Recruiting Planning Strategy for Medical Staffing Agencies

Recruiting Planning Strategyof the box way of recruiting and finding candidates
Your recruiting strategy is fundamentally one of thequickly and effectively with the least expenditure
most important steps in starting your medical staffingattached to it. By means of satisfying your recruits
agency. If you cannot find the qualified talent to fillthey then become a dynamic vendor assistance
positions your will quickly ruin your reputation and thecenter, a walking representation of your company. The
ability for repeat business. Let’s take a look atrecruit is transformed into a marketing PR campaign.
what you can do to begin your recruiting planningThe recruit can only represent a medical staffing
strategy.agency positively if they have experienced a positive
The problem new agencies facestreamlined process in their hiring experience. Recruiting
As a new company you are eager to begin your newdynamics shows the many windows a medical
agency and reap the rewards associated with astaffing agency can succeed in the recruiting process.
successful staffing agency. A company I consulted forIgnoring the importance of one aspect of the recruiting
in a matter of six months was billing over $100,000 adynamic process will undermine the whole goal of a
year in their startup. They had planned for the potentialmedical staffing agency.
growth by securing methods to acquire recruits quicklyThe value of having your recruits, recruit can be
and effortlessly.calculated in terms of actual dollars, but more
The recruits you seek are often found in unlikelyimportantly is a gauge against failure to actualize client
places. Not all potential recruits are found in or in jobrelationships. Client relationships are beyond the scope
fairs. It is also unlikely that you will find all your recruits inof this report, yet it is also a facet of the strategic
trade magazines or respond to an ad in a newspaper.approach to recruiting.
Sometimes you will find the majority of your recruitsSo why should recruits work for you
using only one viable method.So why should recruits work for you, that is the
As a new company your problem will be to create aquestion that can easily be answered upon building a
process that allows a continual stream of recruitsfoundation with your recruiting efforts. The process of
calling you. This is the goal of any new medical staffingrecruiting can be individualized or seem to be
agency wishing to stay in business beyond the start-upindividualized. Holding the individual in a targeted
phase.branding effect builds a friendship that is more difficult
Cutting red tape making hiring easierto walk away from.
One of the other problems facing new medical staffingNew medical staffing agencies cannot compete
agencies is making it difficult to simply get theagainst multi-million dollars companies engaging in
employee working. It seems easy enough, but you willrecruiting the same candidates that you are recruiting.
be surprised how difficult it can become. I have seenUsing the same approach your “deep pocketed”
medical staffing agencies provide a 200 page manualcompetition is doing will quickly undermine your efforts
covering everything from mandated topics toand deal a mighty financial blow to your marketing
non-disclosure and requiring the recruit to sign eachdollars. It is best to approach your recruiting efforts to
page. Then the recruit is tested, tested and tested.attract potential recruits using a unique and long lasting
After three hours the employee is then required to gostrategy.
home and wait for their call.Part of the recruiting planning strategy is to formulate
Other companies loose recruits by not having quickthis plan ahead of time and understand your limitations
access to pay rates, invoices etc. Some recruits call inand the limitations of your competition. Within your
facilities for a quick on the spot pay rate, other recruitslimitations are found strengths that will attract recruits
don’t want to bother filling out huge forms beforeto work for you.
working. Some if not all of the red tape can beBuilding your recruiting foundation.
eliminated. You want to make the hiring processView each candidate as a potential recruiting
smooth, fast and to the point. The goal is to get therepresentative that will provide valuable assistance in
recruit working as fast as possible and stay long termthe growth of your medical staffing agency. Recruiting
with your company.planning strategy is part of the recruiting dynamic
Making your recruits, recruit.approach to securing a long lasting relationship with
The whole premise of recruiting planning strategy isyour recruits and future business.
found within the confines of recruiting dynamics: an out