While a great many factors go into the strength of a physician employment contract, one that is typically of utmost importance is the salary offered. When you've spent years and years in residency, fellowship (and maybe you're even out there practicing already), you deserve the compensation that your qualifications have earned. One way to demonstrate to employers just how valuable an asset you are, is your CV. Sounds simple and obvious, right? Well, it may be, but CVs are often neglected and under-developed.
A great CV not only includes all of the obvious content such as education, training, prior work experience, and publications, but it should also include those items that you, yourself, may not pay much mind to when thinking of your accomplishments. When properly linked together and displayed within your CV, these, perhaps minor, achievements can add up to higher compensation, and certainly a higher regard paid to you by potential employers.
For instance, be sure to include all awards, speaking engagements, poster presentations, and any research project involvement you've had. It is also important to include the professional organizations you belong to, and all volunteer work you have done- medical and otherwise. Such added items not only increase your value in the eyes of your potential employers, but they also give employers the justification they may need in order to compensate you at a level higher than what similarly-trained physicians may be paid.
Last, but not least, the placement of special accomplishments or experiences may be the difference in why you receive an offer, and someone else does not. If you have a particularly unique and impressive experience in your life, no matter how random, chances are good that a potential employer will find your experience to be intriguing and impressive as well. As long as your CV remains professional and polished, if it contains a "stand-out" element, you will have served yourself well as someone the employer is not likely to soon forget.