Internship-Health First

So this last week at Health First was a bit slower than the previous weeks. By slower I mean that my work wasn't as intense. They had me go over all the jobs that didnt have any information from the surveys and look up their job desciptions. There were quite a few positions so it has taken me a while. The job description has to compare almost exactly to Health Firsts so that we are comparing apples to apples and not apples to oranges. I haven't finished this task yet so that will be rolling over into this week to come.

Health First Internship-Sept16th-18th

So last week at Health First was pretty interesting! I was invited by my manger who is a Compensation and Benefits manager to attend 2 meetings that were being conducted with senior management. She felt that it would be a great experience as well as great insight to what goes on internally in a hospital. The first meeting lasted from 8:30am-2:30pm in which different Directors, managers, and even the Chaplain discussed ideas, guidelines, budget status, staff relocation, star performers, PL donations etc...However, I did not fully understand everything that was being discussed but that was a given. I did learn a lot and I am grateful that I was given that opportunity to be there. The second meeting was not as long but it went from 2:30pm-4:45pm. So we literally left the first meeting and headed straight over to the other office for the second meeting. This meeting was conducted by the CEO of Health Plans, CFO of Health First and Vice President of Human Resources. This meeting was to discuss ideas and implementations to their already standing benefits programs and insurance. This meeting was completely above my head but it was awesome.

This week to come, I will be compiling all the market data from the surveys that Health First participated in to see which positions need recommended for a pay increase!

Internship-Health First

So I started my internship with Health First on August 26Th, 2009. I go every Wednesday and Thursday from 9am-3/4pm and Fridays I go from 9am-12pm. I am working in the Human Resources department. My internship will consist of me doing salary administration and compensation analysis. I work with a great team of ladies who have all welcomed me in and made me feel extremely comfortable. So far, I have taken salary surveys that were done back in January and February and compiled the information to Health First. These surveys have to sit for at least 6 months before they can be used. I have completed all the survey data and reported it to Health First,so now they can take this information and use it to compare salaries in other regions. This week, I am looking forward to sitting in on a senior management board meeting which will discuss strategic planning for the company. I am sure it will be a very informative meeting in which I hope to learn a lot.