Recruitment & Retention Trends

As a Senior Director here at myCNAjobs I have the pleasure of talking with agency owners and recruiters from all across the country. One of the biggest questions I hear is “What do you see happening in my market?” While there are trends and challenges that spread nationwide, it is true that each market is unique. While doing a webinar on Hiring STNAs in Columbus, I picked out a few interesting pieces of information on Columbus caregiver recruitment.

Home care is a highly local business. From community connections to meeting clients and even hiring Caregivers, each market is unique. Recently we took a local look at interesting data and trends for agencies hiring Caregivers in the greater Boston area. You can watch the full replay below, and here a few highlights: 

We talked about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, or WOTC, in our previous post Hidden Tax Credits for Caregivers: How Caregivers & CNAs Could be Worth Even More to Your Business. If you don’t currently file for WOTC, you could be leaving cash on the table. How can this credit be a part of your Caregiver recruitment process to open an extra revenue stream for your business?

As a Senior Director here at myCNAjobs I have the pleasure of talking with agency owners and recruiters from all across the country. One of the biggest questions I hear is “What do you see happening in my market?” While there are trends and challenges that spread nationwide, it is true that each market is unique. While doing a webinar on Hiring CNAs in Indianapolis, I picked out a few interesting pieces of information on Indianapolis Caregiver recruitment.

Home care is a highly local business. From community connections to meeting clients and even hiring Caregivers, each market is unique. Recently we took a local look at interesting data and trends for agencies hiring Caregivers in the greater DC and Northern Virginia area. You can watch the full replay below, and here a few highlights:

“I get calls at 5am from Caregivers with all kinds of reasons for why they can’t come to work. I also get the calls from clients and family members when a caregiver just decides to not show up at all.”

Donna is the Office Manager for a medium sized home care agency in rural Ohio. She’s the one who deals with all the unplanned caregiver absences.

“I get two to three call-outs a week—sometimes more, sometimes less,” reports Donna.  “Each time, it’s a mad scramble to figure out the replacement. Most of the time, it takes two to three hours to find a replacement and get them to the client’s location.  Sometimes, there is no replacement available at all.”

Home care is a highly local business. From community connections to meeting clients and even hiring Caregivers, each market is unique. Recently we took a local look at interesting data and trends for agencies hiring Caregivers in the greater Columbus area. You can watch the full replay below, and here a few highlights:

As a Senior Director here at myCNAjobs I have the pleasure of talking with agency owners and recruiters from all across the country. One of the biggest questions I hear is “What do you see happening in my market?” While there are trends and challenges that spread nationwide, it is true that each market is unique. While doing a webinar on Hiring CNAs in Boston, I picked out a few interesting pieces of information on Boston caregiver recruitment

Every step of Caregiver recruitment comes with it’s own challenges, and the interview process is no different. 44% of Caregivers report they would turn down a job offer if they didn’t feel the interview went well. But that raises the question, what do Caregivers look for in an interview? We asked them, and it comes down to these “Critical 8” things to focus on when interviewing and hiring Caregivers.