Attention, Students and Grads

FYI, CSB Graduates...I will be out of the office for the week of July 2 and will return to work on July 9.  As a result, there will be no blog postings for job seekers' during that time period.

Have a great holiday week, and look to return for job posting blogs beginning again on July 9.

Happy 4th of July!!!     



Tim Barshinger

TGIF!!!

May your weekend be as exciting as possible!

Stay cool out there!

• central office secretary:  West York Schools
• administrative assistant
• customer support rep
• accounts payable clerk
• accounting clerk
• administrative assistant
• unit secretary--Health South
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• imaging scheduler--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• administrative support coordinator
• receptionist
• executive administrative assistant--Harrisburg...great pay 
• accounting clerk
• medical coder--Memorial Hospital
• front desk clerk
• front office leader
• PT receptionist
• receptionist
• administrative assistant
• PT receptionist
• order entry clerk
• medical assistant
• medical assistant

Have a great weekend!

Tim Barshinger

Thursday's Leads: Stay Tough

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."
                                          - Robert Schuller

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
                                         - Ralph Waldo Emerson

These are two great quotations to begin your day.  Stay cool out there, and check out these leads!

• optician at Weaver Eye
• payroll processor
• customer support representative--Glatfelter Paper
• medical--release of information specialist
• resident assistant--LSS
• resident assistant--LSS--Both could be good starting points for MOS and MAA students!
• temp agency recruiter--Check it out, BAM's and COM's!
• export specialist
• certified medical assistant--LGH
• personal care associate--Country Meadows
• imaging scheduler--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• repricing coordinator--Medically related
• accounts receivable clerk
• credentialing assistant--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• administrative assistant
• administrative assistant
• medical secretary

Have a wonderful day!  And stay cool the next few days...there are some hot ones ahead!

Tim Barshinger

Some Additional Leads for Wednesday

• legal assistant
• resident assistant--Lutheran Social Services
• paralegal--2 positions
• medical assistant
• medical assistant
• executive assistant

Now go get 'em!

Tim Barshinger

Wednesday Morning Leads

Here is an excellent article about what to omit (LEAVE OFF) from your resume.  Check it out because it is vital that your resume reflects not only your skills, expertise, and qualifications...but also avoids that which employers find unnecessary and, in some cases, undesirable.

Link to the article:  "10 Things to Leave Off Your Resume"

• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical secretary--also Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• legal assistant
• HIM clerk--OSS--Check it out, MAA's and MOS's!
• clerical assistant--Central York Schools
• instructional assistant--Central York Schools
• more instructional assistants--Central York Schools
• administrative coordinator--in a banking environment

Here are a few leads to start the day!  I hope to have more to share later today!

Tim Barshinger

Way to Go, Christen!

I just learned that Christen Ingram has gotten a job as an accounting assistant.  I am very happy for Christen, and I hope that you will share in congratulating her for this wonderful achievement!

Great work, Christen!

A Terrific Tuesday

I hope that you are able to get outside at some point today and enjoy this terrific Tuesday weather.  And we should all be thankful that we're not living in Florida right now...where some places have gotten 15+ inches of rain!

So keep trying hard and look for the positive in every situation.  Remember the following:  "Look at the donut, not the hole"--and let it be your guide in all you do.

• customer service
• paralegal
• medical assistant--Concentra
• medical assistant
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• administrative assistant
• administrative assistant/inventory control
• administrative assistant/coordinator
• medical billing
• ophthalmic assistant  --Check it out, MAA's and MOS's!
• customer service
• dispatcher/service billing
• health information associate
• medical assistant
• medical assistant
• customer service
• office associate
• billing representative--Wellspan
• medical billing
• administrative clerk
• receptionist
• receptionist

Now go get 'em!  

Tim Barshinger

Think Outside the Box!

As this picture implies, we need to be flexible, open-minded, and creative to "think outside the box."  That point is true as employees and workers, as well as in the job search.  What can you do differently to "think outside the box" in your job search?  What can you do to make yourself stand out, to make you different from the ordinary?


The job you so desire could be the reward for "outside the box" thinking!
What have you got to lose!!!

