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Hiring managers across industries may struggle to attract and retain talent as an exhausted workforce pivots to post-pandemic life. Among healthcare workers, nurses in particular have reported widespread burnout, with some planning to leave their jobs for other roles outside of direct patient care, or to retire.
Now, health systems are offering steep sign-on bonuses. They’re looking to fill permanent roles as delayed care ramps back up, after relying heavily on expensive travel nurses throughout the pandemic.
Georgia-based Piedmont Healthcare is offering sign-on bonuses of up to $30,000 to attract new nurses to work there, so long as they commit to stay for two years,