Has anyone here ever had to pay an application fee to work somewhere? I'm applying for a position where I would be taking weekend call for a hospital, and they are asking $250 to process my application. At the other hospital where I currently moonlight, they processed my application for free. I'm wondering if charging fees to the applicant is a common practice. Right now I'm not too excited about it.
-
CycleTrack and SDN are teaming up to make medical school admissions more transparent and accessible! Read the announcement to learn how we’re supporting the future of CycleTrack’s free application-tracking tools .
Application Fee for Moonlighting Position?
Started by Ψ-117
Get help with your application
Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.
For my moonlighting positions and current job, both applications asked for lots of money -- $500 and $1000. I asked about it and both places said the fee was waived without any hesitation or discussion.
yeah. They may just be trying to milk you. It could also be a pushover test. 'hey he paid the fee, let's work him like a dog'
It's probably just their standard fee for processing application for hosp staff privileges; which as others have mentioned can be waived for those applying for employment (including moonlighting or contract work)
