This page answers the questions hiring managers ask most often before engaging Advanced Practice Recruiters. APR is the nation's first dedicated APP recruiting firm, founded in 2006. Our model is permanent direct-hire on contingency — you pay nothing until your hire starts, you get a subspecialty-matched shortlist within 48 to 72 hours, 87% of searches close within 30 days, and 94% of placements are still in role at twelve months.
APR works on contingency — no retainer, no upfront fee, no exclusivity required. You can run APR alongside in-house recruiting and other agencies. We are paid a one-time placement fee when a candidate hired through APR begins work; the fee is calculated as a percentage of first-year base compensation (typically 15–25% depending on subspecialty difficulty). Every placement carries a written replacement guarantee covering the initial employment period.
Day 0: a senior APR recruiter runs a 20-minute structured intake — clinical role, certification, productivity expectations, supervision/collaboration model, geography, compensation envelope, retention drivers.
Days 1–3: first subspecialty-matched candidate slate. Every candidate is verified for licensure, certification, DEA where required, malpractice history, and recent clinical practice in the relevant subspecialty.
Weeks 2–6: APR coordinates interview scheduling, runs reference checks, benchmarks the offer, manages counter-offers, and locks the start date.
Weeks 6–12: credentialing and onboarding support so candidates actually start.
Contingency only. Standard fees fall between 15% and 25% of the placed candidate's first-year base compensation. Nothing is owed until a candidate hired through APR starts work.
First subspecialty-matched shortlist within 48 to 72 hours of the intake call. 87% of APR searches fill within 30 days.
No. APR is happy to run alongside your in-house team or other agencies. We earn placements on quality, not exclusivity clauses.
Every APR placement carries a written replacement guarantee covering the initial employment period. If the placed provider departs within the guarantee window, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Yes. Hard-to-fill markets — rural, frontier, high-cost-of-living, sub-specialty — are where APR's subspecialty-matched approach delivers the most lift over generalist agencies. We have placements in all 50 states.
Yes. APR recruiters stay engaged through credentialing, licensure transfer, DEA, malpractice, and start-date logistics so the candidate actually shows up on day one.