SURVEY - Healthcare Industry Hiring Projections - Industry Trend or Event

Health Management Technology, May, 1999

Healthcare Industry Hiring Projections Remain High

The employment outlook for executive, professional and sales workers in the healthcare industry remains very optimistic, according to the latest hiring survey conducted by Management Recruiters International, Inc. (MRI), a subsidiary of CDI Corp.

Of the executives surveyed who have responsibility for hiring in the healthcare industry, 46% plan to increase staffs over the next six months, down by only 2.3 points from the second half of 1998. Another 42.8% plan to maintain their current staff sizes, up by 0.8 of a point, and 11.2% plan decreases, up by 1.5 points.

By comparison, of the 5,606 executives polled for all industries, the national average for projected new hires is 53.2%, while 38.4% plan to maintain, and 8.4% plan to reduce staff sizes. Overall, new hire projections during the first half of 1999 remain among the highest ever recorded in the eighteen-year history of the survey.

Allen Salikof, president of MRI, commented, "Plans for new hires at the

professional/managerial level in the healthcare industry have been very steady for the past several years, particularly in segments such as managed care. There have been no major downward swings and none are on the immediate horizon."

Ongoing National Survey

This is the 42nd in an ongoing series of polls conducted by Management Recruiters International, Inc. (MRI). The survey was conducted under the guidance of the Professional Management Foundation, in accordance with the professional and ethical standards of the American Marketing Association and the Marketing Research Association. A summary of the findings is available free of charge from MRI, 200 Public Square, 31st Floor, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attention: Karen Bloomfield, 800-875-4000; ksb@mricorp.mrinet.com.