Healthcare Leadership Trends for 2025
Finding quality candidates and overall recruiting difficulties In the strenuous hunt for leadership talent, 43% of Trends respondents consider their ability to attract quality candidates for executive vacancies to be extremely or very challenging (Figure 10) . That figure is a slightly encouraging drop from 48% last year. But it is still elevated and joins the 37% registering moderate challenge to depict recruiting difficulty. Only 20% indicated minimal challenges. Again, a divergence materialized based on organizational size. Half of small and 46% of medium-sized hospitals labeled attracting quality an extremely or very challenging task versus 33% for large institutions. Smaller organizations frequently account for this differential by citing executive candidate perceptions of geographic, size, and other disadvantages relative to larger employers. Overcoming these barriers requires optimizing recruiting efforts and building a strong employee value proposition.
DIFFICULTY FINDING QUALITY CANDIDATES
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EXTREMELY CHALLENGING VERY CHALLENGING MODERATELY CHALLENGING SLIGHTLY CHALLENGING NOT CHALLENGING AT ALL
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SOURCE OF GRATEST RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES
36%: Both 30%: Middle Management 11%: Senior Management 23%: Not Experiencing Difficulties at This Level
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Figure 10
Figure 10 displays an allied chart showing that 77% of respondents have difficulty filling positions. Thirty-six percent are challenged with both senior and mid-level leadership. Another 30% face the greatest hurdles in the middle executive tiers. The results were consistent across small, medium and large institutions.
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