VAM adds Career Fair for 2020

Mar 31, 2020 Re-posted from the April 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist

Looking into job opportunities? Just want to see what’s out there in terms of career moves to another part of the country?

This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) attendees will want to take advantage of the new Career Fair, set for 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 19, in the Exhibit Hall. Community Brands, which runs the SVS online job board, is operating the fair.

The SVS Community Practice and Young Surgeons committees endorse the event as a way to provide SVS members exposure to a number of opportunities to change their careers.

“Even if someone isn’t actively looking for a new job, he or she might want to explore possibilities for the future,” said Daniel McDevitt, MD, chair of the Community Practice Committee. “People don’t necessarily take a linear path through life.”

Besides on-site representatives, other organizations will be included in a digital recruitment guide, accessible via the meeting’s app.

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