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SoTell Me About Work-Fit!
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Lets Review the Industrial Setting!
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Industrial/Corporate Settings

• Automotive
• Electrical/Power Plants
• Raw Materials
• Airline/Rail/Other Transportation
• White Collar
• ANYWHERE!

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Recent Injury Management Trends
Injury Symptoms
Upstream Management (Prevention)
Downstream Management (Intervention)
Programming that focuses on injury prevention and
life- style modification
Traditional injury management techniques-
VERY COSTLY
In order to stay competitive in a global
marketplace, American industry must move in this
direction
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The Bottom Line

• What value do allied health professionals bring
  to the industrial/corporate setting?
• Improved return on investment (ROI) for health
  and safety initiatives
• Reduced Workers Comp/Group Medical costs
• Improved productivity
• Improved employee attraction/retention
• Improved ROI on ergonomic initiatives
• Injury prevention
• Convenient, on-site location
• Immediate access

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Unique Considerations

• Varied settings
• Blue collar vs. white collar
• Union vs. non-union
• Nature of services and facilities available vary
  according to needs of client
• Population
• People of employment age
• No youth or geriatric patients/participants
• No Third Party Reimbursement

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Benefits to Industrial/Corporate Setting
Employment

• Potential for advancement
• Autonomous environment
• Use creativity
• Good environment to master unique skills
• Regular schedule/40 hrs.
• Weekends/holidays off
• Able to continue education

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Squelching Myths

• Ive heard
• that allied health jobs in industrial/corporate
  settings are boring
• The reality Your job is what you make it! Lots
  of opportunities for continued advancement exist
  in this setting.
• that industrial/corporate employees do not want
  to take care of their health
• The reality Work is important to them!

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Squelching Myths

• Ive heard
• that allied health professionals who have no
  previous industrial experience are not suited for
  the setting
• The reality All experience is valid and
  transfers to this setting very well!
• that the union is an obstacle to health
  promotion programming
• The reality The union supports these programs
  as an employee benefit!

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Squelching Myths

• Ive heard
• that health promotion programs are being cut in
  the workplace
• Reality American companies are searching for
  ways to spend their health care dollars more
  wisely. Many companies are shifting their costs
  into prevention vs. medical intervention models.

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SoTell Me About Work-Fit!

• An opportunity to learn about a leading provider
  of injury rehabilitation, injury prevention,
  fitness and wellness services in
  industrial/corporate settings

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A Quick Overview

• Provider of allied health services
• Injury rehabilitation
• Injury prevention
• Fitness
• Wellness
• Generally located on-site in industrial settings
• ATCs, Fitness Specialists, OTs and PTs are
  employed

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A Brief History
2003
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Opportunities for Advancement
Vice President of Operations
Additional Opportunities
Operations Manager

• Operations Team
• Recruiting Coordinator

Program Managers
Staff Specialists
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Looking for a Job in the Industrial Setting?

• A few tips to follow

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Finding a Job

• Step One Update your resume! Be sure to
  include the following
• Leadership qualities
• Specific clinical skills mastered
• Management experience
• Any previous experience with industrial setting
• Relevant CEU courses
• Business/administrative experience
• Committee involvement
• Ergonomics/biomechanics experience

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Finding a Job

• Step Two Look for vacancies and distribute your
  resume. Heres where to look
• Professional websites
• Company websites
• Word of mouth
• Popular multi-career websites (monster,
  careerbuilder)
• Classified ads
• Professional conferences

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Finding a Job

• Step Three
• Position available?
• Practice behavioral interviewing
• Anticipated questions
• How do you feel about working w/ a multi-age and
  multi-cultural population?
• Describe your vision to work autonomously within
  a client.
• Describe your communication skills.
• Discuss your time management skills.

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Finding a Job

• Step Three, cont.
• No vacancies at this time?
• Maintain communication w/ companies of interest
• Check websites for updates
• Schedule a site visit may be done at any time!

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Recruiting Coordinator
Recruiting CoordinatorEmail careers_at_work-fit.co
mResumes always welcome!