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Healthcare Recruitment 2020: The Good, the Bad and the Future

Hospital Recruiting

To say 2020 was a difficult year is an understatement. Lessons will be learned as we examine the effect the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the industry and staffers in the coming years. While healthcare attrition has statistically been higher than national averages (about 15% pre-pandemic), 2020 saw nurse turnover vary from 8.8%

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

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million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to Glassdoor’s Jobs & Hiring Trends for 2020 report, baby boomers—those 65 or older—will become the fastest-growing workforce, a trend the report calls the “gray wave.” The number of job openings in the U.S. fell from 7.6 million in January 2019 to 6.8

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Quickly Recruiting and Onboarding Retired Healthcare Workers Without Compromising Safety

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Quickly Recruiting and Onboarding Retired Healthcare Workers Without Compromising Safety Apr. Recruiting healthcare workers out of retirement has been a primary strategy for organizations needing to fill such critical gaps in their workforce. People are engaging retired workers to fill the roles that we need,” Guggisberg says.

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How You can Solve the Nursing Shortage

Precheck

Before 2020, the healthcare industry was already grappling with nursing shortages due to several factors. At the same time, many experienced registered nurses who are part of the boomer generation are retiring, further exacerbating the shortage. How You can Solve the Nursing Shortage Jul. The pandemic worsened an existing problem.

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Top Takeaways from Cisive’s Healthcare Talent Screening Benchmark Report

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Companies that may have previously had no work from home policies had to establish them quickly, while also facing a steep learning curve for how to translate in-person processes like interviewing, hiring, and onboarding into virtual communication. The healthcare industry was facing staffing shortages before COVID-19. According to the U.S.

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How To Solve the Nursing Shortage

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We've been dealing with shortages before the pandemic Before 2020, the healthcare industry was already grappling with nursing shortages due to several factors. At the same time, many experienced registered nurses who are part of the boomer generation are retiring, further exacerbating the shortage. When did the nursing shortage begin?

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Helping Employees Prepare for Retirement

Extensis

Quick look: It’s October, meaning it’s both “spooky season” and National Retirement Security Month. October is National Retirement Security Month, a time that is officially dedicated to “acknowledging the need to raise public awareness of a variety of tax-preferred retirement vehicles.” The state of retirement today.