title: What employers are looking for right now.
abstract: What specific skills are employers and recruiters looking for in physician executive candidates? Here are the top dozen characteristics that were invariably mentioned in interviews with high profile headhunters, as well as in analyzing open job orders. The most sought-after skill is leadership. Employers want someone who has courage. Expect this list to change in 1997 as the industry changes. However, there will be more additions than deletions, in keeping with overall trends toward higher, not lower, expectations of physician managers.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D010560:Personnel Selection; D008486:Physician Executives; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States