Guides for hiring and career decisions

Short, practical documents built from the work of running permanent heart and vascular searches.

CT Hiring Readiness Checklist

A 9-page program workbook to complete before a cardiothoracic requisition opens. It scores readiness across eight domains: role definition, team and infrastructure, compensation and authority, candidate experience, vetting, credentialing, onboarding, and a final readiness score.

The Clinician's Guide to Your Next CT Surgery Role

A 10-page clinician guide for evaluating a cardiothoracic role before you commit. It works through your priorities, case mix and volume, call structure, support and culture, the anatomy of the offer, benchmark context, red flags, and a weighted decision scorecard.

The Cardiovascular Career Growth Playbook

A 9-page workbook for cardiovascular clinicians who want to direct the next stage of their career rather than react to it. It covers a career audit, the skill stack that holds value, longevity and role design, staying visible in the quiet market, negotiation, a 12-month plan, and an opportunity matrix.

2026 CT Compensation Snapshot

An 8-page market brief on cardiothoracic compensation. It sets out current benchmarks with the evidence level behind each one, role-specific context across the CT team, the full architecture of a complete offer, worksheets for building or comparing one, and source notes.