Residency & Fellowship Counselor
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Job Description
The Residency & Fellowship Counselor is the front line of the RMG client relationship. You guide prospective and enrolled physician candidates through their options, advise honestly on pathways to residency and fellowship, and convert qualified inquiries into committed clients — then support them through the engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Manage a pipeline of inbound and assigned candidate leads from first contact through enrollment.
Conduct consultative calls and meetings: understand each candidate's background, USMLE/COMLEX status, visa situation, and goals, and map realistic pathways.
Clearly and accurately explain RMG's services, what they do and don't guarantee, fee structures, and the PSA terms.
- Hit monthly enrollment and revenue targets while maintaining a high standard of accuracy and candidate trust.
- Maintain clean, current records in the CRM and hand off enrolled clients smoothly to placement/academic teams.
- Stay current on residency/fellowship cycles, the Match, ACGME pathways, and IMG-relevant immigration basics.
MD or DO Doctors Looking for Residency
- 2+ years in counselling, admissions, advising, or consultative sales — ideally in education or healthcare.
- Strong interpersonal and active-listening skills; able to build trust quickly with high-achieving, anxious, time-pressed candidates.
- Goal-oriented and comfortable working toward enrollment and commission targets.
- Organized, CRM-fluent, and reliable with follow-up.
Preferred
Knowledge of the U.S. medical residency system, USMLE, the NRMP Match, or the IMG journey.
- Experience working with international clients across time zones and cultures.
- Multilingual ability a plus.
- 401k
- Blue Cross Full PPO
- Free food
- Great headquarters with wellness room pool tables etc
Requirements
Requires 2+ years of experience in counseling, admissions, or consultative sales, preferably within healthcare or education. Candidates should be goal-oriented and possess strong knowledge of the U.S. medical residency system.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Residency & Fellowship Counselor at Residents Medical a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,751 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc.
Medical Education — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 16% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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