During the recruitment process, you have certain expectations of the candidates you want to recruit, but there are things your candidates are expecting from you as well. As you continue to seek the best talent for your organization, keep in mind these 10 things physician candidates want from recruiters:
Filling certain specialties can be a challenge. These past few months may have created even more demand for some of those specialties or made it even more challenging to recruit others. To help you prioritize your search and resources, PracticeLink developed a Physician Recruitment Index identifying the hardest-to-recruit and most in-demand specialties.
No two facilities are alike. In speaking with recruiters and medical professionals at various health care organizations, we also understand the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted each in different ways.
Through all this, we have found one constant: Whether recruitment is stalled, staff is furloughed, there has been a surge in staffing or responsibilities have remained consistent, there are still ways to support your community and the physicians and nurses on the front lines.
The longer it pervades our lives, the more evident it becomes that COVID-19 isn’t a threat limited to our physical health. The pandemic has changed everything we know about day-to-day life – unearthing a greater awareness that such immediate and intense shifts to routine and structure impact our mindset. For what feels like the first time, mental health isn’t just relevant to those with pre-existing psychological conditions; the pandemic has proven none of us are exempt from its effects.
As the world copes with a new series of burdens and challenges, this month’s National Mental Health observance can relate to each of us in a new way.
There are things we can do to cope with stress, but what happens when the unexpected and unprecedented seem to become the norm? How can you care for yourself and continue recruiting candidates effectively? And how can you help candidates cope with job-search stress when a global health crisis is added to the mix?
