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ADVANCE Outlook: Lab Professionals

Managing Your Friends
June 23, 2008 1:35 PM by Amanda Koehler
Last week I started writing a story for the Web site about moving up the lab career ladder. For the story, I interviewed Randall Hansen, PhD, founder and president, Quintessential Careers . I asked Dr. Hansen about some of the common obstacles laboratorians Read More...
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Congrats to Award Winners
May 6, 2008 10:22 AM by Amanda Koehler
Our congratulations to the following ASCLS-PA winners: Edward C. Dolbey (Member of the Year) Ruth Negley Estolle Gross Janet Devine Key to the Future Randi Bright Leah Campbell Keener Memorial Service Award Mary Beth Miele Corporate Recognition Award Read More...
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CLMA ThinkLab Update
March 17, 2008 2:51 PM by Amanda Koehler
We asked CLMA to update us on the status of ThinkLab '08, to be held March 29-April 1 in Atlanta, where a recent tornado did some damage to the Georgia World Congress Center. Here's what they said: "CLMA is closely monitoring the situation in Atlanta Read More...
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Get Real
March 12, 2008 11:48 AM by Kerri Penno
After returning from the tropical vacation of my dreams last week, I am back to the daily grind. With an article to write, our Grad issue deadlining and a looming Web update on my schedule, I barely had time to register my caffeine stock was running empty Read More...
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Pearls of Wisdom
January 24, 2008 12:53 PM by Amanda Koehler
Look back on your years as a medical laboratory professional. I'm sure there have been many lessons you've learned along the way. You probably even thought to yourself at one point, "I wish someone would have told me this when I started out!" Now you Read More...
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What Will the Future Bring?
January 4, 2008 11:14 AM by Kerri Penno
As I was browsing some of the other ADVANCE blogs, I was struck by the commonality of themes between healthcare professions. It seems the different disciplines face many of the same issues (e.g., staffing problems, budget crunches, boosting productivity Read More...
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How Much Do You Make? Take the Salary Survey
December 24, 2007 10:47 PM by Matthew T. Patton
We've put together a simple salary survey tool to see how you compare to your peers. We also have a fantastic contest as an incentive to help us populate the data. I can already reportl that the survey results are absolutely rolling in. It's really quite Read More...
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Expecting More From Employees
December 7, 2007 1:00 PM by Matthew T. Patton
In May 2004, I wrote an editorial about the Pygmalion effect, a phenomenon of the self-fulfilling prophecy ilk whereby increasing a leader's expectations of subordinates' performance actually improves that performance. This begs the question: Is it that Read More...
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Hiring the Wrong Lab Director Can Be Costly
December 6, 2007 12:07 PM by Matthew T. Patton
We received a press release for an upcoming book that reiterates what most of us already know: Hiring the wrong person can be costly. Interesting to note was that laboratory director mis-hires can cost a company seven times the lab director's salary. Read More...
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What Keeps You in the Profession?
November 8, 2007 12:46 AM by Matthew T. Patton
We received a comment today that reads: "After 14 years of being a medical technologist, and all the crazy hours I have had to work, and all the overtime I worked, I still enjoy what I do. I could not think of another profession which gives me the same Read More...
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Conference Season
October 26, 2007 11:10 AM by Kerri Penno
While laboratory organizations scatter their meetings throughout the year, and spring was certainly packed with conventions, fall certainly seems like conference season in the ADVANCE office! Editor, Matthew T. Patton, and Editorial Assistant, Amanda Read More...
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