Career Resources

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PA JobSource

PA JobSource is our interactive, map-based career exploration platform. Explore the map and connect with virtually every PA employer in the United States today.

Recruiters

Thinking about using a recruiter to find your next PA job? Use our checklist to vet your choice and see a list of common warning signs.

Finding Your Dream Job

There is no perfect job. Career satisfaction is highly individualized. PAs can find the right job for them by carefully considering variables like work-life balance, compensation, and work setting, and prioritizing the variables that align with their passions, values, and morals.

Navigating Your First PA Job Search: A Strategic Timeline

Whether you’re wrapping up your didactic year or approaching the finish line of PA school, it’s the perfect time to start preparing for your first physician associate job search. In this article, Senior Search Consultant Alexandra MacDougall of PA Recruiting Services offers advice on how to plan ahead, think strategically, and approach your career search with confidence.

8 Traits Employers Look For: How PAs Can Stand Out in the Hiring Process

Whether you’re fresh out of training or a seasoned PA looking for a new opportunity, understanding what hiring managers value—and how to showcase those traits—can make all the difference. In this article, the experienced recruiters at PA Recruiting Services explain what employers are really looking for in physician associates, and how you can demonstrate those qualities in your CV and through the final interview.

Building a Meaningful Career in Primary Care: A Guide for Early-Career PAs

PA Kenneth Botelho thinks primary care is a specialty where PAs can lead, innovate, and build a lasting career. In this article, he shares why the U.S. healthcare system needs more primary care PAs and outlines four practical tips to succeed as a primary care PA.

How to Market Yourself for a Specialty as a New Physician Associate

Specialty practice is of interest to many new PAs, but breaking into a specialty as a new grad can be challenging. In this article, the experienced recruiters at PA Recruiting Services explain how new grads can put their best foot forward with smart marketing, persistence, and strategy.

Networking for Career Development

The career-boosting magic of networking can occur in person or online. In this article, the PA Career Coach offers several strategies that can help you develop a healthy and deep network.

In Practice Newsletter Archives

Find solutions to your most pressing early-career questions and challenges with guidance from peers and experts in this quarterly AAPA member newsletter.

Six Pearls for Landing Your First PA Position

The complex journey from program to practice is different for everyone but navigating it with grace and a little less stress is possible! In this article, the PA Career Coach offers six pearls for a first PA job search that she’s gathered from years of working one-on-one with new PAs.

Is Locums work a good option for you?

Practicing in a locum tenens position is a uniquely flexible way to explore a new location, expand your practice, make professional connections, and stay clinically active between longer-term positions.

Advice for New Grads: Landing Your First PA Job

Looking for your first PA position? Whether you’re a student or a recent graduate – this is your insider guide to networking, negotiating, and finding your passion!

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Your Top 5 Career Questions Answered by the PA Career Coach

Jennifer Anne Hohman, the PA Career Coach, answers the top five questions we heard from PAs this year. She offers her expert advice on asking for a raise, negotiating (and renegotiating) your salary, how to land a job as a new grad, and more.

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How to Tailor Your Job Application for a Specialty Transition

Any successful career transition is rooted in self-knowledge, curiosity and a zestful movement towards what inspires you as a clinician. PAs have unique career journeys given their ability to navigate specialty transitions that can be both exciting and daunting.

Navigating the Job Search as a New Grad

Finding your first PA job is challenging enough, and even more so during a pandemic. Join AAPA for this webinar about navigating a job search as a new grad.