As interviews move to virtual platforms, it’s important to know how to best present yourself and how you can help physicians and advanced practice providers make a good impression in a video interview. Recruiters from HCA Healthcare provide tips to share with the physicians and APPs you’re recruiting, which can also benefit you as you conduct interviews.

Physician job interviews are shifting temporarily to video platforms as hospital systems and medical practices adapt recruiting processes to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 environment.  With exception of international jobs, face-to-face interviews have always been the “next step” after initial screening calls in the United States.  Employers are adapting to a new normal due to travel restrictions and limitations on non-essential visitors to hospitals.  Your ability to perform well in a video interview is more important right now, during this crisis, than it ever has been or will be in the future.  In 2020, some offers will be made and contracts developed before the selected candidate ever sets foot on the hospital campus.  Here are a few tips from HCA Healthcare recruiters:

Health systems and their physician recruiters are being impacted by COVID-19 in different ways. Sr. physician recruiter Beth Calabria, physician recruitment coordinator Ashley Reaser and system director of medical staff recruitment Sharee Selah from Tower Health share how they’re responding to current changes, and how recruiters can continue to recruit effectively – not just through an updated strategy, but also an updated perspective.

You’ve already experienced the effects of COVID-19 on your day-to-day recruitment processes. While we can’t predict every change physician recruitment will undergo, we do know the coronavirus has had immediate implications for recruiters.

Just like you have a structure to your physician search, job-seeking residents, fellows and advanced practice providers are best served by developing a plan or strategy to guide them through the steps of their job search. One way they can do that is through the publication First Practice, The Resident and Fellow Career Guide, which proposes a 10-step timeline to help candidates form that strategy – and better connect with you.