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Tips for Successful Recruiting

  • Give a complete description of the position - The more information MedSource Consultants can provide to prospective candidates, the more interested these physicians will be your position(s). Beyond our questionnaire, any additional information provided on the community, schools, local attractions and other amenities is very helpful.

  • Include a rough compensation level -Compensation is a negotiable aspect of physician placement contingent on training, experience, personality, certifications, and available resources and confidentiality is of the utmost importance. However, providing your recruiter with a compensation range will assist us in answering the inevitable question, "What are they offering?"

  • Are additional benefits available? - Your location may qualify for federal and/or state loan repayment. Some clients include signing bonuses for the right candidate. Some offer to pay off school loans and, in return, the candidate offers to stay for a lengthier term. Think about your options and ask us for suggestions.

  • Actively interview various candidates - - It is in your facility's best interest to consider various candidates as prospective physicians are generally looking at multiple opportunities. This approach affords you the chance to select from several qualified candidates and gives you some alternatives.

  • Provide timely feedback - Feedback on received CV's allows us to be courteous to the physicians you forego, tactfully telling them that there is no interest, and further indicates what sort of candidates you are ultimately interested in. This way, we can provide you with more job-specific CV's, consequently increasing the odds of finding the ideal candidate for your opportunity. Feedback on the interviews works much in the same way. You can expect timely feedback from your recruiter so your facility can make appropriate and prompt decisions about each candidate.

  • Provide interview itineraries & directions - An itinerary gives the physician something to look forward to and prepare for and it also prepares you. An interview can be as simple as a 2-hour visit with the hiring entity or a full day's interview with the entire staff. Possibilities include meeting with key physicians and ancillary staff the candidate will be working with, administrators, and program directors. Lunch or dinner is customary. Many organizations include real estate tours in their interviews.

  • Use us to help you - We assist in everything from facilitating a phone interview between the client and candidate to negotiating the contract. We have a great deal of experience in these areas and have many suggestions on how to overcome obstacles.

  • Don't prolong the process - Certainly, no rushed decisions should be made, but keep in mind that the physicians you are interviewing are constantly being presented and pursued by other opportunities. Once the decision is made by both parties to proceed, expedite the process and put deadlines on contract offerings.