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I assume this link works for everyone http://www.ascp.org/MainMenu/residents/Hematopathology-Fellowship-Job-Market-Robust.aspx
Highlights:
Data from hemepath fellow in-service exam (called FISHE, didn't even know this existed)
1 - 103 respondents, half were doing another fellowship in something else either before or after - 25% said it was because they thought the extra fellowship would be important for getting a job
2 - 76 potential job seekers, 65 of these applied for jobs (I would like to see what the other 11 are doing). 62/65 interviewed for a job, half of these received only one job offer, the other half more than one. they don't say that any of them received no job offers.
3 - Most found their job in under 3 months
4 - 39% were offered a job to stay at their program, less than half accepted.
5 - 44% of jobs were community jobs, 33% academic, 11% reference lab
6 - Will direct quote the following: "Employment Status. Thirty-nine of 61 new hires (64%) will work in an employee-employer relationship. Twenty-two of 27 new hires (82%) will work in community practices, while the remainder will work as partners or potential practice partners."
7- Salary - 10% >$250k, 20% 200-250, 40% 150-200, 27% 100-150, 3% <100
8 - 67% restricted job search to a specific region.
9 - Most important factors in finding a job: Referrals from faculty and word of mouth
My comments:
1) Salary numbers seem ok. Not seeing the higher numbers of <$100k as before. 70% are starting at >$150k, and given that 33% were academic jobs, seems like there probably aren't many non-academic jobs paying less than $150k to start.
2) Who are these people who are in residency or fellowship but don't apply for jobs? They seem to mess up survey results because there are always a high percentage of them (>10% of respondents). Are these people just slow? lazy? Getting random job offers without applying at all? Are these the same people who have major trouble with finding jobs, and if so, have they ever considered that there could be a correlation between not seriously looking for a job and not finding one? Do they sound out inquiries, but not formal applications, and never hear back?
3) I am not sure what to think about #6. Only 18% of these who went into community practice are potential practice partners? That is a little odd. Are there a lot of employer-employee groups out there now? And if so, who is in control? I looked at a handful of potential jobs. A couple of the private jobs I looked into (but didn't really pursue or formally apply for) were large hospitals where the pathologists were hospital employees. But the other ones were all potential partnership jobs. My other possible explanation for this low 18% number is that people just have no clue what a partnership really means (which is probably also bad news). Maybe they think, "private practice" is all that matters?
Highlights:
Data from hemepath fellow in-service exam (called FISHE, didn't even know this existed)
1 - 103 respondents, half were doing another fellowship in something else either before or after - 25% said it was because they thought the extra fellowship would be important for getting a job
2 - 76 potential job seekers, 65 of these applied for jobs (I would like to see what the other 11 are doing). 62/65 interviewed for a job, half of these received only one job offer, the other half more than one. they don't say that any of them received no job offers.
3 - Most found their job in under 3 months
4 - 39% were offered a job to stay at their program, less than half accepted.
5 - 44% of jobs were community jobs, 33% academic, 11% reference lab
6 - Will direct quote the following: "Employment Status. Thirty-nine of 61 new hires (64%) will work in an employee-employer relationship. Twenty-two of 27 new hires (82%) will work in community practices, while the remainder will work as partners or potential practice partners."
7- Salary - 10% >$250k, 20% 200-250, 40% 150-200, 27% 100-150, 3% <100
8 - 67% restricted job search to a specific region.
9 - Most important factors in finding a job: Referrals from faculty and word of mouth
My comments:
1) Salary numbers seem ok. Not seeing the higher numbers of <$100k as before. 70% are starting at >$150k, and given that 33% were academic jobs, seems like there probably aren't many non-academic jobs paying less than $150k to start.
2) Who are these people who are in residency or fellowship but don't apply for jobs? They seem to mess up survey results because there are always a high percentage of them (>10% of respondents). Are these people just slow? lazy? Getting random job offers without applying at all? Are these the same people who have major trouble with finding jobs, and if so, have they ever considered that there could be a correlation between not seriously looking for a job and not finding one? Do they sound out inquiries, but not formal applications, and never hear back?
3) I am not sure what to think about #6. Only 18% of these who went into community practice are potential practice partners? That is a little odd. Are there a lot of employer-employee groups out there now? And if so, who is in control? I looked at a handful of potential jobs. A couple of the private jobs I looked into (but didn't really pursue or formally apply for) were large hospitals where the pathologists were hospital employees. But the other ones were all potential partnership jobs. My other possible explanation for this low 18% number is that people just have no clue what a partnership really means (which is probably also bad news). Maybe they think, "private practice" is all that matters?
