How 40% of PT Practice Owners Fill Open Positions Before the Competition

How 40% of PT Practice Owners Fill Open Positions Before the Competition

June 9, 2026 · 11 min · Episode 68

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Dr. Robbie Woelkers discusses how clinic owners can fill open positions by building a hiring pipeline before the competition.

Over 40% of new PT grads are getting hired before they ever see your Indeed post. Not because those clinic owners are lucky. Because they built a pipeline that runs before the board exam cycle even starts. In this video, Dr. Robbie Woelkers breaks down the exact hiring bell curve most owners don't know exists: the 10% who take jobs before sitting for the NPTE, the 40% who lock in offers within three weeks of passing, and the 10% who start looking after they relocate. That leaves one group most owners completely ignore: the 40% who accept positions at their second or third clinical site. If you're not taking students, you're already cut out of that pool. Robbie walks you through how to use the PTCAS directory to find every accredited program near you, how to contact the right people to open clinical affiliations, and how to structure bonus incentives for your existing PTs who take on students as CIs. This isn't theory. It's a repeatable system for filling your provider bench without a single job posting. This video is for clinic owners who are tired of competing on Indeed and ready to get ahead of the hiring cycle instead of chasing it. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Why 40% hire without job…

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Host: Joey Allbritton

Guest: Dr. Robbie Woelkers

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