[Histonet] are you desperate enough to hire a B.Sc. graduate?

[Ingles Claire]

We have had this problem for years. We are more than willing to train someone. We are a small lab so a bigger concern is if they will fit in with the rest of us personality wise. Not that we just hire anyone willy-nilly, but many people with BS's have some lab experience/background anyway. We just make sure they have at least a BS so they fit the qualifications to gross. I am actually the only one in a lab of 4 with my certification, and though I also have an AA in Histotechnology, my BS in Biology made getting the AA alot easier. It is more of a concern if they can't troubleshoot and adapt on the fly to the ever changing situations in the lab. We actually just hired an HT with 28 years of experience, but don't know if she is going to make it past her 6 month eval. She can't multitask and has a hard time adapting to the different specimen types. I think she has worked mostly in research in the past. (not belittling you researchers out there, but many of you know that research vs. clinical work can take different skill sets.)
Claire

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From: Michael LaFriniere via Histonet [histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:39 PM
To: tgenade at gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] are you desperate enough to hire a B.Sc. graduate?

Yes this is a common problem, although I am not sure "desperate enough" would be appropriate " verbiage".  As histologists over the years we have learned to cope with and being highly resourceful. I have also resorted to the same idea, hiring both AS and BS individuals filling positions and training specific technical task to meet the production needs at present has worked very well in my laboratory.

Michael
Michael R. LaFriniere, HT (ASCP)
Executive Director


Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory
12041 Bournefield Way, Suite A . Silver Spring, MD 20904
P: 240.471.3427 . F: 240.471.3401 . Cell 410-940-8844
michael.lafriniere at ccplab.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Tyrone Genade via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 12:13 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] are you desperate enough to hire a B.Sc. graduate?

Hello,

Last week a I visited Pittsburgh and had a chance to talk with a fellow histologist there. He remarked on the dire state his lab is in with respect to finding qualified histologists to employ; and that the lab was now considering hiring B.Sc. graduates and training them up in sectioning etc... Is this a common problem, the trouble finding qualified histotechs, and are other labs also considering hiring B.Sc. graduates to staff their labs?

I have one student working with me (with medical school aspirations) who sections beautifully. There is surely talent out there...

Bye
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Tyrone Genade
Orange City, Iowa
tel: (+1) 712 230 4101
http://tgenade.freeshell.org
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