Finding Primary Care Physician Jobs

Since the end of WWII, the US has experiencedemployees, like the Maine Recruitment Center
three distinct "baby boom" periods where the(MRC) in the state of Maine. Physician recruiting
number of babies born have exceeded 4 millionagencies such as the MRC specialize in placement
per year; 1954 - 1964, 1989 -1993 and 2000 -services for local Primary Care Physician Jobs.
2009.Their primary care job listings are continually
Within a few short decades North America's babyupdated and generally reflect the most current
boomers from the first period, which accounts forprimary care job opportunities for that market
approximately 25% of the total population, willState run primary care recruiting agencies like the
have reached retirement age. In fact, as early asMRC are also better equipped to not only match
2012 the first of these baby boomers will be 65the job candidate to the primary care physician
years of age!job, but to match the hiring practice and the
Statistics like these have a direct impact oncommunity to the lifestyle needs of the primary
primary care providers.care physician and the physician's family.
Primary care givers such as family practiceWhile job seeking primary care physicians may be
physicians, internal medicine physicians,highly motivated and driven to succeed, those
pediatricians, OB/GYNs and internists are generallywith families for instance, are more likely to care
the patients' first point of contact.as much about where they raise their family and
As the importance of primary care escalates wethe quality of life they can provide for their
are experiencing an increased need to findfamilies as they are about the potential primary
qualified health care professionals who meet thecare job.
requirements to fill Family Practice Physician JobsAnother benefit of state run physician recruiting
and OB GYN Physician Jobs plus positions foragencies is that they generally have on-going
internal medicine and pediatrics.working relationships with the hiring family
While many primary care physician jobs arepractices plus community health centers (CHCs),
posted on online recruitment websites or withhospitals and private practices across the state.
national job banks, these should not be the jobState run physician recruiting services are in the
seekers only avenue for finding primary care jobunique position of understanding the needs of the
openings.hiring practice and marrying that to the needs of
Many US states now have state wide recruitingthe primary care candidates. It's a win-win
services, many of them non-profit with salariedsituation.