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Subscribe at www.careercollegecentral.com 51 e following describes how one employer has adopted hiring practices that help educators and students better prepare for the workforce. Learn what's important to this employer and how this organization is helping local schools take action to improve student outcomes. e organization: Charleston Ear, Nose and roat (ENT) is employer profile is the product of an interview with the human resources staff of Charleston ENT, a South Carolina- based health care facility with 11 locations and approximately 200 employees. Serving a metro area of about 800,000 people, it is one of the largest private health care providers in the city. e organization continues to grow aer just opening its 11th location at the end of 2015. With a team of physicians, RNs, surgical technicians, medical assistants, front office assistants, medical billing and coding personnel, and call center staff, Charleston ENT has a typical makeup of the new generation of health care. In other words, Charleston ENT understands the importance of increasing the number of entry-level, allied health positions to satisfy the demands of the Affordable Care Act to improve quality while reducing costs. Furthermore, leadership and hiring managers understand the importance of working closely with educators in the area. Charleston ENT's success is directly tied to the quality of the training that occurs in the classroom, because the organization understands the connection it must have with educators to succeed. And Charleston ENT has developed a meaningful (and replicable) way to help schools improve student outcomes. What matters most Charleston ENT seeks candidates from a number of career colleges in the area. In fact, the majority of applicants come from the six career colleges in the Charleston area that provide training for allied health professionals. Charleston ENT knows that the schools in the area want to provide health care organizations with qualified staff. e hiring managers at Charleston ENT know their voices will be heard when they describe their needs to local educators. Charleston ENT participates in various employer advisory boards to ensure it provides actionable, valuable feedback to the schools that train its workforce. Charleston ENT has a wide-ranging, highly specialized group of employees. ere are, of course, technical, hard skills required for each of these positions. ese skills are generally the easiest to teach and measure – consequently, Charleston ENT assesses each job candidate's technical skills during the interview process. Certified Higher Education Professional Tracks

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