Stop Spending More on Top-of-Funnel
Dec 9, 2025
Why your best candidates are already in your ATS…
Every year, healthcare staffing agencies set new goals around growth, submittals, and placements — and every year, many leaders default to the same strategy:
spend more on top-of-funnel.
More job boards.
More paid ads.
More outbound.
More sourcing headcount.
But here’s the truth that’s becoming impossible to ignore:
The fastest, most cost-efficient wins in healthcare staffing don’t come from buying more leads.
They come from activating the candidates your agency already has.
And recruiters feel the pain of this disconnect every day.
Your Database Isn’t the Problem — Accessing It Is
If you’re like most agencies, your ATS contains:
thousands of candidates
years of recruiter notes and context
people who were previously engaged
nurses who loved working with your agency
talent who is STILL warm but hasn’t been contacted recently
The issue isn’t lack of candidates.
The issue is that recruiters can’t surface the right ones fast enough.
This leads to:
wasted sourcing time
unnecessary job board spend
STOP replies and cold outreach
good candidates getting contacted too late
missed submissions because someone else moved faster
And recruiters know it.
What Happens When You Activate the Database You Already Have
Here’s what one recruiter told us after using Ember:
“This platform makes sourcing effortless… it even helped me reconnect and book a nurse I had completely forgotten about.”
Think about that for a moment:
A nurse that existed in the system.
A nurse the recruiter had already spoken to.
A nurse who was a match.
A nurse who was nearly lost forever — until Ember surfaced them at the right time.
This isn’t a one-off story.
This happens every day when agencies turn their ATS into a living pipeline rather than a storage closet.
Why Matching Matters More Than Sourcing in 2026
When recruiters can instantly see:
who’s qualified
who’s available
who matches at a high confidence
who they’ve engaged before
who is likely to convert
who hasn’t been touched recently
…the entire recruiting workflow changes.
Recruiters stop digging.
They stop cold messaging candidates who aren’t a fit.
They stop wasting time toggling and guessing.
Instead, they start:
🔥 engaging with warm candidates
🔥 submitting faster
🔥 rekindling existing relationships
🔥 reducing job board dependency
🔥 working from a place of precision, not chaos
This is how top-performing agencies will win in 2026.
Less Top-of-Funnel. More Activation. Higher ROI.
The smartest agencies are shifting their investment from “more leads” to “better activation.”
Why?
Because a strong matching engine gives you:
faster speed-to-submit
more placements per recruiter
higher recruiter satisfaction
lower sourcing costs
stronger candidate relationships
significantly reduced STOP replies
When your recruiters can fully utilize your ATS, you no longer compete on spend.
You compete on speed, accuracy, and relationships.
Ember Turns Your ATS Into an Engine — Not a Warehouse
With Ember, recruiters can:
surface high-fit matches instantly
share jobs with one click via email or SMS
reconnect with warm candidates automatically
reduce sourcing time dramatically
spend more time engaging and submitting
drive more placements with the people they already know
This is not another sourcing tool.
This is a database activation platform powered by a healthcare-specific AI model.
And it’s helping agencies win faster — without increasing their top-of-funnel spend.
Ready to See What’s Already Inside Your ATS?
If you’re planning your 2026 strategy, start by asking:
“Are we fully leveraging the candidates we already have?”
If the answer is no… you’re not alone.
And Ember can change that.
👉 Book a December demo: www.emberhiring.com/contactus
🔥 Ember — AI built for Healthcare Staffing