Caffeine might be the typical way you start your day, but you may need stronger methods to greet the day when traveling to a new location as a traveling IT consultant. Changing time zones can present you with serious jet lag. Jet lag symptoms can vary, but if you'd like to avoid the flying-related feelings […]
As we near the second month of the year, those crowded gyms from the first of the year may be less packed, and our savings accounts may already fall short of the goals we proclaimed on Jan. 1. Even if you’ve already broken your personal New Year’s resolutions, you can still make 2016 your best professional […]
From grade school to adulthood, in any social situation, you have to play nicely with others to forge relationships that get you ahead. Unless you’re working in an office alone, you must recognize different interoffice personality types and learn how to get along with a variety of levels within an organization. Some businesses require all employees […]
It’s a question that consulting candidates are asking with greater frequency: Can I work from home? “Someone asks me that at least once a day,” says Christine Woods, a recruiter at Healthcare IT Leaders. “Usually the answer is ‘no,’ but I’ll always ask the client if I think remote work is a possibility.” Many IT […]
Your wardrobe and even your haircut may be holding you back from a promotion, says a new study from CareerBuilder on the physical and behavioral factors that can hurt employees’ career advancement. Provocative clothing, a disheveled appearance and an unprofessional haircut cause employers to think twice before promoting employees, and behaviors such as exhibiting a […]
For full-time employees, the end of the calendar year typically means vacation days start over or roll over after Dec. 31, but as soon as the bottle of New Year’s Day champagne is empty, both IT consultants and FTEs begin planning their year ahead – including vacation days. Because self-employed consultants don’t receive vacation days in […]
It’s that time again – time to recap the best excuses for missing work for the year. And whether you label them “best excuses” or “worst excuses,” it’s certain that the excuses are even crazier than 2013’s excuses. An annual CareerBuilder survey included a representative sample of 3,103 workers and 2,203 hiring managers and human […]
Between the travel and the hours and the go-live deadlines, busy healthcare IT consultants may not have time to shop for holiday gifts. Luckily, those consultants working with Healthcare IT Leaders are earning points toward envy-worthy gifts each time they work an hour with us. And to redeem those points, consultants can just point, click and […]
Talent Acquisition Specialist Becky Suid loved her work at Healthcare IT Leaders so much that she chose it twice. A resource manager and recruiter for finance and accounting professionals for 10 years prior, Becky was one of Healthcare IT Leaders' first employees (a recruiter for consultants) in 2011. She left in 2012 to spend more time […]
Healthcare IT Leaders Consultant Advisor Erik Mesquita knows plenty of languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, health IT speak and sports talk (specifically, anything about the New England Patriots). The Sao Paulo, Brazil, native received his bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., and he’s lived in the Boston area since 1991, hence his Patriots devotion. But […]
Since some full-time employees often ask us how to move into consulting work, we wanted to give you four items to find out more about before you start consulting. In the video below, Senior Consultant Advisor Christine Woods and Content Strategist Jaime Grimes provide tips on getting used to travel, how to figure out taxes […]
Whether it’s at a holiday party, company retreat, project milestone celebration or happy hour, business and booze are frequently intertwined. Just like attending other after-hours work-related functions, having a drink with coworkers and superiors with can help you bond with your team or even move up the corporate ladder, depending on the situation. But since […]