AAD Career Compass

[username456789]

Hi all,
If a dermatology practice lists a job opening on the AAD's Career Compass website, and are clearly identifiable (as in, it is clear the name of the practice), is it kosher to contact this group outside of using the Career Compass website? Is there any downside to using the Career Compass? I always feel like using physician recruiters is a bit shady as far as any "commission" they may make off of me, but this is obviously different, no?

All input appreciated.

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[asmallchild]

Hi all,
If a dermatology practice lists a job opening on the AAD's Career Compass website, and are clearly identifiable (as in, it is clear the name of the practice), is it kosher to contact this group outside of using the Career Compass website? Is there any downside to using the Career Compass? I always feel like using physician recruiters is a bit shady as far as any "commission" they may make off of me, but this is obviously different, no?

All input appreciated.

I don't think that should be a problem at all.

I'm probably being overly cynical but I would scroll through the Career Compass website to see how often a certain job has been posted. This is obviously not universally true, but there's usually a good reason why a "desirable" job in a desirable location needs to post an ad on Career Compass (and if it has been reposted every month for the last 2 years, use extra caution). The best jobs, as with most fields both in and outside of medicine, are usually via word of mouth

The use of physician recruiters is fine too since you aren't the one paying them. I would set firm limits as to how they can contact you (their job is to get you to sign and they can get very annoying very quickly) and of course, don't let them talk you into any position you aren't ready to accept. As I often felt with my medical school dean during the matching process, physician recruiters are more concerned with if you sign rather than where you sign.

 

[MOHS_01]

Things may have changed, but recruiters used to get paid around 10% of the first year salary for placement -- an amount that most certainly gets calculated into the pay formula for that initial contract for any group with a calculator. I, even knowing this, have always considered using a recruiter as a normal operating cost. If I knew the geographic locale that I wanted to be in I would not go through a recruiter necessarily, but you should know that recruiter contracts are often like realtor contracts - they're going to get paid for any placement during a certain time frame, their involvement or not.

 

[username456789]

Things may have changed, but recruiters used to get paid around 10% of the first year salary for placement -- an amount that most certainly gets calculated into the pay formula for that initial contract for any group with a calculator. I, even knowing this, have always considered using a recruiter as a normal operating cost. If I knew the geographic locale that I wanted to be in I would not go through a recruiter necessarily, but you should know that recruiter contracts are often like realtor contracts - they're going to get paid for any placement during a certain time frame, their involvement or not.

Exactly, and this is the very reason I have avoided recruiters; however, I do realize that forking over 10% (or whatever) could certainly be worth it in the long run if it helped me get the ideal job.

What concerns me is the potential for my CV getting out there beyond who I may send it to directly, and the ability for a recruiter to "get credit" for something I actually did myself. Probably just paranoia, but who knows.