How to Start a Health Care Recruitment Business

Establish a health care recruitment business.

While the economy may falter, the health care field continues to grow, absorbing more workers yearly and accounting for many of the fastest-growing professions in the United States. Some people study a health care profession but find it difficult to find the right job afterward. They may want to work part-time, need to work in a certain location or want to work with a specified population. Health care recruiters can match the health care workers with the professional situation that works well for them, satisfying health care workers and their clients while earning a good living.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access

Instructions

1. Develop a database for health care workers for the health care recruitment business. List the applicants who apply for work as a health care worker. The database should list the health care worker applicants' personal information, contact information, professional credentials, employment history, references and preferred employment situation. OpenOffice.org provides a free open source office suite that allows people to set up a database for free.

2. Develop a client database for the health care recruitment business. List the clients together with their locations, personnel/human resources director, type of health care business and the health care workers that they wish to hire. Keep an active list on the database, noting files that are open and a non-active list noting clients who do not presently need workers, but who have in the past and may again. Note institutions for which the health care recruitment business had successfully recruited a worker for a client.

3. Ascertain the state requirements for licensing of all health care professionals. Check every applicant's license to ensure that she holds a current recognized state license for the profession for which she is applying. Some licensing divisions of state Departments of Health maintain a database of licenses issued for health care professionals. This allows citizens to directly check on the licensing status of individual health care workers.

4. Decide on a fee structure for collecting commissions when the health care recruitment business successfully places a health care worker. Professional organizations for health care recruiters, such as the Academy of Health Care Recruiters, can serve as a professional resource for health care recruiters and can assist in organizing appropriate fee structures according to the going rates.

5. Recruit health care workers seeking employment. Attend university job fairs and other job fairs organized by local community organizations, such as churches and community centers. Place notices in local newspapers alerting the community to the job openings through the health care recruitment business. Set up a website that allows potential applicants to contact the health care recruitment business to apply for openings.

6. Contact local health care institutions and facilities to introduce the health care recruitment business. Meet with personnel directors of hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and other institutions that may want to hire new health care workers. Create a brochure for the health care recruitment business and leave it with the directors. The brochure should state clearly what services the health care recruitment business offers and how it can help health care institutions meet their personnel needs quickly and efficiently. Recontact the personnel directors periodically to touch base and maintain a connection.

7. Request an Employer Identification Number (EIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov) and register your health recruitment business with your state's Department of Revenue/Taxation to begin the process of paying taxes.

References

• HealthDegrees: Health Care Field Growing
• Health Care Recruitment

Resources

• Open Office: Open Source Worksheets
• Academy of Health Care Recruiters