Friday, June 24, 2011

How My Job Search Is Like An Episode of The Bachelorette

It really is, if you imagine each potential employer as one of the bachelors.  Also imagine the physician recruiter as Chris Harrison, the host of the show who guides the bachelorette through her deliberations before each rose ceremony when she has to decide which bachelors to keep and which ones to send home. I interviewed with 2 urgent care clinics and 2 primary care clinics, with the following impressions:
Bachelor/employer #1: practical, down-to-earth, confident
Bachelor/employer #2: organized, detail-oriented
Bachelor/employer #3: alarmingly charming
Bachelor/employer #4: arrived 10 minutes after I had already checked in for my interview.  Didn't really ask me any questions, just rambled on about random topics and how "nobody in this clinic ever works full-time [wink wink]".  I began to wonder if bachelor #4 had been imbibing alcoholic refreshments.

In the end, I went with bachelor/employer #1, an urgent care clinic with 12-hour shifts.  A 3-year contract was signed, just like in professional sports, with a start date in October.  I expect to see my face on a box of Wheaties any day now...

1 comment:

thistljm said...

Congrats Dr. Chan!! You are a hot commodity!!