Titles

I think this will be more of an opinion post than anything:

I may have stated my opinion about this early but here we go again. I've been doing some observing over a period of time and noticed what happens to people when they get a title. It seems that you can take the most experienced and well liked individual, give them a title, and what happens? They lose all common sense, think they are better than everyone else, and cannot relate to those he/she worked along side. They spend all their time in "meetings" and have lost touch with the real world. Yes meetings are a necessary evil in the corporate world but really how many meetings do you have in one week?

There are a few exceptions to this rule of course; some people refuse to drink the kool-aide. What happens to them? They are bashed, made into a scapegoat when things go wrong, and either end up giving in and "conforming" or they leave all together. Why is it that people have lost sight of the primary goal? This rat race we live in today has become our downfall. I think that those individuals in the "upper management" feel intimidated when someone else comes up with an idea or suggestion or they get scared when they see someone who cares about their job and is enthusiastic about it. The sad part is because this person doesn't have a "title" they are often ignored. I think I'll close with one of my favorite quotes...

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." Niccolo Machiavelli

Jobs: International, Travel, and Remote Medical

By no means will this list be extensive but it is the best that I currently have. I've been asked by some folks about travel jobs and over seas work but since I have not done this type of job before I can only answer general questions. I do have resources that I can pull from if needed. So without further delay here comes the list:

• USA Jobs (http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/browse.aspx) Civilian positions for the US Government, covers a wide range of medical specialties. Think outside the box, just because there are no current paramedic listings doesn't mean that you do not qualify for other in hospital jobs.

• Medical Workers (http://www.medicalworkers.com/paramedic-jobs.aspx) General website for stateside paramedic jobs. Occassionally an over seas/travel position is listed.

• EMS Job Center (http://www.emsjobcenter.com/) An extensive list of job opportunites for all levels of care and experience.

• EMS Fire/Rescue Jobs (http://www.emsfirerescuejobs.com/) Set up by state for job postings On blogspot check out Remote Medic Jobs, has some decent info on it. Also if you're on EMT life check out the blog on over seas employment, excellent insight by sandbox medic.

• Saudi Aramco (http://www.jobsataramco.com/home2/default.aspx) An oil company that that hires quite a bit of medical folks.

• Expidition Medic (http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/index.php/vacancies/) UK site for expidition positions that are posted periodically.

• Remote, Offshore and Tactical Medical Positions (http://www.winterharbor.net/offshore.html) Large list of links to employers who hire for various locations and positions. I apologize if I've listed some of their links twice.

• Oil Careers (http://www.oilcareers.com/default.asp) Jobs and locations vary

• International SOS (http://www.internationalsos.com/en/index.htm) A collegue of mine has worked through them and said it was a good experience. Positions are all over the world


• Danger Zone Jobs (http://dangerzonejobs.com/)


• Dyncorp International (http://www.dyn-intl.com/)


• Frontier Medical (http://frontiermedical.net/)