Thursday, August 27, 2015

7 Professional Recruiting Tips

Recruiting new physicians to join your staff is no small task. As we mentioned earlier this week, experts estimate that between recruitment and training expenses, hiring a new physician for your practice can cost anywhere from $30,000-$200,000. With so many dollars involved, it is crucial that you make sure you are attracting the right candidates! The Hire Connection is here to help with these tried-and-true professional recruiting tips.


Professional Recruiting Tips

1. Get Your Current Team Involved.
Interviewing potential candidates can be time-consuming. You can save yourself a great deal of time and energy by screening potential candidates and only interviewing those with legitimate hiring potential. No one knows your facility's value and culture like your current physicians and other staff members, so let them use their knowledge to help you. Ask your team if they know anyone who might be a good fit for your facility and would be interested in looking for a new opportunity, and interview those candidates first.

2. Recruit The Spouses, Too.
Our spouses have a huge impact on our major life decisions, and your candidates are no exception. If a candidate's spouse is majorly supportive of your offer, he/she will be much more likely to consider your position. In the same vein, a candidate will be less likely to consider your offer if his/her spouse is unsupportive. By dedicating some of your recruitment efforts to the spouses and the families, you will likely see much better results.

3. Offer Enticing Signing Bonuses.
The physician shortage is already upon us, and experts estimate that it is only going to get worse over the next decade. With so many open positions and so (relatively) few physicians, recruiters are having to work extra hard to attract the best candidates for their opportunities. Offering a generous signing bonus is a great way to make your opportunity stand out from your competition.

4. Design A Generous Compensation Package.
With so many different positions to choose from, physicians today can be extra choosy about which offers they accept. If you want to attract (and retain) high-quality physicians, you have to have a generous compensation package. Even if you need to keep their annual salary in line with your competitors would offer, you can still make your compensation package stand out by offering great benefits, such as flexible work weeks, holiday bonuses, extended vacation time, and/or a great call schedule.

5. Advertise Your Opportunity Everywhere.
If you want to attract a large pool of candidates to choose from, you have to first get word about your opportunity out to a large pool of job-seekers. At our medical recruiting company, we use all forms of communication to market our clients' opportunities, including print advertising, email, text messages, voice calls, social media, websites, and more. By incorporating multiple methods into your advertising strategy, you will be able to reach a wider demographic.

6. Check Your Candidates' References.
This tip might fade more into the actual hiring process than the initial recruiting process, but its importance cannot be overstated. During the interview process, you only have a set amount of time to get to know your potential candidates. What you do (or do not) learn about them during that time can impact your healthcare facility for months or years to come, so it's important to make the most out of interviewing time you have. Your candidates' references can offer valuable information about the caliber of people and physicians they are.

7. Be Flexible On Your Start Date.
Physicians looking for new opportunities face any number of unique challenges. If they are married, for example, they will have to move their families and get everyone settled into the new city before they start working for your hospital. As a result, they may have limited flexibility on their available start dates. You don't want to risk losing the right physician for your opportunity simply because you were unwilling to compromise on your start date.

Overwhelmed? You Don't Have To Do This On Your Own!

Recruiting physicians can be a challenge, and many in-house recruiters get overwhelmed by the challenges facing them. If you think you would like help with your medical recruiting efforts or would simply like more information about how an professional medical recruiting company can help you, contact The Hire Connection. Our team of experienced medical recruiting experts would be happy to help you!



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Friday, August 21, 2015

Medical Director Opportunity On The Gulf Coast!

Don't miss out on this OUTSTANDING internal medicine opportunity!

Mere minutes from the most pristine beaches in America!

Call: 888-661-4473 ext. 108


Become an Associate Medical Director for an award winning Fortune 500 organization that was recently named the Best Family Practice/Internal Medicine Practice in the metropolitan area!

With hundreds of directly owned and affiliated clinics throughout the Southeast, the opportunities for development and advancement are second to none. Utilize your ideas, experience, and leadership skills to help usher in a new era of healthcare.

The Practice
  • Proactive Utilization Management with Cost Effective Outcomes
  • High Risk Case and Disease Management through Physician Mentoring
  • Data Analysis and Implementation or Change of Medical Action Plans
  • Quality Analysis and Operational Analysis to Maximize Physician Access
  • Work within Certified Medical Homes Ensuring Consistent, Excellent Outcomes
  • Recently Named the Best Family Practice/Internal Medicine Practice in the Metropolitan Area

The Community - Surf, Sand, & Sun
  • Temperatures Range from Warm to Warmer with Year-Round Sunshine!
  • Spend an Afternoon Surfing, Building Sandcastles or Lollygagging on the Beach
  • Fine Dining Offering the Freshest Seafood in a World Class Setting
  • MLB Baseball, NFL Football or NHL Hockey – Something for Every Sports Enthusiast
  • Direct Daily, International Flights – the World at Your Fingertips!
  • Enjoy Family Outings to the Florida Aquarium, Lowry Park Zoo, Busch Gardens or Adventure Island
To learn more contact:
Rob Weigand

PHONE: 888-661-4473 ext. 108 OR 573-489-9620
EMAIL: rob@thehireconnection.net

The Hire Connection offers its clients the industry's most comprehensive range of healthcare recruitment services.