• office manager
• accounting related position
• customer service
• administrative assistant
• secretary--Littlestown School District
• customer service
• medical/ophthalmic assistant
• medical receptionist
• payroll technician
• administrative assistant
• legal secretary
• medical assistant
• medical assistant
• marketing and meetings assistant
• patient liaison
• receptionist/secretary
• veterinary receptionist
• medical assistant
• legal secretary
• Word design specialist
• administrative assistant
• customer service/office associate
• payroll clerk
• administrative assistant--Wellspan
• HR assistant (secretarial)
• administrative assistant
• medical coder

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger

Friday's Leads: Put Your Best Self Out There!

This cartoon to the right side of the page is a prime example of what NOT to say on an interview.  Obviously, that is common sense to all of you who have gone through my Self Awareness and Job Search classes, but it does serve as a powerful reminder of the need for us to put our best selves out there in an interview.  We have to be careful to project ourselves as confident, capable, and interested candidates because that is what employers want.  

• administrative secretary--Wellspan
• claims adjuster trainee
• scheduler--Wellspan
• administrative assistant--HCR Manor Care
• accounts payable clerk--Health South
• clinical assistant--Pinnacle
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• medical receptionist--OSS
• PT receptionist--OSS
• medical assistant--OSS
• certified medical coder--OSS
• medical transcription--OSS
• home-based medical transciption--OSS
• customer service--Stauffer's Biscuit
• administrative assistant
• medical receptionist--LGH
• payroll specialist
• purchasing assistant
• customer service/sales
• customer service/appointment setters

Have a wonderful weekend!  

Tim Barshinger

Thursday's Leads: Stay Cool Out There!

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt."  --Henry J. Kaiser


"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." --Thomas Jefferson


This Jefferson quotation is an idea that I've heard many times in reading about professional athletes who experience success.  It incorporates the notion that luck is not so much a random element, but rather something that we can cultivate and grow through our efforts.  It makes sense, too, because it has frequently been proven that chance favors those who are prepared.  So the question, then, is simply this:  What are you doing to be prepared?  What are you doing to improve your luck?

• optician at Weaver Eye
• legal secretary
• order administrator--clerical
• legal secretary
• scheduler--Wellspan
• call center specialist--Wellspan
• assistant store manager
• marketing/sales position at Country Meadows...a very good opportunity for someone with people skills and a desire to help the elderly and their families
• admissions coordinator--Manor Care
• inside sales
• administrative assistant
• customer service
• unit clerk/patient care assistant--LGH

That's it for now!  Have a great day, and think cool!  It's a hot one out there!

Tim Barshinger

Don't Be an Interview "Fail"

I've been talking about interviewing with my Job Search Preparation and Self Awareness classes, and I think it's a good idea to share some of that discussion here.  In an article we read in those classes ("10 Unusual Interview Mistakes, and 6 That Are All Too Common"), Kaitlin Madden shares some very unusual interview mistakes--and some of the more common ones--that interviewees make when they are nervous.  For example, some of the more unusual mistakes included the following:

1. a candidate who brought an Interviewing for Dummies book along to the interview
2. a candidate who asked, "What company is this again?"
3. a candidate who asked for a sip of the interviewer's coffee
4. a candidate who, on the way to the interview, passed, cut off, and then flipped the middle finger to another driver who just happened to be the interviewer

While you probably won't make these egregious mistakes, you could find yourself, in your nervousness, making one of these more subtle--but nonetheless damaging--mistakes with an interviewer:

1. answering a cell phone or texting during the interview (or even beforehand, for that matter)
2. appearing disinterested
3. dressing inappropriately (too casually or with too much skin revealed)
4. chewing gum
5. appearing arrogant
6. talking negatively about current or previous employers

The important thing is to avoid letting your nervousness "set your mouth (or brain) free."  Remember that you are in the interview to sell yourself as "the candidate," so focus on the positive traits, skills, and experiences that you possess.  It's normal to be nervous, too, but try to channel that nervousness into motivation.  Remember, while every interview does present the opportunity to mess up, it also, more importantly, presents the opportunity to succeed!  So don't let that opportunity escape.  Go and grasp what should be yours!

And oh yeah, it might be a good idea to avoid driving like a maniac (and flipping off people) on the way to the interview, just to be on the safe side.

