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Many physicians who are in training receive countless emails and phone calls from physician recruiters, letting them know about job openings that are available, and advertising the services the recruiter offers. Having a recruiter work for you can be a great match in certain instances, as they are able to streamline the job search process, and in most cases, come to you with actual job openings right from the get-go. So why would a physician not want to work with a recruiter?
Depending on where you would like to practice, many physicians will benefit from working with a recruiter. For instance, if you are interested in working in a more rural community, or anywhere that may generally pose more of a challenge from the perspective of recruiting physicians, working with a recruiter might be the right thing for you. Recruiters are hired by or employed by health systems or other employers who are trying to fill an open position. The employer then pays a fee to the recruiter who is able to find a match for the job opening.
On the flip side of this coin are the jobs that are not difficult to fill, and are highly or even only somewhat competitive. This could be due to their geographic location, reputation of the employer, or other general popularity of the job. If you anticipate desiring a job that will meet these criteria, working with a recruiter may not be for you.
I have actually worked with clients who have been told by employers that if they plan to apply for a specific job, they must not allow a recruiter to contact the employer on their behalf. In many cases, doing so will obligate the employer to pay a fee to the recruiter. In situations where a job is more easily filled, employers have no interest in, and actually refuse to, pay a recruiter's fee. If you are working with a recruiter and they contact employers on your behalf, you run the risk of actually being passed over by certain employers who will not pay a recruiter's fee. This is due to the fact that hiring a physician who is working with a recruiter will be significantly more expensive for the employer, and therefore, they will easily find a different candidate they can hire less expensively.
Before you begin working with a recruiter, carefully consider the type of job you are looking for, and be sure that working with a recruiter will be beneficial to your physician job search.
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