First Job Options

We've finally entered into the beginning of the job-hiring season.  Joel scheduled his first official interview!  The really funny part about it is that it's where he went to medical school: Penn State in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  He had a phone interview and then he's scheduled to fly out there the end of October for the first round of interviews.  We thought that job was a long shot since so many things had to line up into place for the opening to exist, but lo and behold, he got a phone call!

Joel also had a phone interview for Albany, New York this afternoon.  This is a completely different type of job than in Hershey.  The hospital in Albany is a much smaller program and requires a lot more clinical hours and call.  There's almost no research element.  It is a huge change from Joel's previous experiences at large hospitals, so the director wants Joel to take some time to think about whether this is something he would like to do or not.  He's meeting with him at a conference they're both attending the beginning of October and if Joel feels good about it then they will officially schedule an interview in Albany.

There isn't anyone who specializes in Joel's area of interest and research at Hershey, so he would have a nitch there.  Albany doesn't even have the program he does, so he would get to start up the treatments basically from scratch and be THE person for the program.  Both offer interesting, but very different opportunities.

Richmond (Virginia) also got back to him this week.  The division chief is brand new, so he's trying to get settled, but he told Joel there will definitely be openings.  Joel's supposed to contact him mid-October once the chief has determined the exact needs of the program.  Then Joel can decide if any of these openings fit with what he would like to do.

Other hospitals who are supposed to be contacting him in October:  Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt (Nashville), Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Dallas, and San Antonio. 

Fresno does not currently have an opening that matches what Joel does and Columbus is not looking very promising in terms of being able to get a job approved by the board.  If we haven't heard back from the other places he applied, we currently consider them as not an option.  He has a couple of promising leads right now though, so we're excited for this next phase.