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

[Jeffrey Robinson]

I would love to have some talented staff with degrees!  I have a staff of around 22 people but I am currently the only HTL (I have a BA in Biology).  I do not have anyone else who is even eligible to sit for the HTL exam.  It would be very nice to have someone to share the load with!
A friend of mine went to civil engineering school.  He said that firms would hire engineers for management positions because it was a whole lot easier to teach an engineer the fine points of management than it was to teach engineering to a manager!  The same applies to Histology- it is a lot easier to teach Histology to someone who already has a science background.  I currently have one trainee who has taken many college science courses and his training has been a breeze so far.
Jeff Robinson, Senior Histotechnologist, Sierra Pathology Lab, Clovis, CA.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael LaFriniere via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:39 AM
To: tgenade at gmail.com
Cc: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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
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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
To: histonet
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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