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		<title>Health Fairs: Should you Participate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health fairs are a great way to start the New Year off on the right foot. Most communities offer these through clinics or doctor offices as a preventive or early action option. They give you the ability to have a number of tests done at one time and easily without going to several different locations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coursepark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nurse.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2578" title="nurse" src="http://www.coursepark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nurse.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>Health fairs are a great way to start the New Year off on the right foot. Most communities offer these through clinics or doctor offices as a preventive or early action option. They give you the ability to have a number of tests done at one time and easily without going to several different locations to have them done. A lot of times insurance companies will cover these as well because of the preventative and early action abilities they give their clients.</p>
<p>Once the tests are done and you have the results it&#8217;s a good idea to sit down with your doctor or healthcare professional and discuss the results and what action needs to be taken to prevent negative things from happening. Trying to read these results on your own can be difficult, so it&#8217;s best to schedule the appointment so you have a professional read them to you. At this appointment you can have your yearly exam done and cover multiple things at one time.</p>
<p>After you&#8217;ve discussed the results with your doctor it&#8217;s time to initiate what she&#8217;s discussed with you and get started on the treatment plan you agree to follow. You may need to have other tests done, you may need new medications prescribed, or you may need to start taking vitamins and exercising. No matter what you need to do, the New Year is the best time to make these happen. You&#8217;ll feel fresh and ready to go at this time.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re concerned about these tests being covered by your insurance company it&#8217;s a good idea to contact them or communicate with your benefits department ahead of time. There may be certain tests that aren&#8217;t covered or you may find you have to go to a certain location to receive the best coverage with your insurance company. When you know ahead of time what you must do, the stress of the coverage will be gone and you can focus on the results and what you need to do to improve the results.</p>
<p>Health fair tests are a great way to see what&#8217;s going on with your health before something series happens. While the results may be good or bad, it&#8217;s best to find out what&#8217;s going on and work with your doctor or healthcare professional to create an action plan so you can improve your health. These tests most of the time are easy to do and covered by most insurance companies, but it is best to talk to your insurance company or benefits department first, just to be safe.</p>
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		<title>Pre-employment Testing: Should You Do It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should you do pre-employment testing? That&#8217;s a question you need to ask yourself before you begin the interview process. The reason is because if you decide you need to do them, it&#8217;s important to have the test in place and make your interviewees aware of it should they be chose for the next step. While [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coursepark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Interview.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-657" title="Interview" src="http://www.coursepark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Interview.png" alt="Man and Woman in Interview" width="310" height="200" /></a>Should you do pre-employment testing? That&#8217;s a question you need to ask yourself before you begin the interview process. The reason is because if you decide you need to do them, it&#8217;s important to have the test in place and make your interviewees aware of it should they be chose for the next step.</p>
<p>While you may find it hard to believe, many people create false resumes and falsify information when they go to an interview. There are many reasons why they would feel the need to do this. The need for money, wanting the job, and the fear of failure are a few of the reasons why people would do this type of thing.</p>
<p>You may feel like you can trust a certain person, but it&#8217;s never a good idea to do that because anyone can falsify information, no matter who they are or how well you think you know them. So the best thing to do is test them to see if they qualify for the position.</p>
<p>There are a couple of ways to administer a test to your potential employees. The first way is to have a temporary agency or employment office handle the testing and the second option is to handle it yourself. Here are the differences so you&#8217;ll know which one will work best for you.</p>
<p>If you have a temporary agency or employment office handle your testing, you may have to pay to have these completed, but they&#8217;ll be able to help you weed through the ones that don&#8217;t qualify before you complete the interviews. This is a good way to go if you have a lot of people apply for your position or if you don&#8217;t have a lot of time to do this process.</p>
<p>If you choose to do the testing yourself you have the ability to put them into real life situations to see how they&#8217;ll do. This works well only if you have the ability to protect yourself if they do something wrong. An example of something that would be ok to have them do is answer the phones, count money, or handle customers. Having them weld, work on a car, or something along those lines might not be acceptable due to the liability issue that arises.</p>
<p>Testing your potential employees will benefit you in that you&#8217;re sure you have someone that has the ability to do the work you need done. When you know you have the right person you&#8217;ll feel better about hiring them and you&#8217;ll know things will get done properly.</p>
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