Ask any recruiter what tops a candidate’s list of priorities, and you’ll hear the same answer I’ve heard for decades: compensation. Our latest nationwide survey of physicians and advanced practice providers, conducted in partnership with healthcare research and advisory firm Advisory Board, confirms that pay still reigns supreme in job selection.

But here’s the takeaway staffing leaders can’t afford to miss: Once you match the market on compensation, the real differentiators are schedule flexibility, work-life balance and meaningful benefits. In other words, if you can’t match your competitors on pay, then outperform them on everything else that matters. READ MORE