So You Always Wanted to Be A Physician Recruiter: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Physician Recruiting
Bob is the founder of Eskridge & Associates, a service disability, veteran owned, small business, focusing on the placement of physicians on a world-wide basis both on a permanent and contract basis. Bob began his staffing career at RHI Management Resources in 1999. He personally brought in over $1 million dollars in gross revenues his first year. Bob went on to become a Branch Manager with Express Personnel in San Antonio and Professional Services Division Manager in Austin. Bob has five industry certifications. He is a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC), Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist (CTS), a Certified Physician Recruiter (PRC) and a Certified Employee Retention Specialist through the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS). He is also a Certified Staffing Professional (CSP) through the American Staffing Association. Most recently he earned the Certified Employee Retention Specialist (CERS) via NAPS as well. Bob graduated with a MBA from the University of Montana and a BS from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in Business Education. He started his career in the US Air Force as an officer separating after nine years to start his first company, Intelligent Reasoning Systems, Inc. Bob has also launched Eskridge Worldwide Travel (www.eskridgewwtravel.com), an online travel agency to address the needs of his traveling physicians. In March of 2008, Bob launched Eskridge Consulting and is now offering his services as a recruiting and staffing trainer specializing in physician recruiting. He is available via the phone or on-site for one-on-one training or office wide. In partnership with Barb bruno, he has also developed a web-based 80 day training program, the Top Producer Tutor, Physician Recruiter Edition (http://www.topproducertutor.com/userfiles/tpt/web_pages/classes/class_prt.htm)