“What an astonishing thing a book is, one glance and you’re inside the mind of another person,” Carl Sagan once said. And there’s no better time to read than during summer. Whether you’re beachside, in a tent on a mountain, or putting your feet up on your porch, reading is one of the quickest (and most enjoyable) ways to expand your professional knowledge while you unwind.
Filed under summer reading list, tips for physician recruitment
Monday, April 11
For years, hiring for “culture fit” – finding candidates who fit into an organization’s culture – was the word of the day, but it has fallen out of favor. While prevailing wisdom once suggested that finding candidates who fit your company culture was the right way to hire, it’s become fraught with issues. If you rely on culture fit hiring, it can undermine your organization’s diversity and even shut people out based on their backgrounds.
Filed under tips for physician recruitment, recruiting culture add candidates, diversity in healthcare
Monday, March 21
Empathy has become an essential skill for business leaders. It’s a clear positive for working with people, and numerous reports now show that empathy is essential for everything from innovation to retention.
Filed under tips for physician recruitment, learning empathy, critical recruiter skills
Wednesday, February 23
Hiring and retaining staff is the #1 challenge for recruiters, hospitals, and healthcare facilities in 2022. We offered some tips in a previous article to ensure you’re recruiting, hiring, and retaining top physicians, but are you planning for coverage, too?
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Wednesday, February 23
This article was originally published on Doximity Hospital Solutions
While COVID cases are down in all 50 states, the most recent surge triggered an influx of activity at healthcare facilities across the country. Physicians are scrambling for up-to-date information to keep their patients healthy and that’s led to a dramatic uptick in COVID-related articles read on Doximity. Understanding what’s of interest to physicians can help you be a more effective partner to candidates. Here are the top four trends we’re seeing.
Filed under tips for physician recruitment, physician reading trends
Monday, January 31
The U.S. faces a significant healthcare staffing shortage that goes well beyond the physician shortage – nurses, providers, and even call center agents are in short supply. According to a recent article from Becker’s Hospital Review, almost 13 percent (772 of 6,004) of U.S. hospitals are experiencing critical staffing shortages, while nearly 22 percent (1,305 of 6,004) of hospitals reported anticipating shortages in the next week. It’s not easy running a hospital or a healthcare facility, and pipeline challenges brought on by the pandemic leading to widespread burnout haven’t made it any easier.
Filed under physician retention, tips for physician recruitment
Monday, January 17
Due to the vulnerabilities our healthcare system has been subject to, the last few years left many doctors feeling burned out, with some leaving the profession altogether. We’re facing a shortage of medical talent (Doximity’s new compensation survey underscores this concern), so physician recruiters must have an accurate view of physician compensation. That’s why the newly released 5th Annual Compensation Report is one of Doximity’s most important releases yet.
Filed under Physician compensation, tips for physician recruitment
Tuesday, January 04
We know you have a busy schedule that doesn’t leave you with much time on your hands, so in case you missed a blog post (or two) from Doximity in 2021, we’ve created a round-up of the most-read and shared articles of the year. We’ve even offered up a quick summary if you still don’t have time to read the entire article!
Filed under tips for physician recruitment, must-read articles
Monday, December 13
Concerns that the nation faces a looming physician shortage, particularly in primary care specialties, have been a point of discussion for years now. Physician recruiters have been in the trenches with a full understanding of where the workforce is coming up short, but do you have a clear understanding of the issues at hand?
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, rural physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Tuesday, November 16
We live in an era of instant information. The internet has revolutionized communication and changed the way we live. What’s more, people proactively select the information they want, and that’s created an era of instant sharing; we immediately share content, and sometimes content is shared without reading it thoroughly or doing any fact-checking.
Filed under physician recruitment tips, tips for physician recruitment, how to share information responsibly
Join us each month as we deep dive into a specific topic in healthcare recruiting, combining outside research and news with our own proprietary data and best practices. Webinars are free and open to everyone.
