only find out of the inexperience of such entity when the employee is on-board to relocate. The agreement has been signed and money has been disbursed. Cancelling the engagement is too late. When these arise - it creates a multitude of stress among relocating parties involved. Oversight of these issues can be avoided when working with experienced and strategic consultants in Global Mobility Management and in Global Human Capital Management. This type of professional who has executed both functions within the strategic international HR and external international services HR will definitely give you the best guidance and hand-holdings.

Returned Expatriate and their families can add valuable information to you. Seek out someone who has been in the country where you will be assigned or working. "The best teacher is experience."

Additional valuable information about Successful living of an Expatriate, Secondee or Assignee can be found at:
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