Career and Life Planning Guidebook for Medical Residents

Recommended Tool Creating Your Golden Opportunity Targets Develop your Circles of Gold by identifying five people (mentors, trusted agents) you can talk with for guidance and counsel before you begin the first round of telephone and on-site interviews. http://md.careers/E-19 “The best way to prepare is to meet with a career counselor first, and then once equipped with a thorough understanding of one’s own internal and external goals and wishlists, approach one or all of your networks, depending on what your choices are.” – Dr. Wambui Waruingi, Neonatologist F I E L D N O T E S "Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful." – Reid Hoffman SECTION II: T MINUS TWO YEARS CAREER AND LIFE PLANNING GUIDEBOOK FOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS 166