Every industry is experiencing changes during the spread of COVID-19, and it could be said healthcare professionals are seeing the biggest changes. As members of the healthcare community, physician and advanced practice provider recruiters are most likely experiencing added pressure and have concerns about how this pandemic will affect their responsibilities.
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
This pandemic affects all types of recruitment, but it could have an even larger impact on physician and advanced practice provider recruitment. There are already many open positions within the healthcare industry, and there will now be more of a need for additional physicians and APPs. The urgent need for extra help could pause your current recruitment strategy, but even if it doesn’t, you will most likely still see a change in your day-to-day responsibilities, if you haven’t already.
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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.
