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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X I S E P T E M B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 7 22 He adds that having an in-house recruiter makes it possible "to authenticate the message about our culture" and "allows us to plan a more strategic approach and to adjust more quickly to business needs." MaineHealth's power recruiters MaineHealth does the same on much grander scale for the entire state, with a team of recruiters work- ing on talent acquisition for member hospitals from its agship Maine Medical Center in Portland to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. Besides o ering specialized or tertiary care, Maine Med is also a teaching hospital, o ering resi- dencies in anesthesiology to urology and fellowships in areas such as cardiology, geriatrics, infectious disease and sports medicine. As director of the MaineHealth Physician Recruitment Center, Alison C. Nathanson oversees tal- ent acquisition at all member hospitals, working closely with recruiters at each institution with whom she meets quarterly. She joined MaineHealth in after more than three years at Southern Maine Health Care and more than a decade in New York City as director of recruiting for the law rm Covington & Burling. Nathanson nds medical recruiting to be much more rewarding "because you're bringing someone into the state who is going to help people who live here, and they're going to provide care." Susan Pelletier, vice president of human resources- shared services for all , MaineHealth employees, says the centralized recruiting works well. "Rather than stand-alone hospitals dealing with their own challenges, under Alison's leadership we've really come together so that we can make the most of every candidate in helping them nd the setting that is best for them and meets their needs. at really has been a more powerful approach, because the shortages are di erent in our di erent communities." At the same time, MaineHealth faces the same recruiting challenges as its peers, so it also plans for openings at least a year in advance and keeps a central database of , resumes, with notes on whether there's an interest in Portland or a rural hospital. "It's constant and it's fun," says Nathanson, "because some » C O N T I N U E D F RO M PA G E 1 9 Every smile tells a story. And each one can say something powerful. As the nation's leading dental benefits provider, Delta Dental makes it easy to protect your smile and keep it healthy with the largest network of dentists nationwide, quick answers and personalized service. Learn more at NortheastDeltaDental.com. I GUESS THEY LIKE ME YOU LOOK AWFULLY FAMILIAR I CAN'T REPEAT IT BUT IT'S GOOD IT'S TOO GOOD TO PUT DOWN THIS IS FUN, I THINK F O C U S P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Susan Pelletier (left) and Alison C. Nathanson work together on talent recruitment for MaineHealth. Nathanson cites the reward of 'bringing someone into the state who is going to help people who live here.'

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