Getting a job without contacts

[EM6771]

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Hey all,

Looking for a little help from the vets here. I am a senior resident and looking to find a job in a totally new place where I have no contacts. I have done the internet searches and scoured the job sites but am still left with many questions.

How do you go about finding out the market in various locations? I am living in the Midwest and want to move to either Charlotte or New Orleans for various reasons. I know the big evils dominate these two areas, but want to explore my options. If anyone is familiar with either of these markets I would love to hear. I am willing to commute ~45 minutes as well.

I want to try and avoid using a recruiter but that is seeming more and more likely without any contacts or knowledge in the area. Thanks for any and all input.

 

[erin682]

I don't know much about those areas in particular, but I relocated to a new area from residency with no contacts this year. I did three main things. I e-mailed a group president, talked to people at the job fair at ACEP and looked at the jobs advertised in the back of annals. I ended up at one of the jobs I found advertised. Good luck!

 

[Khaos]

First, I'm in the Charlotte area. Great town, lots of things to do, close to everything. I recommend it highly and I just started. I met the recruiter at ACEP last year. Great place to go to talk with people and find out what groups are in what regions. GO TO THE JOB FAIR AT ACEP!!!!

If you want to go to a place where you have no contacts, do a google search of the hospitals in the area you are interested in and contact them to find out what group (private vs big group vs hospital employed) works there and who you need to contact. Most hospitals will know this and be able to point you in the right direction. Most places are hiring, even if they are not advertising. I only had one place not respond to me out of the dozen or so that I contacted myself (I wasn't exactly sure where I wanted to end up). Do not go through a recruiter unless you don't mind being hounded all the time about jobs. I still get calls about jobs and have to tell them I've got a job and aren't interested.

I can tell you from personal experience, if you want to be in a nice area with a big city you will have to sacrifice pay. If you are willing to live about 1 to 2 hours out and work at the smaller hospitals you can make money and then just visit.

Just my $0.02

 

[deleted109597]

Job fair at ACEP is huge.

Then, join a big group if you really have a desire for the area. It gets you in, and you can work on the other possibilities in the area if you still want to live there.

 

[EM6771]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

 

[Arcan57]

I will 2nd cold-calling hospitals in the area and asking to speak to the ED medical director. If they're affiliated with a contract management group, they'll refer you to their internal recruiter. If they're a private group they'll usually get back to you with either "Sure come and talk to us" or "We're not hiring right now". It's not common to get met with silence, since while the group might not be hiring now there's no sense in pissing off a potential employee later.

I'd recommend finding a job without more than a year commitment and using that to get the lay of the land. And while I don't know the NO/Charlotte areas personally, the phenomenon of not having high-paying jobs close to the urban area is more a NE/West Coast thing than a Southern thing.

 

[The White Coat Investor]

I've cold called lots of EDs over the years and also dropped in on them when vacationing in or traveling through the area.

 

[WilcoWorld]

Another endorsement of cold-calling. I got my most recent job that way, and I got several interviews that way.

 

[LabMonster]

Can’t speak for New Orleans, but as a previous poster suggested, Charlotte is saturated. That’s not to say there aren’t slightly higher paying EP Jobs in the Charlotte periphery, but i make almost double what i was getting in that area. I work in a completely different environment now, but to me, I’d rather be an EM doc than a provider in triage.

Honestly, just call the medical directors at whatever radius of commute you’re prepared to accept. Most likely, they’ll need you. We are in high demand. Remember that when negotiating.

 

[BoardingDoc]

Can’t speak for New Orleans, but as a previous poster suggested, Charlotte is saturated. That’s not to say there aren’t slightly higher paying EP Jobs in the Charlotte periphery, but i make almost double what i was getting in that area. I work in a completely different environment now, but to me, I’d rather be an EM doc than a provider in triage.

Honestly, just call the medical directors at whatever radius of commute you’re prepared to accept. Most likely, they’ll need you. We are in high demand. Remember that when negotiating.

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