The Real Cost of Unfilled Positions in Long-Term Care: Fill Roles Faster with Hireology

Published: 12 November 2025
Updated: 12 November 2025

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Every vacant CNA or nurse role shows up on your bottom line: higher overtime, fewer admissions, and a resident experience you can’t afford to compromise. Hireology’s applicant tracking system helps you close the gaps before they cost you more. 

The Challenge: Holes in the System

Open positions drain revenue and diminish service. The impact is immediate:

  • Delayed assistance and less one-on-one time for residents
  • Overtime spikes and schedule juggling for managers
  • Admissions pressure when staffing can’t support census goals

The Solution: Fine Tuning

Fast access to the right candidates. Hireology reduces time-to-fill without sacrificing quality, so staffing stabilizes and service stays consistent—season after season. A centralized hiring platform like Hireology consolidates every step of recruiting—sourcing, screening, interviewing, approvals, offers, and preboarding—into a single, coordinated workflow. The result is fewer unfilled positions and a better experience for both candidates and hiring teams.

How Hireology Helps You Fill Jobs Faster

  • Diagnose delays before they hurt your bottom line
    • Role- and location-level insights into time-to-fill
    • Visibility into how long candidates have sat in each step
    • Action Center dashboard flags stalled reviews or approvals
  • Streamline every handoff
    • Auto-notifications for manager review and interview scheduling
    • Built-in approval routing to accelerate offers
    • Mobile tools enable administrators to act on the go
  • Source proactively, not reactively
    • Tap into past applicants and referral networks
    • Keep a strong, branded career site live for continuous interest
    • Use text and email to keep candidates engaged and reduce falloff

Two Quick Hiring Process Wins to Try This Week

  1. In Hireology, tag qualified candidates with relevant keywords and phrases like ‘5 years of experience’ or ‘Available Weekends’ and note preferred shifts to ensure a smooth process with easy-to-read updates 
  2. Leverage SMS reminders to reduce interview no-shows. Proactive communication builds rapport and clarity before the interview day. When candidates feel seen, know what to expect, they’re far more likely to show up. 

Outcomes Others Are Seeing

"With Hireology, we’ve reduced our reliance on staffing agencies by 79%. We recently experienced an increase in our applicant volume by 150%, Hireology helped us fill critical roles faster and keep our communities fully staffed.”

Get in Touch

When every open role affects resident care and satisfaction, hiring speed is critical. Hireology brings sourcing, screening, and selection into one simple process designed for long-term care facilities, so you can fill essential roles in days, not weeks. Hireology partners with care communities to provide expert guidance transforming your hiring process into a real competitive advantage.

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