What's Your NonClinical Career IQ™

The 10 questions below represent many of the initial questions I have with new physician clients. They help me gauge where clients reside on the readiness scale for Career Transition. If you're ready to see how you measure up, answer the questions below and click submit. You'll be taken to the answer page with explanations. 

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Question 1: If I’m asked, what job I’m looking for, my most likely response:

a. Well, I’m smart and I’m a good learning. I’m open to anything that uses my knowledge and my background and compensates me adequately. b. I really don’t know, I’m just starting to look. What do you think I would be good at?c. I think a vice president of medical affairs in pharma, or biotech, insurance or maybe a health system. d. I know my critical skill sets, and I know my most significant accomplishments. I would fit best in an executive role that allows me to solve “THESE” problems.

Question 2. I spend most of my career development time.

a. Scanning the internet for jobsb. Looking for recruiters to connect withc. Looking for networking opportunities in my chosen industry or fieldd. Talking with friends about what I want to do

Question 3. If asked why I’m leaving medicine I:

a. Explain the various issues from changes in employment and reimbursement to patient management frustration that are driving physicians out of practice.b. Explain that I’m tired of patient management and want a less stressful jobc. State that my income is declining and that I need to look to a better compensated future.d. Explain how medicine is treating one patient at a time and I am driven by the opportunity to impact thousands if not hundreds of thousands of lives through improving healthcare delivery at an executive level.

Question 4. I have a stump speech

a. Yesb. Noc. What's a "stump speech?"

Question 5. My stump speech contains the following items. Check all that you currently use.

a. Who I amb. What I’ve donec. What I want to dod. How I can help youe. Why I’m leaving medicine.

Question 6. A good stump speech is how long

a. 20 minutesb. 5 minutesc. one half minuted. 10 minutese. There's no time limit... it takes what it takes.

Question 7. When it comes to "networking" I am:

a. I can't find people willing to speak with meb. I only want to talk to people who can actually give me a jobc. I never know what to say and I'm uncomfortable asking people for helpd. I appreciate the value of good advice and direction and I'm good at engaging people for that purpose

Question 8. To qualify and get a new, nonclinical job I would do best if I had:

a. MBAb. Masters in a specific field or some other “Certification” c. MPHd. JDe. Just my medical degree

Question 9. When requested I provide potential employers my:

a. CVb. My CV turned into a chronological resumec. A functional resume that highlights my critical skill areas and my related accomplishmentsd. None of the above

Question 10. The help I need most to be able to transition into a nonclinical job is (check all that apply):

a. Finding a recruiter to work withb. Help identifying companies looking for someone like me. c. Finding someone who can develop a really good resume for med. Finding more online applications to completee. Finding a career coach who works with executives in the field I want to pursuef. Finding a career manager who works only with physiciansg. None of the above, Other________________

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