Costly Caregiver Recruiting
Out of desperation, the nationwide caregiver shortage has driven many Home Care agency owners to resort to expensive recruiting tools. How much, for example, do you spend on services such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter, or Monster, each of which charges per-click?
A Needle in a Stack of Needles
You know how job seekers use these services, correct? They complete one resumè and send it to dozens, if not hundreds, of companies every day. When you respond to their inquiry, thinking they have a keen interest in applying for your caregiver position, they typically respond, “Now, which one are you?”
Caregiver Recruiting Database Emerges
In the process of building a web site and app for families to find in-home caregiver services, former Home Care agency owner Amit Shrivastava suddenly found himself with more job seekers than he could place in homes, and this after launching in only five states. His solution was to open his collection of resumés to other agencies. After we tested his idea, we believe it will one day give Indeed and the others a run for their money.
Simple Process with Customized Results
After a $200 set-up fee, GoInstaCare users can look at the names, certificates, personality types, and work preferences of 10,000 caregivers, a list that continues to grow. An easy filtering system allows the user to narrow the list by certification, gender, zip code, and experience. Each entry displays whether the caregiver has a driver’s license, his or her own car, languages spoken, and ratings from past employers and clients.
GoInstaCare performs background checks so the hiring agency knows that the caregiver has a higher degree of passing their own checks. By selecting filters, a hiring agency can focus its search to the qualifications it requires. Once the 10,000 names are filtered down to a manageable half dozen or so, the hiring agency pays $3 each to download their contact information. At that point, GoInstaCare steps back and leaves the rest of the onboarding process to their participating agency.
"Uberized" Employer
For Caregivers
Like its counterparts in ride shares, delivery services, virtual assistants, and other gig economy positions, GoInstaCare allows caregivers to set their own schedules, provide flexible rates, get paid daily, and accept or decline a job at will. Caregivers are reviewed by clients and their families directly on the GoInstaCare platform.
For Agencies
The gig job nature of the platform gives agencies the option to cover a gap in scheduling or temporarily raise employee numbers without the hiring, onboarding, training, and retention of a full-time or part-time employee. Agencies can also save a caregiver profile to share with a team, or for future reference.
Where to Find GoInstaCare
As this is written, GoInstaCare has spread to five states, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Florida. Mr. Shrivastava told The Rowan Report there are plans to continue to expand.
There are two ways to get in touch with Amit Shrivastava. Click on this link to schedule a product demo: calendly.com/goinstacare-sales/meeting. Or sign up to use the service here: Goinstacare.com/partner-with-us
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Tim Rowan is a 30-year home care technology consultant who co-founded and served as Editor and principal writer of this publication for 25 years. He continues to occasionally contribute news and analysis articles under The Rowan Report’s new ownership. He also continues to work part-time as a Home Care recruiting and retention consultant. More information: RowanResources.com
Tim@RowanResources.com
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