Source speech-language pathologists who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the SLPs in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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187K+ speech-language pathologists • 95% with verified personal data
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What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
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Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the speech-language pathologists, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources speech-language pathologists
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed speech-language pathologists who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 187,400 speech-language pathologists in the United States, and five different kinds of employer compete for every one of them: school districts, hospitals, outpatient clinics, early intervention programs and skilled nursing facilities. School positions are the hardest of all, because the hiring window is tied to an academic calendar and the candidate pool has usually been picked over by spring. Districts routinely carry an unfilled SLP position for a full year, not because nobody applied but because nobody qualified was looking.
Expa searches on ASHA certification status, state licensure, setting experience, caseload type and age group, and covers the pipeline as well: graduate students and clinicians completing their clinical fellowship year, which for schools is often the only way to be staffed by September.
Where speech-language pathologists sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Nurse practitioners | 320,400 |
| Radiologic technologists | 272,000 |
| Physical therapists | 267,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 187,400 |
| Physician assistants | 162,700 |
| Occupational therapists | 160,000 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Speech-language pathologists near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 8 miles
7 years • school-based, K to 5
Meridian, ID • 12 miles
Completing CF year • medical setting
Nampa, ID • 20 miles
11 years • outpatient pediatric
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why SLP roles stay open
Five employers, one pool
Schools, hospitals, outpatient, early intervention and skilled nursing all recruit the same people. Most SLPs will only consider two of those settings, which shrinks your real pool further.
The school calendar is unforgiving
Miss the spring window and the position carries. Hiring for September means reaching people in February, including clinical fellows who have not finished yet.
Caseload is what moves people
SLPs change jobs over caseload size, age group and paperwork, not over job titles. Outreach that names the caseload gets answered.
Where speech-language pathologists get hired
Questions
How many speech-language pathologists are there in the US?
187,400, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Five different employer types recruit from that pool, so the number available for any single setting in a given market is much smaller.
Why do school SLP positions go unfilled?
Because the hiring window is tied to the academic calendar and the pool has usually been picked over by spring. Districts frequently carry an unfilled SLP position for an entire year. Filling one reliably means contacting candidates in February rather than August, and including clinical fellows who have not finished yet.
Can you source school-based SLPs specifically?
Yes. School setting experience, caseload type, age group and state licensure, plus clinicians who would consider a school calendar. Expa also surfaces clinicians currently in medical settings who are open to schools, which is a group districts rarely reach.
Can you find CFs and graduate students?
Yes. Expa surfaces clinicians completing their clinical fellowship year and students in graduate programs. For school districts hiring to a September start, this is often the only way to be staffed on time.
Can you search by caseload and age group?
Yes. Early intervention, pediatric, school age, adult medical, dysphagia and AAC, plus ASHA certification status and state licensure. Caseload is usually what determines whether an SLP will move at all.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable speech-language pathologists within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single speech-language pathologist typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring speech-language pathologists in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.