New grad in need of advice with job search

[realtreky]

I am open to pretty much all areas of medicine and surgery. The only specialty I am not interested in is psych. I have my resume on indeed and in my intro paragraph I wrote that I was interested interest in internal med, emergency, and hospital medicine (which are my top 3); however I applied to a surgery position using indeed and the hiring manager saw that I listed those 3 areas and kind of called me out on it. My question is: should I change my intro to include all the area I am open to? Does it look bad to list multiple areas? I will be honest I feel particularly attached to one area of medicine. I came out of almost all my rotation feeling excited about them (except for psych off course). The reason I listed the above areas of medicine is because I think they will allow me to learn the most. Any suggestions (related to the above problem or unrelated) will be greatly appreciated. TIA

[realtreky]

BTW. When I submit applications via the employers website directly I can customize it to the specific job and submit a cover letter. I only problem I have is ones I have to do via indeed. Thanks again.

[UpperLeftPAC]

TBH I would probably not list any 'areas of interest' on a resume, but that's just me. I want to update and tweak my resume as little as possible. 

[realtreky]

hmm, I didn't think about leaving that off. My resume does not areas of interest list but indeed has an intro portion where you write a little bit about yourself (more like a cover letter); but nonetheless, I will remove the areas of interest. Thank you for your input.

[sas5814]

Network network network......... there are probably more unadvertised jobs than advertised ones. Be very dubious of recruiters.

[Cideous]

Choose a specialty and focus on it.  Areas of interest tells an employer that you don't know really want you want to do.  Start with something broad like family practice unless you really want to go into and stick with one specialty. 

[MediMike]

Or just adapt your CV/cover letter to whatever it is you're applying to.

[jmj11]

I always designed my CV to each particular job I was looking at. I didn't use a generic CV that went to all potential jobs. I would list my goal as the goal for that particular job and no others.

[Wish1pa]

Agree with the above about the cover letter. I had a generic letter that I would modify depending on the job I was applying for. And I wouldnt put an area of interest on my resume unless I absolutely would only consider jobs in that specialty. 

[UGoLong]

I echo the comments of others. Do not list all of the areas you would work in. Tailor your letter to the job at hand. They are going to train you and want to hear that you are actually interested in their area.

[thinkertdm]

HiI try to keep my general information on indeed, healtecareers, etc as vague as possible, then tell them what they want to hear, within reason, of course.  They are doing the same to you.  If they are hiring for surgery- you love surgery.  Give them the resume/cv which focuses on your surgery skills and acumen.  Have a bunch organized by which specialty you want.

I try to look on indeed then figure out which company it is, then go directly to them.  Avoid recruiters like the plague, they will promise everything and deliver... nothing.