Hello everyone! Hope everyone is doing well during these crazy times! I have just accepted my spot into an OTD program and I am super excited! I was looking through some posts that students had made and wanted some insight about the OT field holistically! First, I was wondering if the market is truly saturated for OTS already, how will it be like for new OT grads coming in? How do new grads stand out when applying to jobs? There are some programs that offer fellowship opportunities and I was wondering if that would help when applying to jobs in the future. Does a fellowship opportunity increase your chances of a better job and better salary? Secondly, there was another post where a student posted about the low wage they were being offered and I wanted to know if this was true for alot of the OTS currently working in the field? Do you really not get paid much for what you are putting in? Is the job satisfaction truly not there? Lastly, I also know of some people who were OTs that ended up switching career paths to PA school or something higher to make twice as much than what they were currently making. They had told me that they felt that they were on the bottom of the totem pole and that their work was very underappreciated and it is very hard to move up in the therapy world. I am not sure how truthful this statement is honestly but everyones experiences are very different.
Again, any insight is welcome and I just wanted to know what everyones thoughts were about these couple of things. Thank you so much!
Again, any insight is welcome and I just wanted to know what everyones thoughts were about these couple of things. Thank you so much!