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so I'm beginning my job hunt in earnest. And I've realized a few things.
1) headhunters in the type I'd get contacting me from places like practice link all seem to be serving hospitals way out of the way from any civilization and in 'ancillary' sites which seem desperate for a residency trained EM person to replace their FM/IM peeps.
2) I have very specific preferences. In this case its that I want to be within 1 hour of the ocean in a swath of states along the southern atlantic coast or the gulf coast. So basically the band of coastline from Corpus Christi Texas to somewhere in North Carolina. And this means that while I have many many many choices, working with a recruiter for a specific state is a pain in the ass since they represent the state and i want only the eastern edge or southern edge of their state.
3) Groups like Resolve know how to sell themself damn well as the group that will get you the job you want, but they want that $$$ from you. 1K upfront 7.5K after you are working.
4) I could do the work the agencies are doing (calling every hospital under the sun that meets my preferences. Arranging all my interviews. Filtering my responses. negotiating my contract) for free, but there is a pretty significant time cost unless I strike it lucky with one of my first few e-mail requests of "do you have a job opening for july/augst 2017"
Has anyone any thoughts on how to do the job hunt if I do have sort of a strong regional preference that spans so many states - as I do? And any thoughts on physician job agencies for EM in general, and perhaps any particular thoughts on specific companies over others? Resolve seems to be the go-to agency for specialists with unique demands for their job, but maybe I'm only thinking that because their advertisement department (including at conferences I attend) is very good.
1) headhunters in the type I'd get contacting me from places like practice link all seem to be serving hospitals way out of the way from any civilization and in 'ancillary' sites which seem desperate for a residency trained EM person to replace their FM/IM peeps.
2) I have very specific preferences. In this case its that I want to be within 1 hour of the ocean in a swath of states along the southern atlantic coast or the gulf coast. So basically the band of coastline from Corpus Christi Texas to somewhere in North Carolina. And this means that while I have many many many choices, working with a recruiter for a specific state is a pain in the ass since they represent the state and i want only the eastern edge or southern edge of their state.
3) Groups like Resolve know how to sell themself damn well as the group that will get you the job you want, but they want that $$$ from you. 1K upfront 7.5K after you are working.
4) I could do the work the agencies are doing (calling every hospital under the sun that meets my preferences. Arranging all my interviews. Filtering my responses. negotiating my contract) for free, but there is a pretty significant time cost unless I strike it lucky with one of my first few e-mail requests of "do you have a job opening for july/augst 2017"
Has anyone any thoughts on how to do the job hunt if I do have sort of a strong regional preference that spans so many states - as I do? And any thoughts on physician job agencies for EM in general, and perhaps any particular thoughts on specific companies over others? Resolve seems to be the go-to agency for specialists with unique demands for their job, but maybe I'm only thinking that because their advertisement department (including at conferences I attend) is very good.