By working for the physician, not for the employer, and by helping physicians find 40 or more unadvertised jobs in markets that physician recruiters call “saturated”, The Doctor Job is providing a service that the US government considers a worthwhile investment.

Publication 529 of the 2006 Internal Revenue Code says that:

“You can deduct certain expenses you have in looking for a job in your present occupation, even if you do not get a new job.”

“You can deduct employment and outplacement agency fees you pay in looking for a new job in your present occupation.”

“You can deduct amounts you spend for preparing and mailing copies of a résumé to prospective employers if you are looking for a new job in your present occupation.”

So what does this mean for the physician looking for a job?

It means that unlike using a recruiter, which can cost you up to $20,000 in reduced salary and gives you no other benefit, using The Doctor Job will only cost between $2,000-$4,000, you’ll be guaranteed to find a job or get a full refund, AND you’ll get to write the whole services off!

Looks like an easy decision! Contact The Doctor Job 7 days a week until 11 PM EST online or by phone at 1-800-591-4842.

1. 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 have almost a 100% success rate!
2. Nephrology fellow searching in six different states. Since it’s well-known that very few physician recruiters deal with Nephrologists, this client was ecstatic to find our services.
3. Family Practice physician searching for a job after he separates from the military. Family Practice groups are notorious for only hiring through word-of-mouth, and every recruiter he spoke with suggested locations that were hours away from where he actually wanted to live.
4. Internist looking for a hospitalist job in NYC. Physician recruiters only had 3 hospitalist jobs in the NYC Metro Area. We’ve helped clients get over 20 interviews easily.
5. Ob/Gyn physician with over 20 years of experience who wants a part-time, Gyn-only job close to his home in Dallas. Once again, this is a type of job that no recruiter will touch. It’s easy to find, but since these types of jobs are rarely publicly identified, our service is the only way to go.
6. Pediatric resident looking for a full-time job in private pediatrics in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is considered a heavily-saturated market by recruiters. Luckily, with our approach, we help 10-15 clients a month get numerous interviews and several offers within the desirable parts of Southern California.
7. General Practice physician with no Board Eligibility who has been looking for three years for a job. Older GP physicians have found it increasingly difficult to find jobs now that hospitals require Board Eligibility or Board Certification. However, we work with GPs all the time with resounding success.
8. Podiatry resident searching for a job in three states. Very few recruiters work with DPMs, because podiatry groups are notoriously cheap when it comes to recruiting. However, our approach has proven to be extremely useful to podiatrists.
9. Group of three internists who want to buy a practice in New Jersey. We’re helping them send out a letter to every practice in the state.
10. Pathologist leaving her group is searching throughout Texas. We’ll be able to help her find a new lab very easily.

So, as you can see, this is just a sampling of some of our clientele. The Doctor Job is able to help physicians in every specialty and every location, no matter what type of job they’re searching for.

If you have questions about whether or not The Doctor Job can help you find your perfect job, please feel free to ask in the comments.

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, after she passed away, he decided to return to the practice of medicine full-time because he was clearly too young to retire.

As you might imagine, the physician recruiters were not too responsive. He would see jobs online, apply, only to hear absolutely no responses. Understandably so, he was getting quite frustrated with the concept. It didn’t help matters that he was searching for a job in Miami, which is considered a saturated market by recruiters.

We spoke with Dr. S in August of 2006. We prepared 1600 resumes for him to send out to every practice and contact in the Miami-Dade Metro Area (including Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and the surrounding areas). As it sometimes happens, we didn’t hear from him after sending him his package. Clients can get busy and take some time before they let us know how they did with their search. Here, for your reading pleasure, is a quick excerpt of the email he sent us yesterday, almost 7 months later:

As I continue to celebrate one of my best days ever, I wanted to personally thank you and your company for helping me obtain my dream job. When you advertised that your company’s goal was not to just find the physician a job, but to find the perfect job, I was suspicious to say the least. After talking with you over the phone, I was reassured. However, the greatest proof is in my new employment. Today I signed a great contract with a large, prestigious Ob/Gyn practice.

Your processes initially lead to so much success that I found myself unable to answer the phone calls fast enough. I had to place doctors on hold to answer new calls and ultimately I was unable to even document whom I was speaking with. Many others sent interview requests directly through email. I spoke with approximately 30+ physicians or physician groups. I interviewed with 10 after the initial telephone screens and received strong offers from my top four choices. Ultimately, I made the final decision with the negotiating power of having the other three strong offers.

Once again, thanks and I will advertise your service as all who will listen.

It’s hearing those types of stories that make us very happy here at The Doctor Job. It’s just further proof that if any physician, resident, or fellow is serious about searching for a job, we are the only way for them to make sure they get the best job in an area. Good luck, Dr. B, and I hope you have a wonderful remainder of your career.

Secondly, the main site highlighting our job finding services for physicians, residents, and fellows, will be redesigned entirely to offer more testimonials, a link to our Better Business Bureau profile, and a clearer explanation of how our services work, with graphical illustrations for those doctors who don’t have time to read in-depth materials. We’ll also be offering different pricing options, including full-service mailings where busy physicians or residents don’t have to do a thing other than go on interviews and get offers! Sometime soon, as well, we plan on revealing a new payment plan option with financing – 6 or 9 months with no interest and no payments!

Finally, for those employers who want to employ our placement services, we will tie in with our subsidiary company, YourPhysicianRecruiter. That way, we’ll be able to clearly and quickly help any physician who is looking for a job or a program, regardless of the situation!

So, stay tuned over the next few months as we reveal these exciting new changes!

Dr. P finds an Outpatient job in Chicago

This client we spoke with was a third-year resident graduating from a great program in the Midwest. He was an Internist on an H-1B visa looking for a sponsorship job in the Chicago area. As you can imagine, physician recruiters had been telling him that Chicago was saturated and directed him to positions in Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Kansas. They might have been great jobs, but they weren’t where his wife was, and they weren’t where he wanted to be!

So this client came to The Doctor Job. He had us do the entire mailing, so we prepared 1742 resumes to go in the mail all at once! The letters went in the mail on January 3rd from our Central Florida mailroom. By January 8th, he had received 10 phone calls or emails. By January 16th, he had received 35, and by January 23rd, he had received a total of 62 phone calls or emails from interested employers in Chicago! And not a single one of those employers was advertising for physicians anywhere or using physician recruiters.

He narrowed it down to about 15 places that he was the most interested in and went on a round of interviews about three weeks ago. He was in Chicago for an entire week during his vacation and went on three interviews a day. It was exhausting, but we were here to provide interview counseling and support every night.

All his time and effort paid off. He got offers from 8 different practices, all with contracts that will allow him to get his green card as soon as he’s eligible. The salaries he has been offered are ranging between $125,000 to $195,000, plus bonus, and these are for outpatient-only practices with little to no call!

He was very concerned about using our services in the beginning because he had heard from so many physician recruiters that the Chicago market is closed to physicians or residents looking for clinical jobs. We explained, of course, that recruiters only know about the 10% of employers who are willing to pay their fees. This means that they don’t know about 90% of the market! That’s a huge chunk of the market to make the assumption that a market is “saturated”, don’t you think?

Well, we’ll just say good luck to Dr. P, and I hope he enjoys his career and enjoys working a mile away from his wife. Stay tuned until next time with more success stories!