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Our employees can experience a wide array of emotions in a workday at MediClinic. Have your emotions ever interfered with your job performance?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
As you are likely aware, working closely with patients and fellow caregivers can provide happiness, sadness, anger, and fear. These emotions can be felt within a couple of short work hours. Your interviewer wants to know if you consider yourself an emotionally driven person and don't let yourself become overwhelmed by emotion in working closely with patients. Talk to the interviewer about your feelings and if they have ever affected your performance at work. Remember that almost everyone is an emotional creature to some degree, especially among those who chose healthcare as their career path. Be creative in how you talk about your emotions positively and productively.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Everyone is emotional to a certain degree, and I consider myself kind-hearted and open. These traits led me to a career in the healthcare field. No matter how hard a day can be, I choose to focus on the positives. For instance, if we are close to losing a patient, I will focus on positive memories rather than the illness. This mindset has consistently allowed me to continue with a productive shift, no matter the emotions that come my way."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"This is a great question. I would say that while I experience the same emotions as my patients, I don't let them overtake me for long, and they have never interfered with my job performance. We've all had severe cases where a child dies or you have to give someone a cancer diagnosis. It's professional to take a few minutes after an encounter like that and let those emotions come and go. I cope with these emotions by telling myself that it's not my story; it's the patient's story. I think it's okay to be moved by someone else's experience, but I don't need to make it mine."
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Focus on letting the interviewer know you are human and have emotions, but that you do not let them interfere with your job performance. Describe how you overcome your feelings to stay in the provider mindset.
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