As the marketing manager here at PracticeLink, I’m always looking for ways to keep myself current with the trends, best practices and skills needed to do my job. In a world where everything is constantly changing and evolving, continuing education is critical. As industries change, so do the technologies, strategies and skill sets needed to ensure success and career growth. We know this to be true for the physician recruitment industry too.

In today's webinar, "Would You Apply to Your Job Posting?" I talked about the importance of putting yourself in the candidate's shoes when creating and evaluating your job postings. You need to ask yourself if you are portraying your opportunity and your organization in a way that would make you hit the Apply button. Your job postings play a major role in your online candidate acquisition. The quality of your job postings will determine the quality of the candidates who respond. Your time is valuable and most likely scarce, but by taking the time to create a great posting initially, you’ll attract those excellent candidates from the start!

Do you ever find yourself wishing you had more assistance from your internal IT department? Depending on the size and structure of your organization, this may be a frequent frustration. Often times they have multiple obligations based on other business needs that places your need lower on the priority list. But for you, the physician recruiter, filling your opportunities as quickly as possible falls at the very TOP of your priority list.

Whether you’re a rookie physician recruiter just getting your feet wet or a seasoned recruiter with many years under your belt, physician visas and immigration laws are topics you need to understand. You need to understand both the differences among visa types and the pros and cons to sponsoring a potential hire. And if you indeed identify candidates for placements in your system, make immigration an active element of your recruitment strategy. Remember – an international physician is interested in both a good job and working with an employer committed to qualifying him/her for visa status.