It might sound a bit dramatic to say hiring the right people can save lives, but in the healthcare field, every employee impacts how a life-saving service is ultimately provided. The related company’s executive leadership is equally as important.  

For nearly 40 years a premier executive search firm (ESF) succeeded in head-hunting for the fields of healthcare and life sciences. This broad field included everything from medical equipment devices to academic medical centers to life science associations and more.  But over time, their success began to slip.

From Beautiful to ‘Meh’ 

A valuable recruiting report for clients slowly lost its luster as ESF failed to invest in modernizing it over the years. Built in the early 2000s on Access, the reporting technology could not keep up with the changing graphics and data demands required by their clients. To compensate, ESF's employees spent multiple hours per week repeatedly updating the graphics, adding data, and formatting the individual reports before sending to customers.

This put ESF in a one-down position compared to their competitors who stayed relevant with design and technology. Now they were at odds with their promise to provide a perfect employee match expediently for clients. 

Killing the Mundane 

ESF turned to Ablesoft Solutions for help. 

We modernized the reporting tool by building it on a flexible technology, allowing easier future updates and changes to be made. After deployment, ESF noticed an immediate uptick in productivity. After one year, the company reports they are saving up to five hours per client search, which translates into a savings of at least 285-man hours and individual report adjustments, annually. With growth further savings are being realized. 

According to the new CIO it was “quite a positive impact for our small company.” 

Proof in the Pudding 

Shortly after implementing this change, ESF was bolstered in the Top 10 Healthcare Executive Search Firms by Modern Healthcare and was declared by Forbes as a Best Executive Recruiting Firm. We like to think our beautiful and efficient report had something to do with it. 

So, does finding the perfect executive level match save lives? In the long-term, for healthcare and life sciences organizations, we believe it just might.