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Round Rock, Texas – Eskridge & Associates, a physician recruiting firm, announced the hiring of a second recruiter in one week, a sign that the business continues to flourish.
Kirtus Kolar, who brings years of sales and service experience to his new position, emphasized that his varied background enhances his recruiting skills. “I pull from all my life experiences,” Kolar said. “I like dealing with people, and I like helping people.”
Kolar stressed his integrity, a common quality among Eskridge & Associates employees, that he says is vital to his work. In fact, Kolar and Bob Eskridge, founder and President of Eskridge Associates, met through their church. Eskridge has highlighted in both his seminars and his writings that trust and integrity rest at the heart of the physician recruiting relationship.
“I was impressed with the breadth of experience Kolar brings to the table and though he could leverage that experience and become an excellent physician recruiter,” said Eskridge.
Kolar, who earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin, adds varied life experiences to his academic credentials. “To me, life is a continuous education,” Kolar said. Kolar has traveled extensively in addition to working in various industries, qualities that have increased his abilities to assist physicians with relocation, which is another value-added aspect of the total Eskridge & Associates physician recruitment service.
Eskridge & Associates, a leader in physician recruiting, started as a one-person operation eight years ago that now employs three recruiters and eight additional professionals who serve more than 300 clients, including physicians and organizations that employ medical doctors.
Eskridge, who has presented seminars and workshops on physician recruiting on the national level, has also written So You Always Wanted to be a Physician Recruiter and will publish his second book, The ABC’s of Physician Recruiting, in December 2010.
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Bob Eskridge (bob@eskridgeassociates.com) is the President of Eskridge & Associates (www.eskridgeassociates.com) which specializes in the placement of physicians in both locum tenens and direct hire placement opportunities nationwide. Bob is one of a handful that 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 (CERS) through the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS). He is also a Certified Staffing Professional (CSP) through the American Staffing Association. he has recently published his first book: “So you Always wanted to be a Physician Recruiter”(http://tinyurl.com/EANewBook).
Bob Eskridge is also President of Eskridge Worldwide Travel (www.eskridgetravel.com) providing travel services for physicians as well as Eskridge Consulting (www.eskridgeconsulting.com), a training company providing healthcare and related, professional development training as well as helping others to realize their childhood dreams of becoming physician recruiters.