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 close to his aging parents, and practice medicine in the warmth and sunshine.
As you can imagine, every physician recruiter out there shot him down. “It’s too saturated.” “There are no jobs on the coast of Southern California.” “Why don’t you look in the desert -there are jobs there.”
Frustrated, he consulted with his program director, who gave him a letter talking about The Doctor Job. This program director, like hundreds around the country, knew that The Doctor Job provided a better service to his or her residents than any physician recruiting company, and encouraged Dr. E to try us out.
After speaking with Dr. E, we decided that since his goal was not Los Angeles but Santa Barbara, we would focus on the coastal Santa Barbara/Ventura County area. This way, he would be close enough to his family that he could visit easily but also have his own space to raise his own family. Even though the typical client of The Doctor Job sends out between 1000-2000 resumes, his market only had around 850. We were confident, though, that he would experience great success. Dr. E was a bit nervous, since he was still a resident and making a resident stipend (which everyone knows is not very high), but we knew that his investment would pay off in the long run.
One month went by, and we received a phone call from Dr. E. He received over 40 phone calls and emails of interest in response to our mailing – that’s a response rate of almost 5%! Out of those responses, he narrowed it down to the 10 opportunities that appeared, over the phone, to give him the best pay and environment matching his specific needs.
One of the interviews is with the best, highest-paying, most desirable primary care group in the area. This group didn’t have any job openings, but since our services entailed sending a resume to each physician in the group, they all forwarded it to the medical director of the group. Since he got so many of Dr. E’s resumes, he made the decision that this resident must really have something special. The medical director called Dr. E and told him that he was creating a special position just for him!
Since Dr. E would never have found this position without our services, and it’s with a group that even occasionally uses recruiters, we here at The Doctor Job definitely felt some pride at this story. Good luck, Dr. E!