When it comes to finding a new job, GPs appear to be bucking the trend with the majority landing a new role with relative ease and at least two months earlier on average than other equally ranked professionals, new data suggests.
The inaugural AusDoc.JOBS ‘Job Seeker Study, a survey of 707 Australian based GPs shows that more than half took less than a month to secure their current position while a further quarter took less than three months.
The inaugural AusDoc.JOBS ‘Job Seeker Study, a survey of 707 Australian based GPs shows that more than half took less than a month to secure their current position while a further quarter took less than three months.
As for those at the top of the corporate ladder, it can take anywhere from six months to a year for a CEO to land the top spot, the Indeed survey reveals.
Conversely, GPs are in the enviable position of circumventing both ageism in the workplace and a painful and prolonged job search.
Almost a quarter of those interviewed by ADG for the job seeker study were aged 55-64 and a further 13% aged 65-plus.
Most respondents (60%) applied for just one job before being successfully recruited.
“Overall, practices are so desperate for additional GPs, particularly now as there seems to be a massive shortage where I am, that they would take any GP with a pulse,” says one NSW Central Coast GP who wanted to remain anonymous.
“Practice owners are all very keen for an immediate sign-up.”
Fortunately for practice owners, the data reveal GPs are generally loyal to their employer, preferring long-term tenure to job-hopping, with half of those surveyed reporting they had been in their current role for more than five years.
A further 15% had been working in the same practice for between three and five years.
But if there’s anything that’s going to sway a GP to change jobs, it’s most likely going to be remuneration-based. Like the rest of us, the prospect of more money is particularly alluring and so not surprisingly, a pay increase is the most common reason for looking further afield.
Drilling down further, GPs report that paid training opportunities are important to them (47%), followed by additional paid holiday leave (38%), additional super contributions (32%) and equity/partnership opportunities (27%).
Almost a quarter said they wanted a bonus.
For more information about the AusDoc.JOBS ‘Job Seeker Study, please call 1300 360 126.
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