Posts Tagged with "Candidate Sourcing"
View all postsIn Medicine, Purple Squirrels Are Common
By Michael Jones - April 23, 2026
A "purple squirrel" is the mythical term for a job seeker who checks every box — and probably doesn't exist. However, these candidates aren't a figment of a recruiter's imagination; they're more common than you think, it's just a matter of how to connect with them.
Understand Physician Priorities for Better Recruitment Outcomes
By Aubrey Mecham - March 13, 2025
Understanding the reason behind a physician's job search can greatly improve your recruiting outcomes. Candidates value different things at different stages in their career and life. This article explores best practice tips for establishing open communication about a provider's needs, and how it can help you match them to the right job.
How to Succeed with Healthcare Job Boards
By Blake Conner - July 31, 2024
After more than a decade of healthcare job advertising, HospitalRecruiting has compiled a few best practice strategies for making hires on specialty job boards.
Is Social Media an Effective Healthcare Recruitment Tool?
By Riia O'Donnell - February 15, 2023
The reach of social media cannot be underestimated and it important for healthcare recruiters to have a presence on all the major platforms. Social media marketing allows healthcare facilities to both target a specific audience, or cast a wide net. Here are a few other benefits of social media recruiting you may have overlooked.
Advertise Physician & Healthcare Jobs with HospitalRecruiting: New Commercial
By Blake Conner - October 19, 2022
HospitalRecruiting debuted its first commercial last week! For over ten years our physician and advanced practitioner job board has helped employers and job seekers with their hiring and job searches. We do so by driving proactive candidate applications, as well as offering access to our candidate database.
Focus on Career Development to Recruit and Retain Top Talent
By Riia O'Donnell - January 19, 2022
One effective way to source candidates is to provide pathways for their future. Most job seekers are seeking fulfillment and career advancement opportunities from the jobs they take, so offering career development as an advantage under your organization's 'plus' column is key to securing top talent for every department at the facility.
How to Leverage Social Media for Healthcare Recruitment
By Riia O'Donnell - February 19, 2020
With up to 90% of physicians alone on social and professional media sites, healthcare institutions, large and small, should make their institution’s presence known.
Employee Referrals - An Overlooked Hiring Resource
By Riia O'Donnell - February 3, 2020
In a tight talent market, healthcare providers are looking for every possible avenue to source candidates, but they often overlook an excellent source right in their midst – employee referrals. Your best employees likely have a network of like-minded, similarly situated friends and associates among their peers. Tapping into these networks could create an invaluable candidate pipeline for today and the future.
Top 3 Healthcare Staffing Trends of 2020
By Jennifer Alexander, SHRM-CP - January 27, 2020
Like 2019, 2020 will push employers to maximize their resources while focusing internally on how they want to sell themselves to potential hires. With an ever-shrinking candidate pool and continued shortage of healthcare professionals, it will be more important than ever for organizations to become both unique and efficient in their staffing strategies. Social media, candidate sourcing, and the candidate experience will shape the success of the healthcare industry.
Recruitment from Unlikely Sources: Exit Interviews
By Riia O'Donnell - August 22, 2019
Exit interviews may not top the list of HR’s ‘fun things to do,’ but the potential information and opportunities these meetings hold cannot be over emphasized. Take the time to perform them: act on the information you find, and keep the door open for future rehires of top talent.
