Joining forces: How WilsonHCG's acquisition of Personify will impact healthcare and life sciences RPO

Critical staff shortages are inherent throughout the entire healthcare industry globally. In nursing alone, the shortages are so bad that the American Nurses Association recently urged the US Department of Health and Human Services to declare the nurse staffing shortage a national crisis. Furthermore, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted there will be around 200,000 openings for registered nurses every year until 2030.

WilsonHCG’s acquisition of Personify, an award-winning recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider, was recently featured in an article by the Tampa Bay Business Journal (TBBJ). Personify is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, and specializes in the life sciences, healthcare, biotech and pharmaceuticals sectors. This acquisition follows WilsonHCG’s acquisition of Tracking Talent, a talent solutions provider in South Africa, and Claro Analytics, a labor market intelligence platform, in 2022. Commenting on WilsonHCG’s commitment to strategic expansion, ...

The rapid pace of innovation in the biotech sector has contributed to massive growth within the industry over the past few years. The COVID-19 pandemic played a substantial role in propelling the industry onto the world stage and in front of investors. The biotech sector is now estimated to be worth around $3.4 trillion by 2030, according to Vision Research Reports.