Although many hospitals and healthcare systems have recently instituted layoffs to stay afloat, some healthcare organizations are still having trouble filling their open positions. According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 48 percent of nursing jobs and 39 percent of allied health jobs go unfilled on average for six weeks or longer.

Vacant positions in healthcare organizations can lead to a myriad of issues, including lower employee moral and higher voluntary turnover. So why are so many positions remaining vacant? According CareerBuilder, the most common reason is that organizations are getting applicants who do not have relevant or enough experience for the position.

Fortunately, there are several things hospitals and health systems can do to either build up or bring in candidates with more experience and improve their employee recruitment efforts as a whole. Jason Lovelace, president of CareerBuilder Healthcare, shares three tips here.

1. Develop pathways to build employee experience.
2. Attract more experienced candidates.