Recruitment Research

What options should I choose in locating a Pulmonology physician for my practice?

Wondering whether to post your job opportunity on general employment sites?

Physician candidates don't have much time, so they are only likely to go to a few sites to look for jobs. They would most likely go to ones that specialized in physician jobs.

Wondering if these physician job-posting sites are effective?

The Internet is becoming more and more the place to go in finding physician jobs in all parts of the U.S.. It is by far becoming one of the most cost effective methods in finding qualified physician candidates outside of networking.

Wondering which sites to post your job opportunity on?

In our polling of physicians, we have found that physicians first turn to their own specialty physician community to find a job opportunity or partner. They might call the program where they trained, and also network with all the Orthopedists they have come to know over the years. They go on the Internet and find all the Orthopedic specialty sites to see if they might have job postings.

We would recommend at least advertising on a niche specialty physician employment site like PULMcareer.com (if you were having digestive problems, you would not first go to an ENT). Physicians are trained specialists. Physicians understand that if you want to be extremely competent as a physician, you have to specialize. It is the same in all realms of professional services.

We would also recommend listing your position on at least one of the larger general physician job posting sites. This might give you a little more exposure. In deciding which ones, we would recommend a site having many of the aspects that orthocareer.com has in being simple to use, provides a secure environment and offers some of the wonderful TIME-SAVING benefits and great customer service.

Should I use a professional recruiting firm to search for a physician candidate?

Based on your recruiting experience or understanding, time-frame and demand for finding a physician, we definitely recommend that you consider using a professional physician recruitment firm.

Again, we recommend one that specializes in recruiting physicians. Like you do when shopping for other professional services, ask how much experience they have in physician recruiting. Ask what they are going to do in marketing your job opportunity. Ask questions like do they send out fliers or do direct mailers, or post your opportunity on physician job posting sites. Ask how many sites, and does at least one of the sites specialize in your specialty. Again, you want someone whom you can trust and that is knowledgeable and experienced in your particular specialty.