-: My name is Taylor Runkel, and I am
a talent acquisitions specialist.
Memorial Blood Centers, first and foremost
we are a blood bank, and we are a non-profit.
All of our blood comes through unpaid donors,
and we supply blood products
to many of the metro area hospitals,
as well as both of the air ambulances,
so we bring blood to those in need.
So what I do is I am responsible for
almost all of the recruitment at my organization,
Memorial Blood Centers, and Nebraska Community Blood Bank.
So I basically handle recruitment from start to end,
through the interviewing process,
onboarding process, and post-hire.
First and foremost, for surgery or for accidents,
there can be, you know, major loss of blood and trauma,
so supplying the hospitals with that blood
to go to their patients.
We also work with stem cell patients,
so doing really specific matches
for those that are affected by stem cell,
as well as cancer patients.
We do a lot of platelet donations,
and because all types of cells are killed in cancer,
with chemotherapy and radiation,
those patients need platelets.
Basically I hire for a lot of phlebotomists.
Those are the people that are gonna be doing
the actual blood draw.
We don't require past experience,
so I do a lot of postings on Indeed, our LinkedIn
or our Facebook pages, and then I review resumes,
do a short phone screen with them probably.
I like to keep it short, about 15 to 20 minutes,
to kind of just hear a little bit
about their experiences, what they're looking for,
and how that matches up with our needs.
I don't have a ton of travel,
basically travel to career fairs
or other kind of conferences for healthcare recruiters
is something I'm involved in as well.
So not a lot of day to day travel.
I would say the hours can be pretty flexible,
but I have to be available when people are available
to do, you know, phone screens or interviewing,
so I would say the typical,
I prefer to get in early, about eight,
eight to four, nine to five.
It can be flexible to kind of my daily needs.