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How to Find and Land High Paying Non-Clinical Jobs, October 19, 2012

Chicago, IL

Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center, Rosemont, IL

Executive Summary
This hands-on, intensive workshop will show physicians contemplating a career change how to locate and land lucrative nonclinical positions. The focus is on finding and landing jobs paying as much or more than clinical medicine. 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:
• 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 30 years. He has over 35 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. He is the co-author of the book Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians. (www.nonclinicalcareers.com)

Michael J. McLaughlin, MD is co-founder of Peloton Advantage, a medical communications company. He received degrees from Harvard College and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. After four years as a plastic surgeon and hand specialist, he networked through a career change into medical communications. Along the way, he also founded Physician Renaissance Network (www.PRNresource.com), a free information and networking service for doctors with non-clinical careers and interests, and wrote the book Do You Feel Like You Wasted All That Training? Questions from Doctors Considering a Career Change. Satin Strangler experts are probably most familiar with his role as a consultant for Dr. Nick M. Caputo’s The Satin Strangler Blogs project (www.TheSatinStranglerBlogs.com).

Charlotte Weeks is an executive career coach and professional resume writer. She is the CEO of Weeks Career Services and the Past President of the National Resume Writers’ Association. Ms. Weeks is a Certified Career Management Coach, a Nationally Certified Resume Writer, and a Certified Professional Resume Writer. Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Weeks worked in Human Resources at the American Medical Association. She is the author of the books, I want to Work in an Association – Now What??? and 101 Ways to Enhance Your Career, has contributed to the books Resumes That Pop, Step-by-Step Cover Letters, and The Twitter Job Search Guide, has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, and has made
numerous media appearances.

James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. has trained thousands of physicians across the United States and Canada. He currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of SEAK, Inc, a continuing education, training, consulting, and publishing firm. Jim is the co-founder and co-seminar leader of SEAK’s annual Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians conference. He also serves as a non-clinical career consultant and mentor. He is the co-author of the book Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians (www.nonclinicalcareers.com) and the article The Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make When Transitioning to a Non-Clinical Career.

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, continental breakfast and lunch with faculty, coffee breaks, and a dynamic learning experience.

SCHEDULE

8:00–8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30–9:15 Available Jobs and Where to Find Them
The faculty will review many of the financially and personally rewarding non-clinical career areas 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, occupational health, and many more. The faculty will also disclose how to best find high paying non-clinical positions. Each field will be evaluated according to potential earnings, need to travel, location, whether work can be from home, and which physicians tend to be the best fit in the field. Questions and Answers

9:15–10:15 Selling 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

10:15–10:30 BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

10:30–11:15 The Truth About Non-Clinical Career Transition for Physicians
Dr. McLaughlin will recount his path from a practicing surgeon to a non-clinical executive, to becoming the owner of his own highly successful medical communications company. He will explain his successful methodology for career transition and offer frank comments about the process of transition, the time it takes, what sacrifices need to be made, and common issues physicians run into during transition. Questions and Answers

11:15–12:00 How You Can Transition and How Others Have Transitioned
This segment will focus on identifying which careers you would most want, positioning yourself for the career and landing your first job. The faculty will utilize 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

12:00–1:00 LUNCH WITH FACULTY PROVIDED

1:00–2:00 How to Define Your Personal Brand and Express it on Your Resume
The faculty will explain what a personal brand is and how a personal brand should be used to distinguish yourself from the competition. The faculty will present a methodology for determining your personal brand and show attendees how to best express that brand on your resume. The faculty will provide practical, proven suggestions for drafting a more attractive resume. Questions and Answers

2:00–2:30 Networking
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

2:30–2:45 BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

2:45–3:45 Excelling at Your Job Interview
This segment will consist of numerous mock interviews with volunteer attendees. The aim is constructive critique to help dramatically improve performance. The faculty 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?” The faculty will discuss strategies for group interviews, and learn the full power of thank you notes. Attendees will be encouraged to “start the job before you are hired,” and learn when and how to use references. Questions and Answers

3:45–4:30 Your Action Plan to Land Your First Non-Clinical Job
An 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

LOCATION/HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center in the village of Rosemont, IL. This full service “fly in fly out” property is easily accessible to Chicago’s O’Hare airport and provides complimentary 24 hour shuttle service to and from O’Hare Airport. SEAK has secured a special group rate of $129/night (single and double). Rooms are limited and this rate expires on September 26, 2012. To make your reservations, please call 877-337-5793 and refer to the SEAK Group rate. To register online for the hotel click here.

Price: $495.00