Early career years are a time for growing and learning. In your first job, you have to earn the respect, trust and credibility of your team. Deliver tangible value by bringing results. If you make a commitment, see it through. You'll be astonished how quickly you get ahead if you say you're going to do [...]

Don't use a single variable (RVU) to characterize a multi-factorial data. RVU tells you nothing about how much time you'll spend on difficult cases, consulting with referring doctors, tumor board, assisting technologists, and/or other non-clinical duties. Understand the whole picture.

Rookie mistake to focus only on starting salary, and not on monetary value of ALL benefits. Some benefits outweigh marginally higher starting salary. Write down all the benefits and put an assigned value to them to compare offers equally.

Not all practices are created equal. How many practices laid off radiologists or asked them to take a pay cut? How many simply stopped hiring? Answers to these questions reveal much about a practice's finances and stability.

Depends but networking will always give you a leg up. Get involved with your state and regional radiology society, develop connections, maintain relationships and make yourself known!

Sophistication of management is crucial. A group with the best location and most attractive initial offer may not be ideal long term if their business management is substandard.

What is the reason for this job opening? Was there a predecessor for this position, and if so, what prompted the change? What is the timeline to fill this spot? What is something new hires in the past have been surprised to find out about at your practice? Guess how many times I get asked [...]