Healthcare Talent Intelligence • Workforce Strategy • Executive Advisory
On The Mark helps healthcare executives transform talent acquisition into a strategic business advantage through workforce intelligence, executive research, AI strategy, and evidence-based advisory. We translate talent data into executive decisions that improve recruitment, strengthen retention, and support long-term organizational growth.
Built by a healthcare talent acquisition executive. Designed for healthcare executives.
Healthcare leaders aren't struggling because they can't fill jobs. They're struggling because workforce shortages now affect:
The Executive Lens
Hospitals aren't struggling because they can't recruit. They're struggling because workforce challenges have become business challenges. We help healthcare executives answer questions like:
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FEATURE — The Healthcare Workforce Executive Scorecard
Healthcare leaders aren't short on workforce data. The challenge is knowing which signals deserve executive attention. The Healthcare Workforce Executive Scorecard gives healthcare leaders a practical framework for monitoring 10 critical workforce metrics and determining when performance is stable, when it deserves attention, and when action may be required.
Free PDF · 12-minute read · Built for healthcare workforce leaders.
Advisory Solutions
Every engagement draws on the same data and frameworks behind our published research.
For leaders who need an outside, evidence-based perspective on workforce risk before it reaches the board.
Learn more →For organizations planning clinical staffing years ahead, not scrambling months out.
Learn more →For teams whose hiring model hasn't kept pace with the volume or complexity they now face.
Learn more →For executives deciding where AI genuinely improves talent acquisition — and where it introduces risk.
Learn more →For leaders who need real data behind workforce decisions, not instinct.
Learn more →For boards making senior leadership hires where the wrong choice is an expensive one.
Learn more →For organizations losing candidates to competitors with a stronger reputation, not a stronger offer.
Learn more →For leaders who need an independent, outside read on workforce structure, capacity, and risk.
Learn more →For executives who need workforce data translated into a story the board will actually act on.
Learn more →Executive Intelligence Center
Everything below draws on the same underlying research — read the flagship analysis, explore the live data, or browse ongoing coverage.
Resource 01 · Featured Executive Brief
Executive Brief No. 002 Healthcare Workforce Intelligence 18 min read
As external recruiting grows slower and more competitive, a second question deserves equal weight in the executive suite: how much of tomorrow’s workforce can be built from the talent already on the payroll? This brief examines internal mobility, career pathways, and workforce intelligence as a talent acquisition strategy hiding in plain sight.
Source: SHRM, 2026 Talent Trends Report; Gallup, American Job Quality Study, 2025; LinkedIn, Global Talent Trends 2024.
Read our previous brief: The Hidden Cost of Vacant Nursing Positions →
Resource 02 · Healthcare Workforce Intelligence
Even as overall labor markets cooled, bedside clinical roles have not returned to pre-2020 fill rates in most regions.
Employees who make internal moves are 40% more likely to remain at least three years, and organizations with strong internal mobility see tenure roughly 53% longer than those without.
Source: LinkedIn, Workplace Learning Report.
Hospitals in the top quartile for workforce engagement were 4.2x more likely to achieve top-quartile patient-experience performance — leadership and manager trust are among the strongest drivers.
Source: Press Ganey, 2026 Workforce Engagement Research.
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Resource 03 · Latest Insights
Ongoing coverage of the forces reshaping how health systems plan for, find, and keep clinical talent.
Where automation genuinely improves clinical hiring, and where it quietly erodes candidate trust.
Why the post-pandemic labor market never returned to baseline — and what that means for 2027 staffing models.
A framework for reporting talent performance in the language of the C-suite, not the recruiting function.
10 workforce metrics, the Executive Interpretation Framework, and a ready-to-use worksheet — free.
About
For nearly two decades I've helped healthcare organizations solve complex talent acquisition and workforce challenges—from nursing shortages and physician recruitment to enterprise workforce strategy and AI-enabled recruiting transformation.
Healthcare Talent Intelligence • Executive Research • Workforce Strategy