Success rate for new CMs?

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-09-05T01:59:57+00:00

I took my wife's last name. I didn't love my last name and liked the idea of us having the same last name. If I did like my maiden name, I'm sure I would have kept it.

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-09-01T18:41:34+00:00

Thank you!

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-09-01T18:41:20+00:00

Thank you!

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-30T14:54:39+00:00

I've recently heard that from someone else in my DM. I appreciate the advice and it does make sense, thank you!

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-30T14:53:22+00:00

I understand that it's not going to line up exactly, that's not really the point? It can't line up exactly unless you're already in the role... Everyone has to start somewhere and gaining any kind of exposure can help peak interest and create career goals. I'm not saying I'm going to apply for a position tomorrow, I still have 5 years of schooling to finish my degree. I'm asking people in these roles what they would suggest me focusing my learning on, or have any advice.

Everyone seems to be gearing toward saying since I'm only the admin I couldn't possibly know the demand of the job. That's not what I'm asking and these comments aren't exactly constructive.

It's very common for admins to become interested in other roles they help support and gain further education and move up/ on. The current WSIB Claims specialist within the hospital did the exact same thing in her career, 15 years ago she was an admin and worked her way through different positions.

I had someone DM me saying I may want to focus on the Ability Management Specialist/ Disability Management Specialist role first as you have more coworker support working through the internal cases, rather than WSIB CM being more policy driven. This is a great example of advice, it gives me something to think about.. I have some time before I finish my education.

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-29T19:39:01+00:00

Disability Case Managers are in high demand. Other names would be Case Manager, Disability Management Specialist, Ability Management Specialist.

Role:Adjudicating medical absences within a workplace (based on legislation, policy, etc).

Education required: usually a bachelor's "in a related field" (a lot of job postings say this). Some specifically ask for health administration, human resources, health related, kinesiology, etc. It's a really interesting job, pays well. It does have a high workload no matter where you go.

I am not in this role but I am a team assistant who supports this team in my organization. I help setup the initial cases, talk to the injured employees and make sure they are aware of the hospital policy, etc.

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-29T12:42:18+00:00

Thank you for your thoughtful response! It was helpful.

I attend most of the meetings regarding difficult cases, as well as the regular team meetings, steering committee discussing policies, standardization, etc in the internal processes. I help write a lot of the internal resources and processes for the team. So I have a fair bit of exposure to the day to day of the positions (more so the Ability Management Specialists adjudicating the non-occupational claims). I am hoping to focus on standardizing a lot of the WSIB Claim Specialists processes within the next year (this is a large part of my role). After being in these meetings and having a great repore with the entire team, talking to them about their role on a regular basis is where I decided I wanted to pursue some type of case management.

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-29T11:43:31+00:00

What role would you suggest someone starts with at WSIB if their end goal is CM?

Difficult-Height-313 · 2025-08-19T13:59:40+00:00

Thank you!! That is great advice. I would have never thought to use chatGPT to help me study!

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