• contract support specialist--Check it out, CAM's!
• administrative assistant
• customer service
• front desk clerk
• customer service
• customer support associate
• general clerk--Manor Care
• imaging assistant--Wellspan
• another imaging assistant at Wellspan
• development assistant
• coordinator, licensing for Rite Aid (essentially an administrative assistant position)
• customer service, Rite Aid
• medical clerical
• accounts payable position

Now get out there and put the sell the best "you" for those jobs!

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger

Be an Agent of Change

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

• part-time clerical aide
• customer service--local insurance
• automotive business development/internet sales--They will train!
• medical assistant
• customer service--Metro Bank
• administrative assistant
• accounting clerk
• administrative assistant
• analyst--Rite Aid--Check it out, CAM's!
• medical billing
• legal administrative assistant
• medical front office
• medical secretary
• bilingual office assistant
• medical assistant
• office clerical support
• administrative assistant
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• inside sales/customer service
• patient service rep--Patient First
• bookkeeper/clerical
• accounting clerk

Now have a great day!  

Tim Barshinger

Monday's Leads

Welcome back from a beautiful Father's Day weekend!  I hope that you enjoyed the marvelous weather.

• legal assistant
• medical secretary/biller
• marketing assistant
• accounts payable clerk
• legal secretary
• medical assistant--Hanover Hospital
• customer service representative--Hanover YMCA
• customer service
• Open Interviews--Penn Mar Human Services
• biomedical technician--Check it out, MAA's!
• administrative assistant
• bilingual customer service
• PT evening office assistant--Bath Fitter
• administrative assistant
• another administrative assistant
• data entry clerk
• medical assistant
• medical billing
• medical receptionist
• secretary--Camp Hill Schools--Get all the benefits of working for a school system!
• administrative assistant
• development assistant--administrative assistant
• data entry/customer service
• imaging medical review--certified coder--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• receptionist
• customer service/scheduling
• administrative assistant
• billing/insurance clerk--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• patient care technician/administrative assistant (50/50 split)
• receptionist
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• hospital registration--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• patient registration--Wellspan
• patient registration--Wellspan
• communications/customer service--Hanover Hospital
• receptionist

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger

Don't Overlook Opportunity

"We must let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." 

                                                           - Joseph Campbell.

Joseph Campbell's quotation is an appropriate one in that we all sometimes get so focused on our goals that we forget to remain vigilant for opportunities along the way.  But we must always be cognizant of what happens around us and the "stepping stones" or "open doors" that we pass on the journey, for some of the best opportunities are the ones we weren't expecting.

• administrative assistant
• office coordinator/clerical
• medical billing
• assistant manager
• patient/customer support representative--LGMG
• customer service reps
• administrative assistant
• medical billing specialist
• administrative secretary--Wellspan
• medical assistant
• file clerk--Snyder's/Lance
• school district clerical aide
• unit secretary--Pediatrics--Wellspan
• administrative assistant
• clerical position
• medical assistant--LGMG

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger

Well done, Rick!

Let's give  big round of applause for Rick Lauer, who just found out today that he got a job as a medical assistant!

I want to commend Rick for this achievement and laud him for his continued effort and perseverance.  Rick has been on quite a few interviews and has frequently been the "runner up," but his efforts have finally paid off!

Rick should be a role model for all of us.  The job search can be daunting, and it is hard to passed over for other candidates, but we cannot let that deter us.  We must keep trying and know that a position exists for us.  Rick lived by that creed...and it has rewarded him handsomely.

Congrats, Rick!  Now go make us proud again!

Wednesday's Leads

• 3 PT medical receptionist positions at OSS
• check out receptionist--OSS
• receptionist--OSS
• assistant manager trainee
• office administrator--Dover   Check it out, CAM's, BAM's, and COM's!
• administrative sales support
• legal assistant
• authorization coordinator
• unit secretary--pediatrics--Wellspan
• accounting clerk
• medical records technician
• customer service representative
• dental front office
• AP clerk
• medical assistant
• documentation specialist
• customer service
• clinical technician--Hanover Hospital
• customer service trainee--Highmark

Have a wonderful day!

