{"podcast":{"title":"Home Care Strategy Lab","slug":"home-care-strategy-lab-7276600","podcast_index_feed_id":7276600,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/home-care-strategy-lab","website_url":"https://homecarestrategylab.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jl18IGNmSyw9hNDa2zO9r_2Gl5yOMdqAvgmY3AOQ-j8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZWNm/ZmIxODk1YjI0Mjhk/OWE3NDJmN2I5M2Mz/YTRmNy5wbmc.jpg","author":"Miriam Allred","episode_count":81,"summary":"Is there a single right way to run a home care agency? We sure don’t think so. That’s why we’re interviewing home care leaders across the industry and asking them tough questions about the strategies, operations, and decisions behind their success. Join host Miriam Allred, veteran home care podcaster known for Home Care U and Vision: The Home Care Leaders’ Podcast, as she puts high-growth home care agencies under the microscope to see what works, what doesn’t, and why. Get ready to listen, learn, and build the winning formula for your own success. In the Home Care Strategy Lab, you are the scientist.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T02:18:04.665957+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-care-strategy-lab-7276600"},"episode":{"title":"What 110,000+ Caregiver Applicants are Telling Us (Jen Waldron)","slug":"what-110-000-caregiver-applicants-are-telling-us-jen-waldron","published_at":"2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-care-strategy-lab-7276600/what-110-000-caregiver-applicants-are-telling-us-jen-waldron","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-care-strategy-lab-7276600","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/fa98cc65","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/fa98cc65/55c93587.mp3","summary":"#56 From 110,713 caregiver applicants, 76% of those hired live less than 20 miles from the center of an agency’s service area. Location, hours, and pay are a few of the most important things applicants care about according to Jen Waldron, Co-Founder of Augusta. Every quarter, Augusta publishes the Recruitment Benchmark Report that details top recruitment channels, interview preferences, time-to-hire stats, previous caregiving experience, and top benefits applicants are looking for. Jen shares data and insights she’s gleaned having seen nearly 1 million caregiver applications over the years—the results are simple, yet staggering. Jen Waldron Augusta - Home Care Recruitment Operating Solution Augusta Q4 2025 Caregiver Recruitment Benchmark Report Sponsors: Mertz Taggart —check out their Value Accelerator Program PocketRN —team up with a GUIDE partner","meta_description":"#56 From 110,713 caregiver applicants, 76% of those hired live less than 20 miles from the center of an agency’s service area. Location, hours, and pay ar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3592,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/home-care-strategy-lab-7276600/episodes/what-110-000-caregiver-applicants-are-telling-us-jen-waldron/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-care-strategy-lab-7276600/what-110-000-caregiver-applicants-are-telling-us-jen-waldron.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}