April 14, 2003

Men Are Much in the Sights of Recruiters in Nursing
Posted by jbutler@bostonworks.com">Jason Butler at 8:58 AM -

NYT: Hospitals are pinning their hopes of easing the staffing shortage on the single demographic group with the sheer numbers to make a difference: men.

The industry has stepped up efforts to recruit men, concentrating on those with a background in medicine, like paramedics and orderlies, but also aiming at areas like firefighting, the military, Wall Street and even the tattered dot-com industry.

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