Tim Barshinger

Link for Self Awareness Class

Self Awareness Students,

Here is the link for your "practice online application."

http://www.instant.ly/s/JKaVPz5CAAA

Tuesday's Leads

How appropriate this quotation is in a job search!  We must recognize our own abilities and judge ourselves based on those abilities.  We cannot judge ourselves by other people's standards, for then we will surely find disappointment.  See yourself for what you are and the many strengths you possess...and then sell those points to your interviewers!  It's the first step toward finding success, and it's just like the old quotation:  "Know thyself."

• paralegal
• accounting clerk
• payroll position
• unit clerk/patient care assistant
• office assistant
• PT accounting clerk
• accounting associate
• receptionist/office support
• insurance verifier
• medical receptionist
• office support
• medical billing
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• patient registration--Wellspan
• payroll position
• cash application reps--Medical...Check it out, CAM's and MAA's!
• administrative assistant
• medical secretary--Pinnacle
• medical scheduling and insurance verification
• development assistant--administrative
• AR/AP position
• on-site coordinator--staffing agency support
• administrative assistant
• internet sales--Jack Giambalvo
• residential services coordinator
• account manager--Fast Signs
• call center positions
• medical assistant--Martin Foot and Ankle

Have a great Tuesday!  

Tim Barshinger

Congratulations, Marzena!

Congratulations are in order for MARZENA SMITH, a spring 2012 CSB graduate. I just found out today that Marzena Smith won the 2012 PAPSA Regional Distinguished Graduate Award, which is given to a graduate who has overcome challenges and found success. Certainly, that describes our Marzena! Marzena is one of six winners of this award in the state of Pennsylvania. 

Wonderful job, Marzena! It just goes to show that hard work and perseverance does pay off!

Find the Lion Inside

Just as it says in the caption..."What matters most is how you see yourself."

So, too, is it in the job search.  How you view yourself and your abilities is clearly evident to the interviewers, so make sure you are working hard to be confident, secure, and full of enthusiasm!

So find the lion inside!

•  Customer Service Representatives  --  Banking
• accounts payable data entry clerk
• patient services representative--Aspen Dental
• call center reps
• medical insurance billing clerk
• medical receptionist
• customer service
• medical assistant
• bookkeeper/administrative assistant
• account representative
• receptionist
• medical assistant
• medical billing
• clerical position
• administrative assistant
• PT Staff Employment Screener
• medical assistant
• healthcare specialist
• resident assistant--LSS--A good starting point for MA's!
• customer service representative--Dentsply
• administrative assistant
• front office assistant
• administrative assistant
• clerical/customer support
• customer service
• administrative assistant
• medical assistant
• bookkeeper/clerical
• medical assistant
• medical assistant
• patient services rep--Patient First
• administrative assistant
• office clerk/receptionist
• clerical
• another clerical position
• financial correspondent--Check it out, CAM's and MAA's!

Now go find that lion inside!  

Tim Barshinger

Friday's Leads

How about this for eternal optimist and always having hope?


Rodney Dangerfield:
"I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet."

Here are Friday's Leads:

• entry level management
• finance clerk/AP
• township secretary
• accounts payable
• clerical position
• another clerical position
• financial correspondent--Medicare
• a third clerical position (different company)
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• patient care technician
• customer service/receptionist
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Pinnacle
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• customer service
• customer service--Dentsply
• administrative assistant
• patient account representative
• insurance verifier

Don't settle like Rodney, who "gets no respect."  Instead, create respect with your self-confidence, your assertiveness, and your meticulous approach to the job search.  

Have a great weekend!  

Tim Barshinger

Another Hot Lead

Here's a hot lead I just got from a local insurance agency.

Job Title:  Customer Service Representative
Normal Work Days/Hours:  (am-6Pm mon -friday
How soon to have position filled?:  immediately
Salary/hourly range?:  25,000-30,000
Available benefits?:  health, life, disability , retirement plan
Detailed Overview of job responsibilities?:   Servicing our 10,000 customer in York Pa with Sales and Service of Insurance. Must have Excellent communication skills and able to serve customers with a helping friendly attitude.
Three adjectives that would describe candidate?:   Enjoy serving others. Friendly Enjoy a Team enviroment
Any other information that is vital:   Computer skills essential. We will help you obtain your Insurance license. This is a Salary position not commission but sales is a part of the job
May the placement director contact you?:  Yes
Is the opening highly confidential?:  No
How do you wish to receive resumes?:  Email

Contact me if you are interested, and I'll help you apply.

