Are you unsure of what to expect as you recruit for different physician specialties? The PracticeLink Physician Recruitment Index is an indication of the relative ease or difficulty of recruitment for various specialties based on supply and demand information gathered quarterly by the PracticeLink system. The larger the “jobs per candidate” number, the more difficult the search.

Top 15 Hardest to Recruit Specialties

The Hardest to Recruit Specialties are those with the most jobs posted on PracticeLink with the lowest number of candidates in those specialties.

Various Pediatric specialties (Genetics, Dermatology, Radiology and Otolaryngology) topped the list as the hardest to recruit, along with Radiology - Nuclear.

Download the infographic to see the top 15 hardest to recruit specialties.

Evaluate Your Physician Recruitment

1. Do these indexes match my recent experiences of recruiting for certain specialties?

2. Do I have unposted job opportunities to which I need to devote more resources and time?

If you answered yes to either of the above questions, you might want to consider extra resources such as:

Promoting yourself in PracticeLink Magazine and First Practice, The Resident and Fellow Career Guide

Increase awareness of your opportunities and organization to over 80,000 residents, fellows and practicing physicians and do it at a fraction of the cost of direct mail. Everyone wants a recognizable brand, especially when it comes to hard-to-recruit specialties, but how does one get their name in front of a captive audience? With PracticeLink Publications: award-winning PracticeLink Magazine and First Practice, The Resident and Fellow Career Guide, your organization and facilities are featured alongside content physicians read and recognize. 

Don’t wait for candidates to come to you. PracticeLink is here to help you recruit the specialties in which you have the most difficulty finding candidates.

View the complete Winter 2019 Physician Recruitment Index of the hardest specialties to recruit.