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I am in my last year of child psychiatry fellowship, and just started the job search. It is quite overwhelming. And listening to advice older graduates and others hasn't really helped. I did some searches on this forum, and looks like I'm not alone.

Should I use recruiters and see where it takes me? Should I call up difference practices in the locations I want and call them up for information or openings? (How does one go about doing this anyway?) And there doesn't seem to be great jobs that I'm interested in on online sites like PracticeLink. Any other online searches that are helpful? These are all routes that practicing psychiatrists suggested I do.

I am mainly looking for outpatient work, maybe some inpatient, mostly kids, in the Richmond area and possibly triagle area in NC. I talked to many people in the Raleigh area and I could'nt believe how many had cash only practices. And the others only took certain insurances. Any tips on how to get connected with areas like these two I mentioned above?

 

[alina_s]

I'm in the process of finding my first job after my NHSC commitment- I don't really count that as a job search, since it was from such a limited list. If you are pretty sure about the geographical area, I wouldn't bother with recruiters. Recruiters are like advertising agencies, so they have information about their clients, but not the whole market in an area. And they're likely to keep calling/emailing you long after you tell them you've found a job. I also suspect that many of the jobs that are advertised are advertised because they are less desirable for some reason. Some universities are required to post ads for a specific amount of time but a lot of agencies and practice groups seem to use word of mouth- that was how I got some of the best leads. The AACAP web site had some reasonable listings but the APA site had very few child psych positions that were at all attractive. If you state has a mini-AACAP, there may be some good leads there. Maybe the most useful part about talking to recruiters was just getting more information about the kinds of jobs that are out there, and perhaps some practice at phone interviews.