- Solutions
- Products
- Community
- Resources
- Company
Create incredible candidate experiences that communicate your brand, mission, and values with recruitment marketing solutions.
Learn moreCommunicate effectively and efficiently with the candidates that can drive your business forward.
Learn moreSelect the right candidates to drive your business forward and simplify how you build winning, diverse teams.
Learn moreHelp your best internal talent connect to better opportunities and see new potential across your entire organization.
Learn moreCommunicate collectively with large groups of candidates and effectively tackle surges in hiring capacity.
Learn moreAccess tools that help your team create a more inclusive culture and propel your DEI program forward.
Learn moreRebound and respond to the new normal of retail with hiring systems that are agile enough to help you forge ahead.
Learn moreAccelerate the hiring of key talent to deliver point of care and support services that meet and exceed your promise of patient satisfaction.
Learn moreAttract and engage candidates with technical competencies, accelerate hiring for much-needed skills, and advance expertise within your valued workforce.
Learn moreSimplify how you recruit finance, insurance, and banking candidates with a unified platform built to match top talent with hard-to-fill roles.
Learn moreYour business strategy depends on your people strategy. Keep both in lockstep with the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreBuild an engaging, high-converting talent pipeline that moves your business forward.
Learn moreDeliver the innovation your talent team needs, along with the global scale and security you demand.
Learn moreDeliver tailored technology experiences that delight users and power your talent transformation with the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreThe #1 ATS in market share, our cloud-based recruiting software is built for both commercial and large, global employers.
Learn more Talk to salesAttract the best talent for your business with powerful, on-brand career websites that excite candidates and drive engagement.
Learn more Talk to salesCombine behavior-based marketing automation with AI insights to build talent pipelines, engage candidates with multi-channel marketing campaigns, and automatically surface the right talent for the job.
Learn more Talk to salesEmpower candidates with automated self-service, qualification screening, and interview scheduling through an AI-enabled digital assistant.
Learn more Talk to salesSimplify employee onboarding with automated processes that maximize engagement and accelerate productivity.
Learn more Talk to salesVerify skills with game-changing levels of automation and simplicity to improve the quality of hire at scale.
Learn more Talk to salesModernize, streamline, and accelerate your communication with candidates and employees.
Learn more Talk to salesTransform the talent experience by showcasing your authentic employer brand through employee-generated video testimonials.
Learn more Talk to salesSimplify recruiting, dynamically engage talent, and reduce hiring bias with job matching and recruiting chatbot technology.
Learn moreStreamline and centralize your HR tech stack with configurable, flexible, secure and reliable integrations.
Learn moreHow a beloved restaurant hires 40,000+ annually with a great candidate experience.
Learn moreThousands strong, our global community of talent professionals includes creatives, innovators, visionaries, and experts.
Learn moreTogether we’re creating the world’s largest ecosystem of integrated recruiting technologies.
Learn morePartner with our global professional services team to develop a winning strategy, build your team and manage change.
Learn moreExplore our network of more than 300 certified, trusted third-party service and advisory partners.
Learn moreUncover unique market insights, explore best practices and gain access to talent experts across out library of content.
Get resourcesExpert guidance about recruitment solutions, changes in the industry, and the future of talent.
Learn moreStay up to date with the latest terminology and verbiage in the HR software ecosystem.
Learn moreEmployers everywhere improve hiring efficiently and save money using iCIMS. Estimate the potential business value you can achieve.
Learn moreDive into the Class of 2023 Report highlighting this cohort’s expectations and where employers are willing — and able — to meet them.
Watch nowPartner with iCIMS to build the right strategies, processes, and experience to build a winning workforce.
Learn moreExpert guidance about recruitment solutions, changes in the industry, and the future of talent.
Learn moreDeliver the innovation your talent team needs, along with the global scale and security you demand.
Learn moreView press releases, media coverage, and the latest hiring data. See what analysts are saying about iCIMS.
Learn moreiCIMS is the Talent Cloud company that empowers organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the talent that builds a winning workforce.
Learn moreGet to know the award-winning leadership team shaping the future of the recruiting software industry.
Learn moreWe believe the future of work isn't something that "happens" to you. It's something you create. We actively create the future of work with our customers every day.
Learn moreiCIMS is committed to being a responsible and ethical corporate citizen, which is why Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives are strategic imperatives.
Learn moreStreamline your tech stack and take advantage of a better user experience and stronger data governance with ADP and the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreThe combined power of iCIMS and Infor helps organizations strategically align their business and talent objectives.
Learn moreOur award-winning partnership with Microsoft is grounded in a shared desire to transform the workplace and the hiring team experience.
Learn moreOur partnership with Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) supports the entire talent lifecycle by bringing frictionless recruiting solutions to UKG Pro Onboarding.
Learn moreLet’s get in touch. Reach out to learn more about iCIMS products and services.
Learn more
January 17, 2019 
3 min read
In the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st century, retail and manufacturing were the largest job providers in the United States. But by 2018, healthcare reigned supreme. Over the course of almost 20 years, manufacturing and retail yielded more than 7 million and 2.4 million jobs, respectively, to the healthcare industry, which now employs more than 18 million people in the country. Even after numerous revisions to the Affordable Care Act and uncertainty over how the government will handle future healthcare policies, the industry has still managed to add an average of 24,000 jobs per month, and statistics point to even further growth:
But what is driving this growth in healthcare hiring? Here are five trends that drive healthcare recruitment in the U.S.:
As noted above, the population is aging as baby boomers become the largest generation to ever reach retirement age. It’s common knowledge that as we age, we need more in terms of medical care – but the numbers are striking. More than two-thirds of older Americans suffer from multiple chronic conditions, while people over 65 on average stay in the hospital three times as long as those under 65. That number then jumps to four times as long when people reach age 75, at which time they’re more likely to need care at a skilled nursing care center or assisted living facility.
Unfortunately, as the population ages, so does its healthcare professionals. The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates that more than a third of practicing physicians will turn 65 by the year 2027, which could mean a shortage of more than 100,000 physicians by 2030. This shortage presents a recruitment challenge as older healthcare professionals retire and are replaced by those with significantly less experience, leading to hard-to-fill job openings.
Estimates show healthcare spending will reach $5.7 trillion by 2026, which includes money spent on medication and medical equipment. However, it’s believed that those expenditures will pale in comparison to the amount spent on the growing healthcare workforce during that time.
Looking from a different angle, there’s reason to believe healthcare hiring will continue to expand. The U.S. government subsidizes healthcare in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits and tax breaks for employers that provide health insurance options. This protection allows the healthcare industry to grow even during economic downturns, evidenced by the fact that the industry actually thrived during the Great Recession.
Most other industries contend with new realities brought on by automation, but healthcare remains resistant. Healthcare professionals may soon depend on AI for tasks like scheduling and hospital admissions and discharges, but doctors and nurses cannot be replaced. It’s impossible for a computer to replicate the personal touch and expert intuition that comes with several years of education and medical practice.
Globalization has brought several opportunities and challenges to industries like manufacturing, but the need for local healthcare services means that a professional workforce will always be in demand. While telehealth may be enough for a mild sickness, patients with any serious conditions must be seen in person by a healthcare professional. As the population ages and moves to retiree-friendly states, you may see more healthcare professionals following them.
These trends point to exponential growth in the healthcare industry and present both opportunities and challenges for recruitment teams. Read our Healthcare Recruitment Report to learn how your team can hire hard-to-fill roles faster, address high employee turnover exacerbated by retirement and hire the right staff to improve patient satisfaction rates.
