Xelerate

Xelerate is a healthcare recruiting firm founded in 2004 and based in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. It recruits for behavioral health and senior care organizations, filling clinical roles for clients that are scaling teams or opening new sites. It is a certified women-owned business, and its founder, Emily Biscardi, is its chief executive officer.

The company works as an embedded hiring team inside client organisations, using a flexible model to support HR and recruiting teams. It says it specialises in finding and engaging passive candidates, and uses automated, multi-touch outreach to keep candidates engaged. It begins client work with a workforce assessment that identifies priority roles before it proposes a recruiting plan.

Xelerate says it has supported healthcare organisations in 42 states since 2004. It reports an average time to fill clinical roles of 59 days, against an industry average of 120, and says it made 1,047 permanent clinical hires for one multi-state provider in 12 months.