Ascend Registered Nurse Job Openings (ARNJOI) Index*

Why is the Index Important?

• This index will help employers create better strategic plans based on real-time job postings and accessing data.
• Assist in predicting recruitment advertising costs as well as the “time to find” registered nurse candidates.
• Tracking the index can help identify the most optimal times of the year to open new searches for registered nurses.
• Organizations planning for expansion or acquisition can predict the degree of difficulty on staffing up during certain times of the year.
• By tracking both mobile and desktop indexes separately, we are measuring how nurses are finding the jobs over time as well.

• After some ups and downs through the first portion of 2021, Ascend’s Registered Nurse Job Openings Index (ARNJOI) rose through much of April 2021.
• The ARNJOI for mobile ended May at 3,515, up from the 2020 end value of 1,730 and the April end value of 890.
• The strength puts job openings at a two year high and rising.
• On incentives, the 30-day rolling sum dropped from $6.9 million to $6.1 million, slightly below all-time highs.