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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

The AAPA Membership Matters column features the latest information about new, enhanced, and planned AAPA member benefits, services, and products for you and your students. AAPA wants to help you make the academic years more productive and rewarding for your students. Please make them aware of these resources.

The PA Job Link

—Your Online Career Source

Discover the premier employment source for PA students, PAs, and employers looking for the largest pool of qualified PA candidates. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) provides you with all the resources that are essential to your professional development. Accessible on the AAPA Web site (www.aapa.org; choose Employment), 24 hours a day, seven days a week, The PA Job Link brings the power of the Internet to your career search.

The PA Job Link is a one-stop site where you can search for employment opportunities, post résumés, and find links related to AAPA employment services. You can search for jobs by geographic location, specialty discipline, and keywords.

Best of all, it is completely FREE!

Here are some of the employment resources available to you at
The PA Job Link:

  • Manage your profile on one page. Your “Career Page” is easy to use and provides complete summary information — all in one place.
  • Track your current and past activity.
  • Post a résumé — confidentially, if you wish.
  • Access hundreds of regularly updated local, regional, and national job listings, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Send a cover letter with résumé when responding to a job posting.
  • Receive e-mail notification of new job postings.
  • Access personal assistance, toll-free, five days a week.

The AAPA also provides you with these essential tools:

  • Cover letter templates and samples
  • Interview preparation information
  • Salary and benefits data
  • Contract, liability, and business resources
  • Many additional professional practice resources

The PA Job Link also offers personalized customer service assistance Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., ET. Call 888/884-8242 or e-mail employers@healthecareers.com.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants is a member of the HEALTHeCAREERS Network, an integrated network of prestigious association career programs, which includes those developed by the American College of Cardiology, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and the Medical Group Management Association.

 

 

APAP Update - September 2005