Everyone is dying to see the AAPA salary report. PAs are in the streets surrounding the building waiting for that report to come out. Newspaper boys around the country yell EXTRA, EXTRA on street corners letting everyone know that the salary report is ready. Here’s the inside scoop: Those … [Read more...]

How much more does a month of work as a PA look like? I’m gonna bet you’ve done the calculation. I know I’d done it hundreds of times by the time I sat for my PANCE. (I’m pretty sure my wife had been through the numbers once or twice too). I’m not gonna lie. It’s a pretty nice number, … [Read more...]

Ever consider how many jobs opportunities don’t make it to the job boards? The answer is most of them. Only 13% of jobs are ever posted where you can find them, even if you looked at every website on the internet. According to career coach and creator of 48days.com Dan Miller, 87% of jobs are … [Read more...]

Plan on using job boards for your search? Terrible idea. Why? I’ve talked with job candidates who are applying for jobs with 100, 200, and, in one situation, over 500 applicants. I’ve got a solid resumé at this point in my career, but even I’d have to do some pretty fancy thinking to come up … [Read more...]

The whole point of going to PA school is to get a job WORKING as a PA. Helping people, saving lives, and generally making the world a better place. What is the BEST way to find a job right of PA School? Why, making friends of course. Seriously. Networking on rotations is probably THE best way … [Read more...]