Blogging with The Doctor Job

Another resident who can’t believe his luck:
Dr. E. will be practicing Family Medicine in Santa Barbara
Dr. E is currently doing his Family Practice residency in the Northwest. It’s cold, wet, rainy, and dark, and he wasn’t having the best time. Coming from Southern California, all he wanted was to move back home, be [...]

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The Doctor Job has compiled a list of advice based on horror stories we’ve heard from physician employers, physician recruiters and the physicians who were applying and interviewing for positions. Some of these are obvious, some are not, but they’re all things to think about:

Make sure that your email address and phone number on [...]

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If you are going to put your resume on a physician job board, here is an important tip for keeping your sanity. Without proper email maintenance, you will likely miss important emails and waste time on the useless ones. There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to easily and cleanly keep track of who [...]

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You can read a similar interview article at the career center on our main site. Here is a helpful guide about interviewing for a job, whether you’re a resident, fellow, or physician:
Guide for physicians: How to interview
Unfortunately, many medical schools can be lacking when it comes to career counseling. This is usually [...]

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One of The Doctor Job’s recent clients enjoyed the free calculators we sent him when we sent him his package of resumes, cover letters, and envelopes for his job search. He decided to go back to the old calculator tricks from elementary school and send us a couple of funny pictures. If you’re [...]

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Today’s post will be a quick discussion of fellowship programs. There are three main reasons that physicians enter fellowship programs, and only one of them is a good reason. Read along and see if you agree.
Reason 1: Because the resident can’t find a job
You would be simply amazed at how many residents [...]

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Here are just a few of the current clients that we are working with to find a new job:

Cardiothoracic Surgeon primarily interested in the Southeast. Cardiothoracic surgery is considered one of the most difficult specialties to find work right now, because of changes in the field, but we’ve worked with many CT Surgeons and [...]

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Let’s start this post with a very simple point: Yes, you have a right to an ego.
Physicians are in one of the most respected professions in the world. Your job is the continuation of human life - a noble concept that immediately gives you the right and the privilege to feel proud of [...]

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When you are a resident or a fellow at a program, there is a tendency to rely on your seniors for all of your advice in the real world. While this can be helpful in many arenas, it can also hurt you. Many seniors only know what they learned from their seniors who [...]

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Just thought I’d post another great story I heard today.
Dr. B finds a job after two years
Dr. B was an Ob/Gyn physician who had been practicing for about ten years before he took a leave of absence to take care of his wife, who had cancer. That was in 2004. Two years later, [...]

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