Sources of Job Offers

[Mastac741]

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Hi everyone --

Just wondering how people find their jobs. I'm a soon to be PGY IV, and wondered how people do this. I frequently get emails to work out in Kentucky, but I'm not really interested in this. Indeed job posts have mostly child and inpatient jobs. I suppose I could work with recruiters, but they are very annoying and always pestering. Wondering what everyone else's experiences were.

 

[Shikima]

I found the hospitals in locations I wanted to live and work in. These hospitals can be located by opening up google and putting in the city/state you're interested in and then scrolling in to find the purplish areas. Those usually mean hospitals. Look up the main number and ask to speak with physician recruitment. Let them know who you are, what you're about and what you're offereing.

Additionally you can use resources such as psych.org, careermd.com, and practicelink.com are 3 online resources available.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

1) Decide what kind of job you want--outpt, hospitalist, etc...
2) Decide where you want to live.
3) Research: Find out who is providing services in that region, which health care systems need providers, who might be expanding. If they have posted positions (many hospitals and health care orgs will have a "careers" link from their home page) send them a resume with a nice cover letter--they'll want to talk to you. Be an information sponge--go on at least a couple of these interviews; it may lead directly to an offer you want, but at least will help you start networking, get a close up "lay of the land", and get your name out there to the "people who know people".
4) Repeat as necessary.

 

[rkaz]

it may lead directly to an offer you want, but at least will

You left us hanging, waiting for closure.....

 

[MacDonaldTriad]

This is what is incredible about being a psychiatrist. Look at this advice, decide where, and then decide which kind, then look and you will find. This is very different than, try and figure out what they need, find out where they need it, and if you are lucky, you will find it. If your spouse has a relocation need, no problem. If you don’t like the type of practice you are in, you can change. There are other fields in medicine where this is true, but some areas are over saturated.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

You left us hanging, waiting for closure.....

sorry--bad posting day...

 

[Shikima]

sorry--bad hair day...

Fixed.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Fixed.

If only I had some...

 

[whopper]

If you're in good with some faculty, they'll let you know of some good sources. Those are usually the interesting ones.

 

[slappy]

In before vistaril. Achievement of the week.

 

[TexasPhysician]

Call the places you want to work and inquire about openings.