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4? of 10?

Market appears to be improving. Hiring managers are a bit out of touch and still moving slowly, lacking urgency, because they still think 'candidates are plentiful'.

Which is true, though irrelevant. Great candidates are no longer plentiful; the A players, some of whom were on the bench last year, are mostly gone. Those that are left are generally those not wanting to travel or relocate, or who are still holding out for compensation on par with levels before the slowdown. Rates and salaries are down, but will slowly start moving back up. With REC's starting to open their doors and compete for talent, the trend will only accelerate.

There are still plenty of average resources looking, and a few A players who either have not realized they need to make adjustments to their parameters, or are in a position where they don't have to.

Meds, CPOE, Pharmacy, etc talent is getting pretty hot, and in short supply.

REC and HIT Education Grants Announced

http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/rec-hit-education-grants-announced/

Recovery: Step 3? of 10?

The media led the recession, and the media will probably lead the recovery. A number of reports recently including stabilization of unemployment numbers, stock market climb, higher real estate sales numbers in several markets, have tipped the media buzz towards 'we're in the beginning of the recovery'.

I tend to believe this is true. Recoveries tend to be in fits and starts however, and uneven.

In HIT, things have gone from very slow, to a slight trickle, to a slightly larger trickle. We're seeing more activity, although client urgency is lacking in most cases, and many requirements are for proposed projects, that may or may not be firm. I'd say we're at about step 3 of 10. Candidates are saying regularly that they are getting more calls, more activity, but things are moving slowly, stalling, or no decision is being made. Clients' mindset is that things are slow, there are plenty of candidates, so sense of urgency is lacking. And they may or may not be committed to filling positions. In the next few weeks and months, I expect the volume to steadily increase, more positions to get filled, and the mindset to gradually change.

There are a number of predictions out there of a looming talent shortage (again) in HIT, to come sometime in 2010. Question is: how soon?

My guess is things are likely to start getting busy after Jan. 1. We'll see.

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New Requirements

John is seeing things picking up. New requirements for Cerner, Epic, Soarian clinicals, McKesson Horizon, PMP Project Managers ..... 1 second ago -

Epic Non-Compete

Recruiting in the Epic arena is even more of a challenge than many of the other HIT vendors for a couple reasons: One, they're hot, and outselling the others, so lots of demand, and two, the non-competes and restrictions on certifications only through client and approved vendor sponsored candidates limits the number of certified resources available.

We've had many conversations with candidates trying to figure out how to get certified, or how to make a change when their current employer won't release them.

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