Aug. 8, 2019 Healthcare Staffing Report Explore SIA benchmarking survey provides insights into per diem nurse trends. SIA benchmarking survey provides insights into per diem nurse trends Amy Chang | July 31, 2019 Staffing Industry Analysts conducted its inaugural 2019 Per Diem Nurse Benchmarking Survey. The full results of the survey were published in July directly to the respondent organizations. Thirteen companies participated in the survey, reporting a total of $713 million in US per diem nurse staffing revenue for 2018, which represented 20% of the estimated $3.6 billion market size in 2018.Click to find out more Healthcare executive search firm Grant Cooper acquired by Diversified Search July 31, 2019 Diversified Search, a Philadelphia-headquartered provider of retained search, acquired Grant Cooper, a healthcare executive search firm based in St. Louis.Click to find out more Compensation not as critical to rural doctors as administrators think: Jackson Physician Search July 31, 2019 Only 28% of physicians rank compensation as the top factor when considering a rural practice, according to research from Jackson Physician Search. On the other hand, 40% of hospital administrators rank it No. 1."Overall, our survey has shown that while compensation and other financial incentives matter, other factors swing the decision to accept an offer to practice in a rural community," said Tony Stajduhar, president of Jackson Physician Search.Click to find out more Triage Medical Staffing acquires Aspen Medical Staffing July 31, 2019 Triage Medical Staffing, which ranks as the 35th-largest US healthcare staffing firm, announced it acquired Aspen Medical Staffing LLC, a physical therapist-owned firm that places rehabilitation therapy professionals in travel, contract and permanent positions.Aspen was founded in 2014 and is based in St. Cloud, Minnesota."Our values and ambitions are so similarly aligned that joining forces with Aspen was a no-brainer," said John Maaske, CEO of Triage.Click to find out more SIA’s 40 Under 40 list of rising stars now online July 31, 2019 Staffing Industry Analysts' third annual list of the 40 Under 40 rising stars in staffing is now online. The 2019 list is not a ranking; it's a shout-out to those moving the industry forward.Click to find out more UK-based Search Consultancy acquires health and social care recruitment firm July 31, 2019 Glasgow-based recruitment firm Search Consultancy acquired health and social care recruitment firm SCP Aberdeen.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.SCP Aberdeen is owned by SCP Recruitment, which was founded in 2006. In 2015, SCP Recruitment was purchased by the City and County Healthcare Group, a provider of Domiciliary and Complex Care Services.SCP Aberdeen's staff will move in to the Search Aberdeen office as part of Search Healthcare. Search Healthcare has been operating since 2004.Click to find out more NHS Professionals names Nicola McQueen as CEO July 31, 2019 NHS Professionals, the UK's government-owned temporary staff supplier to the National Health Service, announced that it has appointed Nicola McQueen as its new chief executive officer, effective Sept. 2.McQueen has worked in the recruitment industry for more than 20 years, first joining Hays then moving to Capita.Click to find out more AI to replace low-level healthcare roles, says Indian Staffing Federation exec (Economic Times) July 31, 2019 Indian Staffing Federation President Rituparna Chakraborty spoke about the impact of AI on the country's healthcare sector in a recent Q & A published by the Economic Times. AI is poised to deliver significant improvements and transform the sector, Chakraborty said.Click to find out more The effect of Trump’s immigration policies on the talent pipeline July 31, 2019 With a record-low unemployment rate and a continued skills shortage, US employers are having to increasingly rely on the global talent pool to fill highly skilled positions. US universities and the contingent workforce have historically provided a steady pipeline of highly skilled workers to meet employers' needs.Click to find out more Connect older workers with Medicare guidance — The Staffing Stream August 1, 2019 Staffing/recruitment is a growing industry. Between 2014 and 2018, 3.7 million more Americans decided to start freelancing, some of them enlisting staffing agencies to help them find short- or long-term contracts, or part- or full-time jobs.Click to find out more
