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[Report] Closing the Frontline Talent Gap Before Patient Care Feels It

If your healthcare system depends on hard-to-hire, credentialed roles critical to patient outcomes, care quality, and your local continuity, this report is for you.

Produced by Guild and The Josh Bersin Company, this research examines why traditional hiring and training models fall short — and how leading healthcare organizations are building more reliable pipelines to keep critical clinical and support roles filled.

Build more predictable operations. In this report, you'll learn:

Build more predictable talent pipelines. In this report, you'll learn:

  • Why traditional frontline hiring and training models fail to produce job-ready talent for critical clinical roles

  • How leading healthcare organizations close gaps in roles like nurses, respiratory therapists, radiology techs, lab technicians, CNAs, and medical equipment technicians

  • The 4 capabilities required to build predictable, role-aligned talent pipelines at scale

  • What frontline-first technology must include to track learner progress, credentials, and readiness — so roles are filled as the need for patient care rises, not after