SIA expects healthcare staffing to grow just 1% in 2026. That average hides locums at +4%, per diem at -7%, and travel nursing propped up by strike work. Here’s how to find which desk is carrying your division.
Staffing hours are moving up again, but not every segment is along for the ride. A healthy firm-wide growth rate can hide a desk that’s losing ground, and the solution depends on which kind of problem you have.
Over half of the fastest-growing staffing firms now place candidates in under 10 days. Here are four timestamps to keep better track of where those days go.
Korn Ferry paid more for AMS’s earnings than investors pay for its own. What pushed the price that high is something most staffing firms can build, whether or not they ever plan to sell.



