How to Move Careers as a Doctor Without Financial Loss

In this episode of Disrupting Doctors Career podcast, your host, Dr Abeyna, talks about why a recession is a great opportunity to reconsider and rethink your strategy for a career change. She also expands on ways to mitigate your career moves to recession-proof your career and why learning these skills now is essential for your survival in the alternative career path you want to follow.

The cost of living is increasing, doctors are talking about striking again, inflation is sky-high, and we’re headed for a recession.


With all of this going on, you wonder if changing jobs is a wise move. How do you plan to switch careers during a recession as a doctor? What do you do to recession-proof your career?


In this episode of Disrupting Doctors Career podcast, your host, Dr Abeyna, talks about why a recession is a great opportunity to reconsider and rethink your strategy for a career change. She also expands on ways to mitigate your career moves to recession-proof your career and why learning these skills now is essential for your survival in the alternative career path you want to follow.


Listen in to learn how you can move forward and actively find what career opportunities are available for doctors, how to use your transferable skills in alternative career pathways, even when it seems very risky, and discover how healthcare can be recession proof.


Recession is the best time to reflect on what you need to invest in to position yourself during and after to knock out the opportunities you want.


What You Will Learn:

  • [00:01] What’s in for you in today’s show
  • [01:53] Dr Abeyna’s WHY that keeps her doing what she does
  • [04:18] Breaking the myths around career change
  • [06:23] Recession and how it affects us as doctors
  • [07:42] Why recession is the best time to invest and position yourself for success
  • [08:07] Three strategies to help mitigate your career moves and recession-proof your career
  • [12:15] A little exercise for you to do right now to develop your soft skills
  • [18:23] A quick recap on how to recession-proof your career
  • [19:05] Call to action and end of the show

Standout Quotes:

  • Moving careers is a huge risk and a leap to the unknown, and in order to manage those risks, we need to put certain things in place to make sure whatever we choose can support our lifestyle.” – Dr Abeyna [05:06]
  •  “Whatever we choose to focus on for our livelihood, we’ve to make sure it’s worth the storm.”– Dr Abeyna [5:22]
  • “Recessions don’t last forever, and what tends to follow a recession is companies hiring again.”– Dr Abeyna [7:42]
  • When you’re applying for a job or uncovering an opportunity, people are likely to offer you an opportunity if they like you, think that you can get on with their team and have shared values, rather than focusing on your technical skills.’- Dr Abeyna [11:42]

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