The healthcare industry continues to face challenges in managing its workforce because the dynamics are ever-changing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making the recruiting process easier by streamlining processes that are incredibly time-consuming for recruiters. AI can also amend challenges like inefficiencies in the recruiting process, workforce shortages and unintentional bias. Here are just some ways that using AI can improve healthcare recruiting.
Job Descriptions and Advertising
Crafting the perfect job description can be time consuming. With the assistance of generative AI, your recruiters can optimize job descriptions quickly, pulling key words and phrases that potential candidates will most-use when looking for work. 57% of people surveyed said it makes it faster and easier to write job descriptions, freeing up time for other work they need to get done. You can also use AI to create the perfect advertisement that targets candidates with the right experience or that have certain specialties. Using AI crafted advertisements can allow you to reach an audience you otherwise would have never met and produce better, more qualified candidates.
Screening Candidates and Reducing Bias
Using AI can make screening candidates simpler than ever before. The most time-consuming aspect of recruiting is still manually reviewing resumes, and an average hire requires a recruiter to spend 23 hours screening resumes and shortlisting applicants for interviews. AI technology such as ChatGPT can help recruiters identify the best candidates quickly, eliminating resumes that do not match what they are looking for. Chat GPT can evaluate resumes based on qualifications, education, skills, experience, and anything else that your organization deems important in filling an open position for your company.
Eliminating bias is crucial, especially in the healthcare industry where healthcare professionals directly impact patient care. AI technology can eliminate bias by focusing on the candidate’s qualifications and not any other subjective aspects such as age, ethnicity, and gender.
Engagement and Communication
In today’s competitive job market, keeping candidates engaged is crucial in securing the best talent. 69% of job searchers think that the area that can be improved the most is the response time given to applicants awaiting a hiring decision. Using AI tools like chatbots is a great way to keep potential candidates in the loop. Chatbots can answer questions, give updates, and even schedule interviews. You can set up a chatbot to operate 24/7 so there is never a time where a potential candidate will not have access to answers they need. AI tools can also analyze preferences of each candidate so that there is personalized communication to keep them engaged.
Planning for the Future
Being prepared for the future with your staff is critical in the healthcare industry. In healthcare, you must be prepared with the correct number of staff with the appropriate skill sets to properly take care of patients. Early adopters of AI-powered recruiting software reported a 75% reduction in cost per screen and a 35% reduction in turnover. AI technology can analyze data to see what help is needed based on the patients you have. Using AI can allow your staff to create recruiting strategies and prevent your organization from being short staffed.
Using AI to Improve Healthcare Recruiting
AI is transforming the healthcare recruiting world as we know it and is combating challenges recruiters face when trying to secure the best candidates possible. AI is improving healthcare recruiting by streamlining the creation of job descriptions and advertisements, screening candidates and reducing bias, improving candidate engagement and communication, and allowing organizations to better plan for what could come. And as always YM Careers Network can help you recruit the best healthcare professionals and promote your open positions to as many qualified candidates as possible.
