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Don’t forget new media in your recruitment search
Congratulations, you have decided to hire another hospitalist to your team. Where do you start? Traditional networking still works. Place classified ads, and network with colleagues for insights on potential candidates. It’s a great start, but even better, go online. Interactive media has transformed the way job searches are conducted today.
Here are tips for how to put these tools to good use and find the perfect candidate:
- Ensure your print ad does double duty
Many general medical journals, medical associations, and healthcare recruiters place print ads on their Web sites at no extra charge. These sites often enable visitors to search by geography and specialty and offer alerts when a position matching a candidate’s criteria becomes available.
Happy spouse = Happy physician + recruitment success
Organizational “fit” and “family” considerations are the two most important forces in physician retention, according to results from the recent 2008 Physician Retention Survey from Cejka Search and the AMGA.
Fit—or how the physician adapts and thrives within the organizational culture—is essential (and the subject of another blog!).
The other consideration, family, is just as critical to a physician’s decision whether to leave a practice or not. The reason why half of all physicians leave is attributable to family: 18% of survey respondents leave the practice because the spouse’s job required relocation, and 32% relocated to be closer to family.
Job (Dis)satisfaction factors
Medical groups are taking the time to better understand what factors cause job satisfaction—and dissatisfaction, as reported on the recent 2008 Physician Retention Survey by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search.
Among all survey respondents, 66% of the AMGA medical group members confirmed that they poll their physicians on job satisfaction levels; of those, 61% reported they conduct these satisfaction surveys on an annual basis.
Welcome new blogger Nancy Burns of Cejka Search!
Nancy Burns, MBA, is the manager of industry research and publications for Cejka Search, a nationally recognized physician and executive search organization providing services exclusively to the healthcare industry for more than 25 years. In her role, she is responsible for managing media relations and marketing outreach to our healthcare association and industry partners.
You might remember Cejka Search’s “Recruitment Tip of the Month” feature from Hospitalist Leadership Advisor, the print newsletter supplement to Medical Staff Briefing. We’re moving Cejka’s contributions online to this blog for faster, quicker access.
More advanced practitioners on the horizon, survey says
Medical organizations are increasing the number of advanced practitioners (PAs, NPs, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) on staff to support physicians, according to the Cejka Search and the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) "2008 Physician Retention Survey," released on March 2.
Nearly 96% of the 50 respondents, who collectively employ nearly 10,000 physicians across the country, represent multi-specialty groups. Of those 96%, 65% said they provide a hospitalist service.