Tim Barshinger    tbarshinger@csb.edu    764-9550

Thursday's Leads

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."
                                                             --Ralph Waldo Emerson

• customer service
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• administrative assistant
• medical assistant
• administrative assistant
• medical secretary
• medical billing--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• patient access clerk
• client service coordinator--Banfield, the Pet Hospital
• certified medical assistant
• medical department secretary
• office administrator
• medical business office assistant--Ascera Care
• administrative coordinator
• medical assistant--LGH
• administrative assistant
• accounts payable
• administrative assistant
• customer service representative
• customer service rep--Dentsply
  
  Have a wonderful day...and enjoy this sunshine!
  
  Tim Barshinger

Here We Are...Mid-Week Again

We're almost there!

With a few more days left in this week, here are some good leads for you to pursue.  May the rest of your week be "all downhill," and may your job search prove fruitful.  Be assertive and make it happen!

• manager in training
• business office manager--Check it out, CAM's and BAM's!
• rehab aide--Wellspan...A great starting point for MAA's and MOS!
• patient care technician
• patient service representative--Delta Dental
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• unit secretary--Wellspan
• billing/coding--Wellspan
• customer service
• administrative assistant
• patient account representative
• accounting position
• scanning clerk
• intake worker--Community Progress Council...a very good opportunity to help others
• office clerk--production/manufacturing sector
• state job...unemployment interviewer
• front office clerk
• administrative assistant

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger

Tuesday's Leads

• administrative assistant
• mailroom/clerical
• development assistant
• unit clerk/patient care assistant
• administrative assistant
• customer service
• returns/repairs coordinator--medically related
• release of information (medical) specialist
• administrative assistant
• receptionist
• fundraising assistant
• call center reps
• medical assistant
• unit secretary--Wellspan
• coding/billing specialist
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Hanover

Have a great evening!  Sorry for the delay in today's post.

Tim Barshinger

Monday's Leads

We are always getting ready to live but never living.


                                                              --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson had it right with this quotation.  We are always looking ahead, always preparing, always thinking about the next step, so that we sometimes forget the here and now.  It is vital that we all prepare and plan, but it is equally important, maybe even more important, that we don't forget to live!

• medical positions
• medical front desk/medical assistant
• JOB FAIR IN HARRISBURG, June 13
• shipping and receiving clerk
• medical assistant
• medical/ophthalmic assistant
• administrative/clerical
• MA/front desk person
• medical assistant
• medical receptionist
• customer service representative
• Wellspan call center
• front desk/medical assistant
• payroll assistant
• medical payment poster
• patient registration--Wellspan
• patient access representative--LGMG
• front desk/receptionist

Have a great day!

Tim Barshinger 

A Few More Friday Leads

1)  Check out this article from the WGAL Channel 8 website.  There is a link in the article so that you can apply for the jobs described.   http://www.wgal.com/marketplace/jobs/Susquehanna-Valley-company-is-hiring/-/9362358/14415280/-/clt7wn/-/index.html

2)  A psychologist's office in the Hanover area is looking for a PT receptionist.  In all likelihood, the position will become full time by the end of the year.  However, it will start as part time.  Contact me if you have an interest.

Have a great weekend!

Tim Barshinger

Friday's Leads: Never Give Up!

This picture captures the essence of what it means to be a job seeker in a tough economy.  As frustrating as it can be, you can't give up!  As soon as you stop applying or stop calling or stop getting your name out there, any chance of succeeding begins to disappear.  Therefore, keep working hard to get your name out there.  Keep trying to network and connect with people who can help you out in your search.  And above all, don't go down without a fight!

• administrative assistant--York College
• administrative assistant
• human resource assistant
• clerk/office assistant--Manor Care
• medical position--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Wellspan
• medical mail room/imaging room clerk
• medical secretary--Wellspan
• unit secretary/nursing assistant--Wellspan
• medical assistant--Hanover
• administrative assistant
• customer relations/reception--Pinnacle Health
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• medical assistant--Pinnacle
• hospice patient care secretary
• legal assistant
• A/P A/R clerk
  
  Have a great weekend!
  
  Tim Barshinger