Forbes Says Candidate Matching Is Paylocity's One Gap. In Healthcare, That Gap Is 78 Days Wide.

Forbes Advisor rates Paylocity's recruiting workflow well, with one named exception: candidate matching. In healthcare hiring, that exception is not a minor one.

• The recruitment cycle Paylocity's ATS manages starts only once a candidate exists in it. The 2026 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN Staffing Report puts the Recruitment Difficulty Index at 78 days for an experienced RN, and most of that time is spent before anyone reaches an ATS at all, trying to find and reach someone.
• Clinical roles are licence-gated, which is a sharper version of the matching problem Forbes describes. A licence can be active, expired, encumbered, compact or state-specific, and generic candidate matching does not check any of it.
• Low-volume, infrequent hiring, where Forbes says Paylocity fits best, describes almost no healthcare employer. Continuous replacement hiring driven by 17.6% RN turnover, per the same NSI report, is the opposite condition.

What our client says

"In therapy staffing, especially mobile outpatient and Part B home care, finding clinicians who are licensed, mobile, and available in specific geographic pockets is extremely challenging. EasySource completely changed the equation for us."

Yale Smith, Director of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting, Stern at Home Therapy    Source: HireQuotient's EasySource Delivers $60,000 Cost Savings for Stern at Home Therapy

Why this works

EasySource verifies clinician licences against 90%+ of US state licence boards before contact, then passes matched, eligible candidates into Paylocity. Paylocity's ATS and onboarding remain exactly as Forbes describes them; the candidate-matching gap with the same review names is what the integration closes.

FAQ

Why does candidate matching matter more in healthcare specifically?

Because roles are licence-gated and turnover is continuous, the two conditions Forbes's review implies push a buyer away from Paylocity's built-in matching alone.