By Darrell Stollings, RN – ER/ICU Nurse & Physician Recruiter Over the last several years, I’ve spoken with more physicians leaving large hospital systems than at any other point in my recruiting career. Before physician recruiting, I spent years working as an ER and ICU nurse. That background gave me the opportunity to work alongside
It’s the Monday before Memorial Day. You’re up early with a mug of coffee in hand, reviewing your physician outreach list, organizing cold calls you worked on over the weekend, and touching base with recruiters about potential split opportunities. For many recruiters, this routine is familiar. But this year feels different. The year is nearly
By Darrell Stollings RN — Founder, MDdocjobs | Army Medic Veteran | Former ER/ICU RN Hello from sunny St. Pete, Florida. Years ago, I moved here from Ohio after getting out of the Army and earning my RN degree. Ohio winters were long, grey, and brutal. I wanted sunshine, a better lifestyle, and more time
By Darrell Stollings RN | MDdocjobs Something has quietly changed in medicine. Physicians who once would have hung their own shingle are now actively seeking groups. After 16 years in physician recruiting — and years at the bedside before that — here’s what I’ve watched happen, and what it means for how we recruit in
Content: Most physician jobs don’t fail because of pay. They fail because physicians never see them. In 2026, physicians don’t rely on recruiters or job boards first.They go to Google — and if your job isn’t showing there, it doesn’t exist. This is the biggest shift happening in physician recruiting right now. “Most physician jobs
By Darrell Stollings, RN – Former ER/ICU Nurse & Physician Recruiter I spent years as an ER and ICU nurse before I became a physician recruiter. That background gives me something most recruiters don’t have — I actually know what it feels like to work alongside physicians every day. And what I’ve watched shift over
Population explosions. Aging demographics. Physician shortages hitting critical levels. These 10 markets are generating the most urgent physician demand in the country — and the recruiters who understand them are winning searches others can’t figure out. Physician recruiting has never been a one-size-fits-all business. What’s driving demand in Tampa Bay looks completely different from what’s
The math no longer works for locum agencies paying per-placement fees and expensive subscriptions. Here’s why the smartest agencies are changing how they source physicians — and what they’re using instead. If you run a locum tenens agency, you already know the recruiting math is brutal. You’re placing physicians into short-term assignments, which means your
