Tools & Tips

 

These two time-savers (one for M.D.s, one for D.O.s ) will link you to both the official licensing requirement pages and to downloadable application forms with a click on the blue bull's-eye.

             

For reasons known only to them, some states are perpetually moving their information site addresses. So if you find a link that's suddenly gone out of whack, please let us know.

 

About your CV (or is that a resumé ?)

Once and for all, it's fair to say that everyone is a little non-committal about the difference between CVs and resumés. We think of them them this way:

CV(curriculum vitae)

is a comprehensive chronology of your career as a physician. It's broken down into

personal data   like contact information, citizenship/visa status, degrees earned, board status, licenses held or applied for; educational chronology    with undergraduate,                medical, and graduate education;                                                    work history  with position/title, employer and address  honors;                                                                            research and presentations;                                                  and finally either sources for                                                  recommendations                                                                           or a promise to provide them when . The chronological order is usually earliest to most recent.

your Resumé

on the other hand, is less comprehensive and should be weighted to emphasize recent professional activities and accomplishments that are relevant to the position you seek.

If the employer asks to see both CV and resumé, present the resumé first.

 

 

Tip of the day:

In negotiations, timing turns out to be more important than you'd think (and definitely more important than it should be).

A perfectly reasonable request can appear to be a bait-and-switch ploy if it only surfaces at the end of negotiations. To the other party, this can look like evidence of someone who can't be trusted --- or who will never be satisfied.

The whole situation can be avoided is you take the time now to take stock and deeply consider your major requirements before the negotiating conversations begin (in fact, before the interviewing begins). It can be useful to have a third party review your position -- especially a third party with experience on both sides of the table.  Which is yet another good reason to call us at DrSource.

Other stuff

"Planning a Move"  is a portal full of resources you're bound to find useful      

    "About that Town" is an astonishingly comprehensive data source for just about every hamlet in the country. We became convinced as soon as we clicked on Wolfeboro, NH (our headquarters) and discovered it had more (and fresher) information than our town site!

     

DrSource can't specifically recommend the hundreds of sources and opinions mixed in here -- but we find browsing through the categories, calculators, and threads can give a practical jump-start for serious relocation planning.