You-Who… It’s That Time Again!
It happens every year. We send out snail-mail reminders. We add urgent messages to our Web sites. We email current, former and prospective clients reminding them to reserve preferred dates for their employee flu vaccination events. And still, come October there’s a last-minute rush for fewer and fewer available dates, with some clients left completely out in the cold because of scheduling limitations.
Don’t be left out in the cold. Reserve you date(s) now!
If a vaccination event is important enough to make sure it happens, it’s worth getting management sign-off (if that’s even necessary — it isn’t for those companies that budget for and schedule events annually) and scheduling early. In fact, the earlier you schedule the less chance late-in-the-calendar-year activities and priorities will get in the way.
Here are four suggestions to make your life easier. Take them one at a time. Their affect is cumulative.
- Call or email VSA today and schedule this year’s event. Don’t put it off any longer. VSA will immediately take the load off your mind and shoulders.
- Schedule next year’s event. Might sound crazy, but think about it. If it’s on the calendar now you won’t have to worry about it next year. And if the date(s) have to change, VSA will do everything it can to work with you on preferred rescheduling.
- If you’re not already doing it, make your annual employee vaccination event a permanent budget item. A permanent budget item gains stature. It becomes more important — a part of corporate culture. When that happens, companies get very good at wringing out every last drop of value — things like employee satisfaction leading to productivity gains and improved employee morale and job satisfaction. Employees want to be valued. This is one very good way to show them you do.
- If your company doesn’t already sponsor an employee health fair, consider expanding your vaccination event into a robust, thoroughly planned health fair program. HFA will walk you through the process and show you what can be done to generate meaningful bottom-line impact.
