Most nonclinical jobs and opportunities for physicians are never posted. In this BiteLabs Live, Dr. Zac Hana talks to pediatrician and Grapevyne founder Dr. Zhen Chan, BiteLabs alum and MetaboLoop founder Dr. Agnes Laseinde, and recruiter Jason Spinney about how these roles really get filled, and how to get in front of them.
Key takeaways
- •Applying makes you number 549 (28:05). Recruiters don’t read hundreds of applications. They search LinkedIn by keywords, so your profile does more work than your CV.
- •Networking compounds (13:48). Jason’s method: ask for their story, ask for advice, follow up in six weeks, then ask who else you should meet. One contact becomes two, then four.
- •Skip the CEO (12:07). Directors and managers get fewer messages, have more time, and can introduce you upwards.
- •Become the niche expert (11:13). Agnes holds a menopause credential shared by only about 5,000 clinicians, so health tech companies come to her.
- •Your LinkedIn profile is your introduction (25:17). In health tech, introductions usually happen by forwarding a profile, so make yours clear about what you deliver.
- •You have ten seconds (37:54). What a recruiter reads in the top third of your CV, and why impact doesn’t need a number.
- •You don’t have to build alone (42:08). Agnes and Zhen on finding co-founders, innovation centers and support.
Watch the full conversation
The 48-minute replay is embedded above. Watch it on YouTube if you prefer to open the conversation there.
Connect with the speakers: Dr. Zhen Chan (Grapevyne), Dr. Agnes Laseinde (MetaboLoop) and Jason Spinney on LinkedIn.
For a practical next step, read How to Get a Job in Healthtech as a Clinician and the USA digital health jobs guide.
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