Cost of Recruiting

The Hidden Costs of Healthcare Recruiting—And How Agencies Can Help

Behind every unfilled healthcare role lies more than just an empty position—it’s revenue lost, productivity down, and patients waiting. Recruiting a physician can cost up to $50,000, with unfilled positions racking up $7,000–$9,000 in lost revenue per day. It’s a costly problem—and a powerful opportunity for agencies. Why Speed and Strategy Matter The average healthcare…

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Opportunities for New, Small, and Mid-Size Agencies

  The overall opportunity outlook for startups and small healthcare recruiting and staffing agencies in the U.S. over the next 10 years is highly positive and robust, driven by persistent workforce shortages, an aging population, and evolving care models. Knowing how and when to take advantage of these opportunities is key to successfully building your…

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The Future of U.S. Healthcare Recruiting and Staffing: Market Outlook to 2034

The U.S. healthcare staffing and recruiting industry is experiencing a solid growth trend. Industry revenue stood at $21 to $45 billion during 2022–2023 and research indicates it will expand to up to $80 billion by 2034 while maintaining a 6% compound annual growth rate. The increasing market demand will create opportunities for new agencies as…

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Is This a Good Time to Start a Medical Staffing Agency?

Yes—especially in permanent placement. Starting this business requires minimal capital and offers flexibility and lower launch costs. The entry threshold for more complicated temporary staffing businesses remains high, but successful specialization in staffing leads to substantial profits. This is MSC’s specialty – helping new agencies get started and be successful in permanent placement, temporary staffing…

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Senior Leadership and Allied Health Recruiting Represents a Strategic Choice That Delivers Strong Returns On Investment (Part 2)

Pro Tips for Winning in Senior-Level Healthcare Recruiting Be Strategic with Sourcing The combination of executive search methods with social media outreach and candidate database searches enables you to discover hidden talent. MSC has the tools and resources to help you jumpstart your sourcing efforts. Vet Candidates Thoroughly Go beyond resumes. A combination of detailed…

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Senior Leadership and Allied Health Recruiting Represents a Strategic Choice That Delivers Strong Returns On Investment (Part 1)

Looking to become an executive healthcare recruiter leader? Medical Staffing Consultants provides training, tools, and support to help you launch a successful agency or enhance your existing agency performance and reputation. Let’s build something remarkable together. We’re ready when you are. Senior Leadership and Allied Health Recruiting Represents a Strategic Choice That Delivers Strong Returns On Investment….

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Medical Staffing During COVID-19

In light of COVID-19, finding additional staff to meet the volume of patients’ needs in an expert and efficient manner is of upmost importance to healthcare facilities. They do not want their resources, standards, or quality of the workforce at their facility to be compromised by being overly taxed physically or emotionally. Medical staffing and…

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On the Front Lines: Healthcare heroes step up to fight Covid-19

In one 48-hour period, more than 500 physicians and advance practice providers connected to a healthcare staffing firm saying they are ready for assignments to fight the pandemic, the CEO Natasha Lee told me recently. Among those were clinicians the company had already been in contact with as well as retired professionals as well as…

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State Hospital Associations: A Market Overview

Every state in the U.S. has a state hospital association that includes most of the hospitals throughout the state. Traditionally, these associations have been formed for hospitals to share information about issues including patient outcome data, safety measures, compliance issues with Department of Health regulations, and Joint Commission accreditation changes. Some state hospital associations function…

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