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Physician Recruiters Give Your Job Search a Personal Touch

The physician job search process can be an impersonal experience. You send resumes out into the world, often with little sense of the employers on the other end. But a physician recruiting firm can make your job search more personal in several ways:

• Personal attention. A physician recruiter who understands your specialty and listens to your preferences for your next job can identify the best opportunities for you. You don't need to sort through lists of online job postings and hope that you are targeting the ones that will meet your needs.
• Inside knowledge. A physician recruiter who knows the employers in the specialty and location where you are seeking a job has more insight into what positions would be a good fit for you and for the employer. And he or she may know of openings that don't appear in most physician job sites.
• Administrative support. A physician recruiter will be sure that your resume goes to the correct person, rather than ending up at the bottom of a pile.

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Recruiters Help You Pursue Your Passion

Perhaps you have reached a point in your medical career where you have been working in one field for years, or maybe only weeks, and you decide that your passion lies in a different area. What is the best way to find a job in a different field of medicine than your current job?

A physician recruiting firm can be an excellent resource if you feel strongly about changing your career. For example, if you are a general surgeon and you have decided that you want to dedicate your career to treating women with breast cancer, a physician recruitment firm can help you identify opportunities for breast cancer care in your area (if you don't want to move) or elsewhere (if you do want to relocate).

Physician placement agencies can help you explore a new career by finding locum tenens opportunities. And a physician recruiter can continue to help you find additional locum work or a permanent position after you complete your initial locum in a new field.

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Recruiters Can Help You Reorient Your Medical Career

Sometimes you reach a point in your medical career when you want a change. You may be happy with the type of practice you are in, but maybe you aren't getting along with your colleagues. Or you may have wonderful colleagues, but you feel that you aren't using enough of the skills that you trained so hard to acquire.

Even physicians who aren't currently looking for a new position may feel refreshed after a short-term locum tenens position in a different setting, and the experience can help you prepare for a future job change, or serve as a way to expand your skills in case of a layoff.

Other benefits of short-term work include:

• Making new contacts. It's important to stay in contact with mentors and colleagues from previous jobs. You may find out about opportunities that aren't being advertised, or you may be able to use these contacts as references.
• Getting more experience. A locum tenens job helps you expand your skill set, and a physician recruitment agency can help you identify the right opportunities for you to refocus your medical career.

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A Recruiter Can Make Your Medical Career Pay Off

Money isn't everything, but it is an important aspect of a job. When you begin your physician job search, think about your financial needs at this point in your medical career. Do you need to make as much money as possible in your next physician job to pay off school loans or save for a home? Or are you willing to trade less money for a part-time position that is more family-friendly?

Talk to a physician recruiter about your financial criteria, and he or she can answer your questions, including questions about salaries. Keep in mind that salaries for physicians vary by specialty, but they also vary by location. If you live in a major metropolitan area, the salary will likely reflect the higher cost of living, but you need to take housing and commuting costs into account, too.

Physician recruitment firms can take the stress out of your job search by identifying appropriate job options based on your financial needs.

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Staffing Services Help You Size Up Your Job Options

A physician recruiter can identify job opportunities in your medical specialty based on your preferences for factors including practice size and location. But what if you are at a transition point in your medical career, and you aren't sure what type of practice you prefer?

Consider working with one of the physician staffing services that places physicians in short-term jobs. A benefit of working in a short-term locum tenens job in your specialty is that you can test out a practice setting before making a long-term commitment.

For example, a small medical practice may require more flexibility in your personal schedule. You may have more say in how the practice operates, but you might be asked to give up the occasional vacation day or weekend afternoon for the good of the group. By contrast, a larger, hospital-based practice may require less responsibility for practice management, but the setting will be less intimate, and you will need to be able to work well with colleagues in multiple specialties.

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Recruiters Help with More Than Just Money

Finding a position that meets your salary needs is an important part of a physician job search, but the other aspects of a job are important, too.

Here's how a physician recruiting firm helps you conduct a more comprehensive job search:

• They know the employers. A physician recruitment agency that has relationships with local employers is able to identify the positions that will be the best fit for you, based on your job search criteria for hours and practice type, as well as salary.
• They know you. The right physician recruiter will take the time to get to know you and find out what you are looking for in all aspects of a job, no matter where you are in your medical career. Are you looking to expand your hours and broaden your professional network? Are you interested in part-time work so you can spend more time with your children?

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