Highline Community College continues to do its part to assist area residents hit hard by the recession, and their next helpful handout will be a seminar about writing “Cover Letters and Resumes That Get Results” on March 17th and April 21st.
Here are the details:
WHAT: “Writing Covers Letters and Resumes That Get Results”
WHEN: Tuesday, March 17th from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm -OR- Tuesday, April 21st from 9:00 am – 10:30 am
WHERE: Highline Community College, Building 99, Room 132; HCC is located at 2400 S 240th St., Des Moines.
Learn how to write a cover letter and resume that stand out to potential employers. Human Resources staff members will also offer one-on-one consultations to assist job seekers in creating and completing a cover letter and resume.
COST: Free and open to the public.
INFO: RSVP to (206) 878-3710 x3812
On Tuesday, Burien’s Highline Medical Center laid off 85 management and staff positions.
CEO Mark Benedum said, “Today is an incredibly difficult and painful day for us. In order to assure our financial stability, we had to reduce 85 management and staff positions at both campuses through a lay-off. In many cases, these are individuals who have given years of service and significant contributions to our organization. This was not an easy decision and it was something I had hoped we would not have to do.”
Like most hospitals both locally and nationally, Highline Medical Center has been hit hard by the declining economy. Highline’s net revenue has been negatively impacted by both a decrease in outpatient volumes and an increase in uncompensated care. These factors led to significant financial losses in December and January and a projected loss in February.
Benedum continued, “We have taken actions to respond to the decline in the economy. While we initially believed that these measures would allow us to manage the economic fall-out, it was not enough. We cannot continue to spend more than we are earning. Continued losses of this magnitude are not an option. We have a responsibility to our patients and the community to reduce our costs and remain financially viable.”
The vast majority of positions that were eliminated were not involved in direct patient care.
Highline Medical Center first opened in 1958 as Burien General Hospital. It now includes two healthcare campuses and more than 20 clinics across Southwest King County. As the tenth-busiest emergency department in the Puget Sound region, Highline serves as the base station for the Burien area emergency medical unit. In 2008, Highline broke ground on a new ER & Patient Care unit, which is slated to open in early 2010.
More information is available at their website: www.highlinemedicalcenter.org.
Highline Community College will be doing what it can to resuscitate the local unemployment rate by holding a Health Care Job Fair on Wednesday, Mar. 4th in the student union building on its main campus.
It’s sponsored by HCC’s Workforce Development Services, and Employers from the Puget Sound area will be recruiting for jobs in many health care related fields, including:
- Nursing
- Respiratory care
- Medical assisting
- Medical transcriptionist
- Phlebotomy
- Polysomnographic technology
- Optician-licensed dispensing
- Chemical dependency
Here are the details:
WHAT: Health Care Job Fair
WHEN: Wednesday, March 4th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Highline Community College’s main campus, Highline Student Union (Building 8), 2nd floor;Highline’s main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA 98198.
COST: FREE and open to the public
INFO: Employers scheduled to participate include Advanced Health Care, Cascade Regional Blood Services, Good Samaritan Hospital, Regency Pacific, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Valley Medical Center and Virginia Mason Medical Center.
The job fair coincides with Highline’s Health Information Fair, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Highline Student Union, 1st floor. The information fair features student booths that explore health-related issues and booths that highlight Highline’s health care programs.
SPONSOR: HCC’s Workforce Development Services
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