I'm a Recruiter, help me to help you...

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You'd think it was easy. You need a job, we need an employee...right?

I am a nice guy, I care more about my candidates than my company. I would never steer a person wrong, I just cannot connect.

What am I/We the recruiters doing wrong? How can I do my job better to attract really good nurses?

BTW, we are not a staffing company so we really do care about our employees as they are part of our team and image. Any help would be greatly appreciated and for those of you want feedback from the "recruiters" perspective, please feel free to ask here as well.

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Specializes in ICU.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

If you don't work for a staffing agency ... what type of company do you work for? Are you a recruiter for a particular health care facility looking for advice on how to connect with nurses who might come and work for you? If so, you were not very clear about that in your original post.

Perhaps that is your problem -- lack of clarity in your communications. You should not reveal your name or company on this site -- but if you truly want help/advice, you need to communicate your situation clearly.

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Maybe you're recruiting for a facility that has a bad reputation. Poor staffing ratios, low pay. Those are reasons I would not be interested in a job, not necessarily a recruiter.

I will say to not waste candidates time. I recently did all the onboarding for a position that the facility did not even have a need for. They wasted my time so I will not work with them again. So being honest with good communication.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Please look at the specialty, education and skill set for those you try to recruit. I keep getting recruiter messages for night shifts on things like med-surg, renal floors, etc. I am an MSN that works in Professional Development. I don't understand why these recruiters keep fishing.

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same here!!! I just posted about this. I get travel ER and OR contract calls. I'm a peds nurse/ educator! Frustrating!

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I get how that is annoying to get emails about specialties that don't apply. I come across so many resumes that job seekers just list the hospital/facility name and very general duties. How would you know what their specialty is? Or what if you are trying to make a change? Do you want to keep getting emails about the unit you are currently in?

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