Coupling technology, expertise and accountability, The Hire Connection services are designed to source, screen, qualify, present and place the RIGHT providers to satisfy recruitment goals and improve provider retention. Give us a call today!

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Friday, August 14, 2015

5 Things You Should Know About The Physician Shortage

The whispers, rumors, and warnings are true - the United States is facing a physician shortage like we have never seen before. Healthcare facilities around the nation are finding themselves increasingly understaffed, making it challenging to provide optimum care to their patients. As the demand for medical care continues to rise, the physician shortage is putting a major strain on hospitals all around the U.S. 

Hospital directors and medical recruiters alike have their work cut out for them if they are to keep their facilities afloat during the physician shortage. Proper planning and prevention are critical. In order to prepare your facility for success in light of these dwindling numbers, it is crucial that you thoroughly educate yourself on the subject. The Hire Connection is here to help you out with this list of five things every medical professional needs to know about the physician shortage.


1. It's NOT A Problem For The Distant Future.
The physician shortage is happening now. The AAMC predicts that the U.S. will be short approximately 46,000-90,000 physicians by 2025, but hospitals are already feeling the strain of not having enough physicians on staff. If you want to protect your facility from the negative effects of this looming shortage, it is critical that you begin taking action now.

2. There Is No "Quick Fix."
The impending shortage is the result of long-time trends. As the quality of our healthcare services has increased, our population has increased along with our average life expectancy. The number of American retirees is rising at a rapid rate, and the amount of new and aspiring physicians cannot keep up with the demand. Because this problem has been a long time in the making, there is reason to believe that it will take several years for this issue to be resolved.

3. Medical Schools Aren't Helping Things.
Medical schools are often very competitive - in fact, Becker's Hospital Review cites that the average acceptance rate for medical school is only at 44.5%. Even for those students who are accepted, successfully completing medical school typically takes a minimum of ten or eleven years. The low acceptance rate and the significant amount of time it takes to finish medical school makes it next to impossible for incoming physicians to offset the upcoming shortage.

4. An Increasing Number Of Young Doctors Regret Their Decision To Enter The Medical Field.
Between exhaustive work schedules and overwhelming student debt, there a lot of daunting prospects facing young doctors. Some surveys have revealed that more and more young doctors are regretting their career choices - and some are taking it one step further by actually discouraging others from pursuing medical school in the first place. The only way to reverse this trend will be for healthcare facilities to improve their physicians' quality of life by reducing the number of hours they work and improving their benefits.

5. If You Want Your Hospital To Succeed, You Have To Stay Ahead Of Your Competition.
With the demand for qualified, high-quality physicians increasingly outweighing the demand, staying ahead of your competition is crucial for the success of your healthcare facility. You can attract great physicians to your opportunity by offering unbeatable compensation packages, a generous signing bonus, and flexible workweeks.

For other ideas about recruiting qualified physicians or for help designing eye-catching benefits packages, contact The Hire Connection. Our experienced medical recruiting company can help your facility succeed! Give us a call to learn more.



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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Amazing OBGYN Opportunity - NO Weekend Deliveries!

We have a FANTASTIC OBGYN OPPORTUNITY for YOU!

No More than 20 Daily Patient Encounters—Focus on Quality Medicine!



A Community’s Culture as Bright as its Lights

Pack your blue suede shoes and get ready to dance! You can literally feel the pulse of the vibrant nightlife emanating from Beale Street and smell the smokin’ hot BBQ! Soak in the rays from the neon lights and let decades of the best blues music anywhere flow through your soul. With a metropolitan area well over a million, there are endless activities ranging from NBA basketball games and professional baseball to afternoons touring the Orpheum and Graceland.


The Practice
  • Outpatient Only with a Nearly Non-Existent Call Schedule
  • Large Group of Providers and No Weekend Deliveries—Fantastic Call Schedule!
  • Practice as Much or as Little Obstetrics as You Like—Great Quality of Life!
  • Collegial, Team Oriented Approach to Patient Care—Exceptional Outcomes!
  • Deliver Babies in an Urban Setting—Newborn Center of Excellence
  • Nationally Recognized NICU and Elite MFM Group Handle High Risk Deliveries
  • 1000 Annual Deliveries with Minimal C-Section Rate Keeps You Busy
  • Perks Include Paid Mission Work and Periodic 30 Day Paid Sabbaticals
  • No More than 20 Daily Patient Encounters—Focus on Quality Medicine!
  • Academic Affiliation with Multiple Area Medical Schools and Colleges

The Community
  • Birthplace of Soul Music, Blues and Rock‘n Roll—Rich in History
  • Memphis in May—the World’s Largest BBQ Competition
  • International Airport puts the World at Your Fingertips!
  • Mild 4 Season Climate with Some of the Most Beautiful Seasonal Changes in the Country
  • Mecca for Specialized Education—Medical, Dental, Midlevel and Optometry Schools
  • Award Winning Memphis University Floods the Community with Arts, Education and NCAA Sports





To Learn More Contact:
Rachel Stirling

Director of Recruiting
Search ID: OBGYN_0397
Phone: 888.451.2310


The Hire Connection offers its clients the industry's most comprehensive range of healthcare recruitment services.

Coupling technology, expertise and accountability, The Hire Connection services are designed to source, screen, qualify, present and place the RIGHT providers to satisfy recruitment goals and improve provider retention. Give us a call today!

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!



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