This is the “official job site” for the College, so don’t ignore it. There is a great deal of meat here, so it is definitely worth the time and effort.

Climbing the ladder swiftly is the newer site EDSource.com.

The first line on the “about” page states “edSource is the leading provider of emergency department news and emergency medicine news on the web.”

I think my friends here at ACEP News might take exception to that statement! This site has the appearance of a newsletter and, in fact, offers one. They copy articles from the specialty journals and other publications, listing them on the right hand side of the cover page under the heading “EM News.” The problem is, when I clicked on any of the headlines my browser couldn’t find and open any of the articles; I tried for 4 days in a row with no luck.

They are obviously trying hard to appear “official” and Emergency Medicine friendly, also offering a series of links at the bottom of the cover page to web sites for ACEP, ABEM, AAEM, even the CDC.

This is all very pretty, but I believe they would be better served putting the effort into their actual job search function and forget about all the fluff.

No registration is required to search the jobs; good on them! When you start the search process, a map of the country comes up and you can click on individual states. Again, locum assignments are mixed in with permanent listings along with mid-level provider jobs, but they are clearly identified and easily skipped over. About 300 positions for emergency physicians are available and fairly evenly spread over the 50 states. However, there’s no requirement for employers to identify themselves.

The rates for advertising are pretty good and definitely competitive. Another problem with this site – there is no telephone connection available – no identification of who is in charge of the site, who owns it, who runs it and they do not respond to email requests for communication. In fact, the only email address they provide is the one to list a job. It’s all a big mystery; a bit concerning, that. Still, very worth a look and one hopes they will eventually work the kinks out.

I love Elad Bicer, M.D.’s site EMedCentral.com. It’s a website for emergency physicians by emergency physicians and nothing costs you a dime. Their job board is free form and very low cost to post. I’ve seen as many as 600 jobs posted on this board in peak season. It is so easy to maintain, edit and update your listings as an employer/recruiter.