As I sit at my desk today reflecting on the past 19 months, so many emotions are flooding my brain… and my heart. I keep hearing things on social media, like “we are strong” and “we survived”. But have we? Are we stronger? Because I personally feel like I may be more worried now than …
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Navigating Work Fatigue and Career Uncertainty During a Pandemic
Let me hit you with something obvious - It’s hard to find our calling in life and far too easy to second guess our career path once we have chosen it. Am I right? In these days of curated content, it is so easy to compare ourselves and feel like we’re doing something wrong, that …
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Why Your Mindset Is One Of The Most Important Skills To Develop As A Business Owner
When you think of a business owner, what kind of skills and adjectives come to mind? Perhaps things such as - dedication, motivation, discipline, organization and determination? By no means am I here to tell you that those are not important, however after being on the sidelines and educating myself on a business mindset, one …
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How a Staffing Partner Can Boost Staff Satisfaction
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has helped us to identify many of the cracks in our LTC system, but the one that stands out the most through it all has been staffing. Many of the LTC homes we’ve connected with over the course of our decade in operation have often said to us ‘we don’t …
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My Experience as Team Lead of Plan A’s COVID-Care Teams
When I was young, I didn't expect my life to head in the direction of the health care and advocacy industries. I wasn't really certain of what career path I was going to choose, but one thing I always had was a strong, commanding voice that spoke with certainty. I always found myself in a leadership role, …
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Self-Care for Caregivers
I am the Marketing Manager at Plan A Long Term Care Staffing & Recruitment, where I work diligently to ensure our brand reaches our target audience so that we can hire the most compassionate and dependable health care professionals. And while I may not be a nurse or PSW, I have witnessed firsthand how rewarding …
A New Plan A Owner’s Q&A: Patty Shepherd, Plan A Glengarry
Hello! My name is Patty Shepherd and I am the Owner/Operator of Plan A Glengarry. I decided to answer a few questions about my journey with Plan A so far! Check out my responses below! How do you plan to involve Plan A in the community? As a new member of the Glengarry community, I …
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How To Avoid A High Turnover Rate
Turnover. It’s one of the biggest challenges that employers face. According to inc.com, turnover costs U.S. businesses an average of $11 billion every year. That number might seem high but think about it. When you hire a new employee, you have to pay them to be at work to train them. And who’s training them? …
How To Make a Good Digital First Impression
Oftentimes, someone’s first impression of you might be one they find on a Google or social media search. How do you want to be seen at that moment when you don’t even have an opportunity to introduce yourself or let your character, your kindness or your humour shine? How do you want to be perceived? …
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7 Steps to Strengthening Your Staffing Partnerships
We’re one month into 2020 and I am very enthusiastic for the year ahead! We’ve had a chance to dig deep into our data, understand the impact we are having on our sector and know what we need to accomplish in 2020 to keep up to our ever-growing demand. The work we do is important …
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