How to Find and Land High Paying Non-Clinical Jobs 2008
How to Find and Land High Paying Non-Clinical Jobs
October 3, 2008 Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort |
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Executive Summary
This hands-on, intensive workshop will show physicians contemplating a career change how to locate and land lucrative non-clinical positions. The focus is on finding and landing jobs paying as much or more than clinical medicine. Each registrant will be given the opportunity to complete a Birkman Preview® which will show them the non-clinical careers that are best for them. The course will conclude with each physician drafting a customized action plan of how they will find and land their first non-clinical job.
At the completion of this dynamic interactive workshop, you will be able to:
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Identify and persuasively articulate your strongest, most marketable skills.» Determine what specific career options are available to physicians with your preferences, values, and skills.
» Learn what non-clinical careers are the best fit to your personality.
» Nail your job interviews.
» Understand what alternative and non-traditional careers pay.
» Build a constantly-expanding network.
» Form an action plan to start your new career.
Faculty
Steven Babitsky, Esq., is a former trial lawyer who has trained thousands of physicians in the past 28 years. He has over 34 years of experience as a professional negotiator, has himself successfully made the switch from practicing law to a non-clinical career, and is an expert in networking, running a small business, medical-legal opportunities for physicians, responding to tough questions, persuasion skills, consulting, publishing, and turning ideas into money. Attorney Babitsky is the co-author of the best-selling book The Successful Physician Negotiator: How To Get What You Deserve and numerous other publications. He is the co-creator and seminar leader of the annual Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference and dozens of other seminars for physicians. He is a lively and entertaining trainer, and is the President and Founder of SEAK, Inc.
Michael J. McLaughlin, MD is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Peloton Advantage, a medical communications company based in Parsippany, NJ. He received degrees from Harvard College and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. After four years in clinical practice as a plastic surgeon and hand specialist, he networked his way through a career change to enter the field of medical communications. He then rose from Associate Medical Director to Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, within four years. Dr. McLaughlin founded Physicians Renaissance Network (
www.prnresource.com), a service for doctors with non-clinical careers and interests. He wrote the book Do You Feel Like You Wasted All That Training?: Questions from Doctors Considering a Career Change. He frequently advises physicians considering non-clinical careers.Robert F. Priddy is the Executive Director of Physicians Career Practice and a Birkman Consultant. Since 2002, Bob Priddy has successfully worked with more than 500 physicians seeking non-clinical career transitions or restructured clinical practices. His physician experiences began in 1981 with practice startups as a hospital executive and rapidly expanded to the recruitment and placement of more than 100 physicians from Norfolk, Virginia to Peoria, Illinois. During the past 25 years Bob Priddy has served in physician practice management and consulting roles on both a local and a national level, in senior health system administrative and operational positions with four health systems in the East and Midwest, as well as in senior administrative, marketing and product management positions with leading healthcare IT vendors.
Here's what past attendees have to say about this program:
“Very informative”
“I was astounded by the huge number of young physicians looking to get
out”
“Great, well organized, thought out, well presented, meeting
participants with careers in flux is invaluable.”
“What I needed at this point in the journey”
“An excellent starting point for determining my next step in planning
for my transition”
“Thought provoking, self reflective”
“Very informative and supportive”
“Very inspiring, well focused, the specifics are very helpful”
“Very well organized and presented expertly”
“Excellent – well worth the money.”
“I was pleasantly surprised, at the number of people here, and that the
speakers were excellent”
“Lots of helpful information on where to start”
“Excellent, will really help me prioritize and determine how to make a
transition out of my current situation”
“Inspirational, eye opening – wish I was here 20 years ago”
Registration Information
The $495 tuition includes a valuable seminar reference
manual, your personalized Birkman Preview®, continental breakfast and
lunch with faculty, coffee breaks, and a dynamic learning experience.
Click here for registration information.
Schedule
Friday, October 3, 2008
8:00-8:30Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30Available Jobs and Where to Find Them
The faculty will review many of the financially and personally rewarding non-clinical career options available to physicians including: consulting, education, management, biotechnology, public service, insurance, utilization review, forensic examinations and consultation, entrepreneur/business owner, media, writing, association and non-profit management, risk management, occupational health, and many more. The faculty will also disclose how to best find high paying non-clinical positions. Questions and Answers
9:30-10:15Selling Yourself and Leveraging Your Medical Degree and Experience
In this segment, the faculty will begin by utilizing a demonstration with a volunteer attendee to show the absolute importance of being able to sell yourself. Attendees will then learn specific techniques (with examples) on how to persuasively and confidently articulate how their skills, education, and experience as medical doctors should be characterized as talents that any employer would seek. Attendees will be provided with an extensive set of “talking points” that they can use to help articulate their transferable skills and why an employer should hire them. Questions and Answers
10:15-10:30BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
10:30-12:00How it is done: Lessons and Case Studies from Doctors Who Have Made the Switch
The faculty will present and open for discussion numerous concise case studies of physicians who have successfully made the switch to a high paying non-clinical career. Included in each case study is the personal and professional background of the physician, what they were looking for, how they found it, and most importantly, the valuable lessons which should be learned from the examples. Questions and Answers
12:00-1:00LUNCH WITH FACULTY PROVIDED
1:00-1:45Networking
Faculty will discuss how to start
networking, the process to utilize, getting people to talk to you
and help you, the questions to ask during your call, and the methods
to use for follow-up. Questions and Answers
1:45-2:15Obtaining and Excelling at Your Job Interview
It can take the fear out of interviewing to realize, “We are all always interviewing.” The leaders will review 12 rules for interviewing, such as 1) “Listen 80%/Talk 20%,” 2) “No negatives about anything,” and 3) “More good than bad.” Participants will learn to use “closing comments” to create lasting positive impressions. The group will review and learn to answer the 25 most difficult interview questions, including 1) “Why did you leave?” 2) How are you different?” and 3) “What do you earn?” You’ll discuss strategies for group interviews, and learn the full power of thank you notes. You’ll be encouraged to “start the job before you are hired,” and learn when and how to use references. Questions and Answers
2:15-3:15Non-Clinical Careers that are Right For You: Your Birkman Preview
Faculty will review your Birkman Preview® which is the gold standard diagnostic test (blood test, X-Ray, CT Scan, MRI) for physicians contemplating a career change. Attendees will learn to interpret their report, and they will see a chart showing how MDs compare to business and physician executives. Faculty will lead a group discussion. The results of this diagnostic assessment alone will justify your investment in this workshop. Questions and Answers
3:15-3:30
BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY3:30-4:30
Your Action Plan to Land Your First Non-Clinical JobAn action plan is a one-page document detailing how you are going to find your new job. During this module the faculty will review sample action plans that can be used to find non-clinical careers. Attendees will be asked to draft their own action plans which will then be discussed and critiqued. Questions and Answers
4:30-4:45
Takeaways and ConclusionsThe faculty will solicit from the audience a bullet-point list of techniques and strategies that they will now be employing to improve their quest for a high paying, non-clinical job. Questions and Answers