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Every Post-MDT newsletter edition in full. The weekly jobs and events stay in the Sunday email.

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Don’t wanna leave clinical completely yet?
In 2021 I was still full time in ED when I started helping out at a startup.
Know you can do the job, but keep getting rejected?
Their biggest project sat behind two words: “departmental resource”.
Want out, but no idea what you’d do?
A list of work conditions doesn’t tell you what you want to be doing.
Feel silly listing your non-clinical work?
Their most impressive project was at the bottom of page 3.
What to change on your clinical CV
My last clinical CV, torn down for a project manager role.
Ever had words with your in-charge?
“the people that cope, just get given more shit to do!!”
Got more to offer?
Private practice → Product & strategy lead.
Do you need to go back and study first?
I started two postgrads and finished neither 😅
How to LinkedIn.
With the least amount of cringe possible.
Know where to actually search.
If you're not keen to work for bottom feeders.
The mistake I made for four years on my non-clinical CV.
Wow congrats you joined a bunch of working parties, so what?!
You found your breadcrumbs. Now what?
Mine took day 1 mobilisation from 63% to 93%.
Let's be real, you don't know what roles to search for (yet).
There's a step before Seek you might not know about.
There's no right time to pivot.
A savings buffer helps, waiting to feel ready doesn't.
How I would pivot to non-clinical now.
All you need is a problem that annoys the hell out of you.
How I turned physio into project manager (my actual application).
The selection criteria response that got me the job.
Joey applied for 15 roles and got the same feedback every time.
The catch-22 every clinician trying to pivot hits.
I took a $56k pay cut on purpose.
The one time NSW Health being slow actually paid off 😅
I quit my senior $103k physio job with nothing lined up.
The bits folks usually gloss over 💅

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The blog is the why. The guide and the quiz are the which: the non-clinical roles your clinical training actually maps to, and what it costs (in time and money) to get there.