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Residents Medical
Los Angeles, California

Residency & Fellowship Counselor

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

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

Candidate AdvisingCRM ManagementPipeline ManagementInterpersonal SkillsMedical Residency KnowledgeUSMLE/COMLEX KnowledgeNRMP Match KnowledgeIMG Journey Knowledge

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).

Top Counselor Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 40 employers

16
<$100k
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$100k-115k
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$115k-130k
9
$130k-145k
7
$145k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,751 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

Benefits & Perks

401k
Blue Cross Full PPO
Free food
Wellness room
Pool tables