The Hire Connection: 5 Core Personality Traits Of A Great Physician Recruiter

Medical recruiting is an entirely unique field, with challenges and triumphs unlike any other. Working with a professional medical recruiter can be a great way to lighten the load of your in-house recruiters and access the world's most promising candidates, but how do you know which medical recruiter to hire? In addition to asking about their experience, you can identify the best physician recruiters by evaluating their personality characteristics. Here is a quick look at some of the primary personality traits all good recruiters should possess.

1. High Emotional Intelligence
Physician job placement is all about relationships. In order to connect the right physicians and nurses to the right opportunities, recruiters must get to know both the hospitals they represent and every candidate they interview. It takes a great deal of emotional intelligence to recognize which individuals will be a good fit for which healthcare facilities. Good recruiters should be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of both companies and individuals so they can help forge new relationships that will last for years to come.

2. A Relentless Work Ethic
Recruiting is not a 9-5 job. Many prospective candidates are still holding current positions, which means they may not be able to conduct their job searches and/or interviews until after standard business hours. Medical recruiters often work around the clock to attract the best physicians and nurses. In order to achieve the results you need, you should find a recruiter who is willing to put in long hours (especially in the evenings and on weekends).

3. Strong Verbal Communication Skills
Recruiting requires a great deal of direct contact with prospective candidates. At The Hire Connection, we screen all candidates ahead of time so we can present only the ones with the highest potential for each opportunity. This screening process requires direct communication with the candidates. We rely on our good communication skills to draw the candidates out and determine whether or not they will be a good fit for the opportunity.

4. Excellent Writing Skills
Whether in print or online, many of the advertising tools recruiters use to promote open opportunities require written descriptions of the opportunities, the hospitals, the local communities, and the lifestyles the candidates could lead if they took the positions. These descriptions must be well-written in order to draw the candidates in and help them envision the potential each opportunity presents. For this reason, excellent writing skills are a must.

5. A Highly Competitive Instinct
As the physician shortage draws ever nearer, medical recruiting is becoming more and more competitive. The effects of the shortage are already being felt in many parts of the country, and are expected to increase drastically over the next decade (without any relief in sight). There are a lot of open opportunities all across the country, and not enough available physicians to go around. In order to find and recruit the best candidates during this shortage, recruiters must be highly competitive.

The Hire Connection Is Here To Meet All Your Medical Recruiting Needs
At our healthcare recruiting company, we hire only the best. Our team is compromised of outstanding individuals with great emotional intelligence, unbeatable work ethics, strong speaking and writing skills, and fiercely competitive natures that drive them to provide the best possible service to each and every one of our clients. If you are considering hiring a medical recruiting company, we hope you'll consider The Hire Connection LLC. Visit our website to learn more about how we may be able to help you, or give us a call at (866) 661-4473.

The Hire Connection Team