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Recruiting Challenges Healthcare Faces in 2022

By Riia O'Donnell - March 30, 2022

In a post-pandemic world, many healthcare workers are reevaluating their commitment to full-time work. Recruiting efforts in 2022 will be challenged in 5 major areas, namely the realms of vaccine mandates, telemedicine, burnout, proactive recruitment, and candidate experience. Here are a few possible solutions.

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No Such Thing as Luck in Healthcare Recruiting

By Riia O'Donnell - March 3, 2022

The truth is there’s little ‘luck’ in recruiting; it’s mostly hard work. When you know what you’re doing it may appear seamless, but there’s a lot going on behind the curtain to make sure the ‘luck’ holds.

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A Better Candidate Experience Means Better Hiring Outcomes

By Riia O'Donnell - February 2, 2022

Did you know many job seekers are liable to turn down a job offer if they suffer a poor candidate experience during the hiring process? Ensuring a good candidate experience is essential to attracting and retaining top talent.

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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.

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Optimizing Healthcare Job Postings for Google

By Riia O'Donnell - November 18, 2021

SEO is a powerful tool to getting your job postings seen by more people. Good keywords can mean the difference between showing up at the top of the results, or tucked away on page 13. Let's talk about how to select the best search terms to drive the most clicks and engagement for your job ads.

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Rethink Job Board Ads to Get Better Results

By Riia O'Donnell - November 4, 2021

With an upturn in resignations and an ongoing staff shortage, recruiting and maintaining talented employees has never been more important. That's why your job ads need to drive results, rather than fall flat. Here are a few tips for making your ads stand out when posting to job boards.

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Hire Resilient Health Care Workers

By Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG - October 28, 2021

One of the many hallmarks of a good employee is resilience. Resilient employees demonstrate intuitive problem-solving abilities, foresight, flexibility, time management skills, among other qualities. It is important as a hiring manager, therefore, to consider a prospective candidate's resiliency before hiring.

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Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Healthcare Recruitment

By Riia O'Donnell - October 13, 2021

Whether we admit to them or not, we all carry biases. These unconscious biases may be undermining your hiring efforts by limiting your candidate pool and overall candidate quality. As healthcare recruiters, we must seek to remove these unconscious biases to ensure the best possible healthcare for our communities.

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Four Strategies for Building and Maintaining Resilient Healthcare Teams

By Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG - September 23, 2021

Considering the current landscape of healthcare, building a resilient team is no easy task. Gathering burnout-resistant workers means creating a healthy work culture, implementing wellness programs, and balancing community and worker needs. Here are a few tips on building a resilient team.

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Building a Talent Pool in a Tight Market

By Riia O'Donnell - September 16, 2021

Even at best, healthcare recruiting can be a challenge. Given the ongoing pandemic and staffing shortage, a streamlined recruiting process and great reputation in the market are also necessary. Here are a few creative solutions on how you can best expand your talent pool as a recruiter.

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