Employment trends for radiologists are looking up, with more opportunities for both new graduates and experienced professionals. “There is a radiologist shortage,” said Claire E. Bender, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology’s human resources commission and lead author of the 2018 ACR Commission on Human Resources Workforce Survey, published in the Journal of the American…
Every physician job seeker feels pressure when trying to find the best possible opportunity that will allow for a long-term, positive outcome. Physicians have busy schedules and don’t have a lot of extra time to conduct a thorough job search. Here, you will find several ways to find the best physician jobs. Networking Networking has…
So you’ve survived nurse practitioner school, passed your national board-certification exam, and — with your head barely above water — you’ve struck out into the job-hunting jungle. But where to begin? They don’t really prepare you for this in school. Never fear! Only a few years ago, I too was fighting my way through the tangled…
In my last article, I showed you the three reasons employed physicians quit their jobs – the last straws if you will. In this article let me show you the #1 Mistake the vast majority of physicians make when looking for a position. When you avoid this mistake, you stand a much better chance of landing your…
I had a strange thought that both delighted and frightened me in my intern year: I was sitting in my parent’s living room, exhausted. I had been fortunate enough to complete residency near my parents and visited with them pretty regularly. I realized that being a doctor is like no other job because you eat,…
1. There are a whole lot of PA jobs It’s kind of nice when you have paid the price of a mortgage for your professional degree and spent years of your life exchanging parties for organic chemistry books and Mountain Dew and coffee for tea and water to find a job waiting for you at…
Changes in healthcare delivery are impacting practice settings and in turn, are affecting the trajectory of doctors’ careers. The Physicians Advocacy Institute reported in 2016, that between 2012 and 2015 hospitals had acquired 31,000 physician practices. The percentage of physicians employed by hospitals/health systems grew significantly during this period from approximately 25% to close to…
It’s no surprise that employment opportunities for physicians are proliferating online. Here’s how to get started. Need a new job? Your checklist should include: physician recruiters, specialty journal classifieds, networking with colleagues, and perhaps even phone prospective employers. But now more than ever, you can use your mobile device to surf online job boards, where…
Whether you’ve recently finished your residency or you have years of experience in the field, you might not know where to start your job search as an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologists are needed in hospitals, outpatient surgical clinics, doctors’ offices, Online Resources The Internet is by far the fastest and most practical resource available to help you…
Working locum tenens can be a great alternative to the “typical” physician’s career, but like any contract-based career, how great it is really depends on the quality of the jobs you take. Locum physicians work through recruiting agencies, so obviously a big part of finding the right locum tenens positions is finding the right agency, but there…
