| Take heart AHIMA job seekers, whether you just | | | | companies or titles you held along with a brief listing of |
| received your diploma in coding or you're a seasoned, | | | | your job skills prior to ten or twelve years list it without |
| certified RHIT/RHIA professional your skills are in | | | | dates under a title heading of 'previous experience'. List |
| demand. With over fifteen years experience as a | | | | your education, certifications, degrees and/or awards. |
| corporate recruiter consultant having staffed for a | | | | List any associations that you belong to. Lastly list any |
| variety of healthcare corporations such as Kaiser | | | | volunteer activities that you participate in. |
| Permanente, Humana, Press Ganey, Port Huron | | | | Tip 2: Make your resume visible. Now that you have a |
| Hospital and Wright & Filippis I know the value of | | | | put together a resume you need to post it in the right |
| on-boarding a quality allied health professional with | | | | areas so that the recruiter can find it. When I am |
| coding expertise. I also know what it takes to catch | | | | searching for a coder I will look in the following areas |
| the attention of the recruiter and hiring manager. Follow | | | | first: the company database, Linkedin.com, Monster, |
| these 3 easy job search tips and I might just be | | | | AHIMA, Careerbuilder, 6figurejobs and TheLadders. I |
| reaching out to you to set up an interview! | | | | will look at other areas but these are the first places I |
| Tip 1: Have a decent resume. Recruiters aren't | | | | go to when searching for coders. If you apply to a job |
| interested in graphics and lofty wording when | | | | on most job boards such as Monster or Careerbuilder |
| reviewing a resume but they are interested in viewing | | | | your resume is automatically entered into the company |
| the facts in a clear and concise manner. Make your | | | | database. If you are interested in a certain company |
| name and contact information clearly visible at the top | | | | you can create a profile even if a job hasn't been |
| of the resume; don't put this information in a tiny font or | | | | listed, this way your resume is available and visible to |
| off to the corner. Objectives are obsolete while listing | | | | the recruiter when a need for your skills set does |
| a summary of your skills is valuable to the recruiter. List | | | | appear on the company career site. |
| your employment history with employer name, your | | | | Tip 3: Search in the right areas. There are so many job |
| job title/titles and dates of employment. List your job | | | | sites on the web it is difficult to know where to spend |
| duties providing as much detail as possible. Don't | | | | your valuable time and energy when searching for a |
| shorten your resume just so everything can fit onto | | | | job. Here are a few sure fire sites that will produce |
| one page. I have no idea how that silly one page rule | | | | results in your job search: Indeed dot com is a must |
| for resumes came about as it makes no sense | | | | for every job seeker. Indeed makes your search |
| what-so-ever especially for the seasoned professional | | | | simple as does SimplyHired and Flipdog. Flipdog is |
| with plenty of skills to present. Don't list jobs past ten | | | | powered by Monster. Linkedin has a powerful job |
| or twelve years unless you have worked at the same | | | | board. |
| company for many years. If you want to list certain | | | | |