Draft:PracticeLink
PracticeLink[1] is an American employment website for physician job listings launched in November 1994. It was the first physician job board on the Internet. It is headquartered in Hinton, West Virginia, with a second office in St. Louis, Missouri.
PracticeLink operates as a career advancement resource for physicians. It hosts networking opportunities like online career fairs. It also provides educational content for residents, fellows and practicing physicians with insights into the job search, interview process, contract negotiation, license and credential needs, relocation, and quality of life considerations.
As a single-topic search engine, its central function is an example of vertical search. PracticeLink works with most healthcare organizations in the U.S. in every medical specialty, including large specialty fields such as Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, and some additional professions including Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
The site aggregates job listings from American hospitals, medical groups, healthcare systems, academic institutions, government agencies, the United States military, and employment agencies. PracticeLink represents more than 5,000 healthcare facilities nationwide and is actively used by tens of thousands of physicians and advanced practitioners.[2]
PracticeLink has previously been recognized as one of the best places to work in healthcare by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review.
In 2009, PracticeLink acquired the magazine Unique Opportunities, which became PracticeLink Magazine. This combined PracticeLink’s direct job resources with a content resource. The print publication has a quarterly circulation of about 100,000 and is accompanied by the digital companion site magazine.practicelink.com. The magazine examines the job search steps and timeline, interview stages, and contract and compensation best practices. It has received national recognition, including three national awards in 2023 from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
| Company type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Employment website |
| Founded | November 1994 in Hinton, West Virginia |
| Founder | Ken Allman |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | United States |
| Owner | Ken Allman |
Number of employees | ~50 (2023) |
History [edit]
PracticeLink was founded by Ken Allman. In 1994, Allman established PhysicianPracticeNetwork, later rebranded as PracticeLink, a subscription-based service designed for physician recruiters and advanced practice providers (APPs).
In 1994, job listings were circulated physically nationwide. As the internet gained prominence, online job boards emerged. Allman was an early adopter, setting up servers in his apartment to create one of the first online job boards for physicians.
Practicelink posted the first recruitment video to the Internet. At the time, it was a process of taking film and digitizing for the Internet. The video accompanied a physician job posting.
Allman has received numerous recognitions for building the company, including making the Inc. 2017 list of greatest entrepreneurs and one of the top 100 most influential talent acquisition thought leaders in 2023 by recruitment technology association TAtech. In 2014, Allman was named the West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration.[3]
- ^ "PracticeLink.com – Physician Job Search & Career Center". www.practicelink.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "PracticeLink: A Company with Physicians at its Heart". West Virginia Executive Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Reporter, Jessica FarrishRegister-Herald (2014-05-18). "Allman is Mountain State's small business person of the year". Beckley Register-Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-15.