If your recruitment process feels like déjà vu, you’re not imagining it. You brief the agencies, wait for CVs, reject most of them, chase the rest, then start again. It’s time-consuming, repetitive and rarely delivers the hire you actually need. Here’s why it happens, and what you can do instead.

You Post the Job. Brief the Agencies. Wait. Repeat.

Sound familiar?

 You post the vacancy
You brief five agencies
You get twenty CVs
You reject eighteen
You chase two
You start again

This is what Occupational Health recruitment looks like for far too many providers. A constant loop of repetition and lost time. And while you are stuck in that loop, the right candidates are saying yes to someone else.

Everyone is running. Nobody is winning.

The Problem Isn’t Just the Process. It’s the Players.

Most agency models are built around volume. CVs are sent without context. Candidates are poorly briefed. There is no insight, no proper follow-up and no ownership of results.

So internal teams try to take control. But if you are juggling dozens of vacancies or managing a multi-site service, that quickly turns into firefighting.

You don’t need more people doing the same thing. You need a partner who understands Occupational Health and knows how to hire into it.

What a Better Process Looks Like

This isn’t about reinventing the wheel. It’s about doing the basics properly.

Fewer agencies. More focus
Briefing five agencies guarantees divided attention. We only take on roles we know we can deliver and we give them our full focus.

Better briefs. Better candidates
We don’t just list duties. We explain the role, the team and the type of person who will thrive. That level of clarity attracts the right people.

Insight, not admin
We tell you what the market is doing, what candidates are saying and where the process is stuck. We don’t just pass messages on.

No fluff. No filler
You won’t get a stack of CVs just to prove we’re busy. You’ll get a handful of properly qualified, properly briefed candidates. Last year, we had zero rebates.

We Get the Tough Stuff Done

Some roles stay open because the brief is too vague. Some because your reputation in the market needs a reset. Others because the right candidate is unsure if they are ready to move.

We have seen it all. And we’ve filled the roles that other agencies couldn’t. Not by doing more of the same, but by doing it better. Strategic. Focused. Fast-moving. Proper recruitment.

If It Feels Like Groundhog Day, Step Off the Track

Hiring in Occupational Health doesn’t have to be this hard. If you’re stuck briefing and chasing and rebriefing again, maybe it’s time for a reset.

Let’s have a proper conversation about what’s going wrong and how to put it right.

Need expert recruitment support in Occupational Health or Corporate Healthcare?

At Recruiting Heads, we don’t do generic. We work with healthcare leaders who need roles filled quickly, with care and without drama. Whether it’s a senior clinical hire or a critical leadership role, we’ve been placing hard-to-reach talent for over 25 years.

Ready to talk? No waffle. No juniors. Just seasoned recruiters who know the sector inside out.