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The Difference Between a Difficult Healthcare Search and a Broken Job Offer
A healthcare position has been open for months. Applications are limited, interviews are difficult to schedule, and finding qualified candidates feels increasingly challenging. That sounds like a difficult search. But what if qualified candidates ar…
How Far Ahead Should You Start Looking for Your Next Travel Assignment?
Your current travel assignment may still have weeks left, but that does not mean it is too early to start thinking about the next one. Waiting until your final week can leave you choosing between whatever happens to be available. Starting too early,…
Staffing Questions Healthcare Leaders Should Ask Before Holiday Scheduling Begins
Holiday staffing problems rarely begin during the holidays. By the time uncovered shifts, unexpected call-outs, increased overtime, and PTO conflicts start appearing on the schedule, many of the decisions that could have prevented them needed to hap…
Are You Staffing for Average Patient Volume or the Days Your Workforce Actually Breaks?
Hospital staffing plans built around average patient volume can look adequate on paper and still fail on the days that matter most. A unit may appear appropriately staffed across a month or quarter while repeatedly experiencing shorter periods when …
Why a 90-Day Vacancy Should Trigger a Different Recruiting Strategy
A healthcare position that has been open for 90 days is telling you something. It may be compensation. It may be the schedule. The required experience may be narrowing the candidate pool more than expected. The local market may simply not contain en…
When Should You Negotiate a Healthcare Job Offer?
Receiving a healthcare job offer can make it tempting to focus on one question: should you accept it? There may be another conversation worth having