Writer, Medical Recruiter | Health Careers Guide, About.com/NY Times Co | Training & Resource Director, The Medicus Firm
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Director of Resource and Training at The Medicus Firm
- Online Guide to Health Careers at About.com
- Resource Director/Trainer/Recruiter at The MD Firm
- Past
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- Executive Recruiter / Account Mgmt at Spherion Corporation
- Executive Retained Recruiter at The Corban Group (Sole Proprietorship)
- Physician Recruiter at Merritt Hawkins and Associates
- Sales Manager / Trainer at InHealth Record Systems
- Education
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- The University of Georgia
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Andrea Santiago’s Summary
Andrea is an experienced recruiter with a proven track record of success, as well as a career expert and job search writer and columnist for About.com, A New York Times Company.
Since 2001, Andrea has placed, and contributed to the placement of hundreds of professionals in healthcare and other industries including commercial real estate, hospitality, sales, marketing, engineering, management, and executives.
Andrea’s health career advice and information website on About.com ranks in the Top 100 Career Blogs Worldwide (by RiseSmart, Inc) and also the Top 100 Healthcare Blogs by Edrugsearch.com. She is a featured expert on JobRadio.fm with a weekly Healthcare JobCast, and has also appeared on Star94 FM, a Top 40 Atlanta radio station, as well as Atlanta’s WXIA-TV 11Alive evening news, and has been quoted in numerous articles, books, and online publications.
Currently, Andrea manages a department of junior physician recruiters as the Resource Director for The Medicus Firm, a national retained physician search firm. The Medicus Firm was formed by the June 2009 merger of Medicus Partners of Dallas TX, and The MD Firm, which was founded in 2006 in Atlanta. Andrea joined The MD Firm in February of 2007. Based on her reputation in the industry as a consistent producer, senior-level physician recruiter, and team leader, Andrea was called upon by a former manager and colleague, one of the founders of The MD Firm, to help build the company by establishing and managing the Training and Resource Development departments. Andrea was named Associate of the Year, 2008, for her contributions to the growth and success of The MD Firm.
For physician search needs, or information about medical practice opportunities, Andrea may be contacted at The Medicus Firm: asantiago[at]TheMedicusFirm[dot]com. For information about health careers, or general job search advice, or for media inquiries, email her at healthcareers[dot]guide[at]About[dot]com.
Andrea Santiago’s Specialties:
Physician recruiting, training, management, team building. Medical sales and recruiting. Experienced with a variety of applicant tracking systems and software programs including Resumate, PCRecruiter, Salesforce.com, and several proprietary programs. Writing, blogging, social media.
Andrea Santiago’s Experience
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Director of Resource and Training
The Medicus Firm
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
The Medicus Firm was formed by the merger of The MD Firm and Medicus Partners, effective June 1, 2009. My job responsibilities, title, role and all else remain the same as with The MD Firm, my employer since February 2007.
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Online Guide to Health Careers
About.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Internet industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Online Guide to Healthcare Careers - Writing and Publishing articles and blogs regarding all aspects of job search and career management within the Healthcare field.
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Resource Director/Trainer/Recruiter
The MD Firm
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Sourcing, Screening and Recruiting Physicians in all specialties, subspecialties, and modalities of clinical healthcare.
Client Account Management and Search Consultant
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Executive Recruiter / Account Mgmt
Spherion Corporation
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Sales and Recruiting for North Georgia market - specialized in Professional level, Permanent Placement. Managed "both sides of the desk" bringing in searches and filling them with qualified candidates. Placed professionals including Accountants/Controllers, AP/AR, Civil/Mfg/Mechanical/Industrial Engineers, non-clinical medical staff, and others.
In 2006, I completed about 22 permanent placements, for which I ranked in the TOP TEN nationwide (out of about 60 recruiters) for Annual Billings/Revenue in the Small-to-Medium business market. -
Executive Retained Recruiter
The Corban Group (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)
April 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 9 months)
Retained search for small proprietary firm. Responsible for managing full life-cycle of search, after search was brought in-house by sales team. Duties included research, cold-calling, project management, and relationship management with client and candidate. Placements included nurses (Nurse Mgr), medical sales (Sr. Acct Mgr), Director of Procurement, Property Mgrs, Property Accountant. Medical and Commercial real estate were primary specialties.
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Physician Recruiter
Merritt Hawkins and Associates
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2002 — March 2004 (2 years )
Senior Physician Recruiter and Team Leader for one of Nation's leading Physician recruiting firms. Primarily worked with CEO's and/or Physician Administrators to help recruit and relocate physicians across the country, particularly the Eastern US region. Recruited physicians for permanent practice opportunities in Psychiatry, Radiology, OB/Gyn, Orthopedic Surgery, Oncology, ENT, and more.
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Sales Manager / Trainer
InHealth Record Systems
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Medical Devices industry)
February 1998 — April 2002 (4 years 3 months)
Sales Manager and Sales Trainer - Managed Team of about 15 sales account managers plus their sales assistants. Sold Medical Record Keeping products (forms, labels, charting systems) to hospitals and private practices nationwide.
Andrea Santiago’s Education
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The University of Georgia
BS Cum Laude , Education, Biology , 1989 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Dean's List, Honors Program, Angel Flight, Communiversity, Georgia Girls, Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society
Additional Information
Andrea Santiago’s Websites:
Andrea Santiago’s Interests:
Networking, writing, healthcare industry news and trends, recruiting trends. Follow me at www.twitter.com/AndreaSantiago
Andrea Santiago’s Groups:
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Helping Friends Career Network (LI2HF) -
Physician's Alternative Career Network (PACNet) -
Healthcare Executives Network -
Atlanta Linking -
ThoseinMedia -
CruiterTalk.com -
Innovative Recruitment Forum -
Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+) -
Recruiter-Talk -
Informed Ideas For Writers -
Link_Atlanta University of Georgia -
Medical-Legal Professionals -
Recruiting Woes -
Tweeple -
Utilization review professionals -
Medical professionals -
Nursing Network -
RecruitingBlogs.com Group -
About.com Job Search and Careers -
Healthcare Physician Practice Management
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Medical Recruiter's Network -
Twitter Power for Business -
Physician Recruiters Networking
Andrea Santiago’s Honors:
Associate of the Year Award, 2008 - The MD Firm
Top 100 Career Blogs Worldwide (RiseSmart 100), 2009 - About.com Health Careers
Top 10 Recruiters, Small-to-Medium Business Sector, 2006 - Spherion
President's Club, 2000 - InHealth Record Systems
