Blogging with The Doctor Job

At The Doctor Job, our goal is always to help physicians find the perfect job for them. We don’t expect doctors to settle for just any job in an area when there is a better position to be found.
However, sometimes it is important to have a career plan that includes both long term and [...]

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Many times at The Doctor Job, we receive emails and phone calls from physicians who assume they are contacting a potential employer about a physician job opportunity. I am often surprised by the tone and simple mistakes that these doctors make during their job search when contacting potential employers.
One of the most common mistakes [...]

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If you are a job-seeking physician with a J-1 or H-1B Visa, it is essential that your resume be as polished as possible. Many foreign physicians wrongly assume that if they are not finding work it is because of their visa status. While having to find sponsorship does make it a bit more challenging to [...]

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I’m not sure whose idea it was to begin putting a “personal interests & hobbies” section on a resume, but I believe it to be one of the worst ideas in resume writing history. The basic reasoning behind the category is that it will help job applicants to appear well-rounded; that by listing your favorite [...]

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Physicians often worry about the content of their resumes, but don’t put much thought into the order in which the various categories appear. The structure of a physician’s resume can be a key factor in whether or not he/she receives an interview.
If I had 30 seconds to do a quick resume make-over for a physician [...]

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Whether you’re a physician struggling to make ends meet financially, your H-1 or J-1 visa is expiring, or you simply can’t take one more second practicing at your current position, you NEED a new job and you need it now.
Many physicians have been there at one point or another in their careers, especially in those [...]

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It always kills me when I ask my physician clients to describe what sets them apart from others in their field and they answer: “I’m good at my job.”
While it’s better to be good at your job than bad at your job, this type of answer is a total cop-out and won’t win you any [...]

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A physician’s job search is only successful if the physician finds the best job available to him or her. In any other situation, whether the physician finds a less-than-ideal job, no job, or decides to remain with the old job, that job search is a failure.
The only way to make sure that the search [...]

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