Career Resources
Negotiating Your Contract
Protect yourself personally, professionally, and financially – know how to negotiate a strong contract that works for you.
Preparing for Contract Renegotiation
In this article, the PA Career Coach explores the topic of contract renegotiation and advises you on how to approach you employer about improving your existing agreement.
Contract Assessment and Negotiation Checklist
It’s important to negotiate a contract that empowers you, fits your needs, and protects you. The checklist can help you assess an employer’s contract and identify areas for negotiation.
Practice Partnership and Ownership
Owning a practice or other healthcare business is complex and can present special challenges for PAs. The following information can help you decide whether practice partnership or ownership is right for you.
Tips for Contract Negotiation, Using the AAPA Salary Report
Every day, PA Career Coach Jennifer Hohman uses the AAPA Salary Report to help her clients negotiate their employment contracts. In this article, Jennifer shares how she leverages the Salary Report for her client’s benefit.
Contract and Salary Negotiations
: You’ve landed your first PA job – now it’s time get the salary and perks you want! PA educator James R. Kilgore, DMSc, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, shares tips and tricks for negotiating the terms of your contract.
Your Top 5 Career Questions Answered by the PA Career Coach
Jennifer Anne Hohman, the PA Career Coach, answers the top five questions we heard from PAs this year. She offers her expert advice on asking for a raise, negotiating (and renegotiating) your salary, how to land a job as a new grad, and more.
4 Non-Salary Negotiations PAs Need to Consider
For most professionals, the words “negotiate” and “salary” often go hand-in-hand. But when employers can’t increase your salary offer, you may find them willing to increase or improve other areas of the benefits package to entice you to work for them.
You’ve Been Hacked! Lessons Learned from a Cyber Breach
A small Texas practice’s electronic health records were hacked and held for ransom. For days, while pen and paper kept the practice going, a PA wondered whether she’d face a financial hit from the cyber breach.
Virtual Health PAs Share Insight to Rapidly Growing Healthcare Space
Huddle’s latest Ask Me session recruited virtual medicine PAs Desmond Watt and Amanda Shelley to engage in field-related discussions with AAPA members. Virtual health, or telemedicine, is an emerging healthcare space that PAs have the opportunity to not only join, but lead.
Anatomy of a Contract
Use our interactive tool to familiarize yourself with a contract. We’ve outlined the key elements typically found in PA employment contracts and offered some advice on what to expect, ask for, and be wary of in each section.
Strategies for PAs to Prevent Burnout
While work/life balance will always be provisional and imperfect, it is worth seeking; it is essential PAs take care of themselves to prevent professional and personal burnout.
PA Student to PA: Navigating the Transition
While the transition from program to practice may seem overwhelming and nerve-wracking, PA students can set themselves up for a successful career start with these tips.
Career Experts Offer PAs Advice on Contract Negotiation
Three career experts offer their advice on AAPA member-submitted contract negotiation questions.
Boundaries and Professional Wellbeing
PAs need to create professional boundaries as part of a healthy career.