NINE TALA MEMBER PROVIDERS RANKED AMONG TOP 25 BY FORTUNE
Congratulations to the following nine TALA member providers for being ranked in Fortune’s List of 25 Best Workplaces in Aging Services Senior Housing and Care: The Aspenwood Company, Atria Senior Living, Belmont Village Senior Living, Frontier Management, Legend Senior Living, Holiday by Atria, Sagora Senior Living, Silverado Senior Living, and Sunrise Senior Living. Fortune created this list based on survey feedback in the Great Place to Work® employee survey. Companies that make the Best Workplaces in Aging Services List represent the best of the Senior Living Industry and their own [...]
Recruiting Tips Here to Stay
Senior Living providers share insights on changes to recruiting that work and are here to stay. Over the past year, operators have been sharing changes to traditional recruiting efforts that have had a positive impact on their recruiting and retention efforts. Below is a brief summary of some top Recruiting Tips that Assisted Living providers say are here to stay. Recruiting is managed just like the sales process. Hold weekly recruiting meetings among hiring managers to review candidate traffic metrics, hiring, offers, and more. Review hiring expectations and goals. [...]
Recruiting with the Sales Process Works!
In TALA’s February Blog, the recruiting question was asked, "Is the answer in senior living sales strategies?” On March 8, 2022 a Senior Housing News article, ‘Sales People Could Recruit’: Juniper, The Springs Living Harness Sales Processes, Talent to Confront Labor Crunch, by Tim Regan and featuring TALA Member, Lynn Katzmann of Juniper Communities, the question was answered with a resounding YES! The article describes the industry challenges to recruit and hire staff at the start of the pandemic. As salespeople were on pause to move residents in, Juniper realized [...]
Recruitment in 2022 – A Race To Win Candidates
Today’s job market is forcing Senior Living operators to rethink response times to applicants. Is the answer in senior living sales strategies? 2021 presented the industry with the most challenging recruitment environment in the history of assisted living. Providers have adapted to pandemic level staffing as if it is a new normal. The hopes of workers returning to pre pandemic times, which was not so great before, is long gone. The Great Resignation has affected senior living as many workers have stopped working for various reasons shrinking the applicant pool [...]
Early Retirement Impacts On The Labor Pool
A large majority who have left the workforce are older Americans. Can senior living operators tap into this pool of potential future job seekers? Individuals have left the workforce for a myriad of reasons since the start of the pandemic. Some due to layoff, health concerns, child care, or any number of other personal reasons. However, among those who have left and are not returning, no group is larger than older Americans who chose early retirement. Nearly 70% of the 5 million people who left the labor force during the [...]
Leaders Feel Stress Too!
What support is available and how can leaders spread the word to staff? The December TALA Hour sponsored by Marsh & McLennan Agency highlighted the importance of identifying indicators of stress and the toll it takes on us all. Leaders feel stress too! is a topic to help leaders recognize the need for self care while also identifying signs of burnout in others. Guest speaker Glenna Hecht, an accomplished speaker, trainer and certified HR Guru, points out the far too often reality where leaders are simply not aware of what [...]