Career Advice
Tips and guidance for radiology tech careers
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How to Negotiate Your Salary as a Radiology Technologist
Most rad techs leave money on the table by not negotiating. Learn the data-driven approach to getting paid what you're worth.
5 Tips to Land Your First Rad Tech Job After Graduation
Breaking into the radiology field can feel overwhelming. Here are five actionable strategies to help new graduates stand out and land their first position.
Burned Out as a Rad Tech? Here's How to Reignite Your Career
I'm sitting across from another burned-out rad tech—let's call her Sarah—and she's telling me what I hear at least once a week: "I'm done. I'm leaving radiology. I can't do this anymore."
Managing Up: How Rad Techs Can Influence Department Decisions
I learned the hard way that having a good idea doesn't mean it gets implemented.
How to Compete With Travel Agency Pay Without Breaking Your Budget
I'll be honest: I've watched talented radiology technologists walk out the door for travel contracts. The lure is real—sometimes that's a 40% bump in hourly rate, plus housing allowance, plus sign-on bonuses that can hit five figures. I've been there. I've felt the temptation.
Travel Rad Tech Life: The Honest Pros and Cons Nobody Tells You
Travel Rad Tech Life: The Honest Pros and Cons Nobody Tells You
How to Choose the Right Rad Tech Program: A Student's Guide
I'm going to be blunt: I get about two emails a month from discouraged rad techs who are barely hanging on in their first job, and at least 40% of them tell me the same thing. "I didn't realize my program was this bad until I started working."
Quality Assurance in Radiology: Why QA Culture Affects Retention
Quality Assurance in Radiology: Why Your QA Culture Affects Retention
What Rad Techs Actually Want From Their Employers
I'll be honest—I was skeptical when my colleague suggested we formally survey the radiology tech community about what they actually want from employers. I figured we'd get the same tired responses: higher pay, more PTO, better scheduling. But we didn't. What we found was way more nuanced, and honest
Why Your Rad Tech Interview Process Is Losing You Candidates
I lost a really good CT technologist named David over a lunch break. Not because he got a better offer—we couldn't match salary. We lost him because our interview process was so poorly designed that he had time between meetings to decide he'd rather work somewhere else.
Night Shift Radiology: Survival Tips From a Tech Who's Been There
I'm going to be straight with you: I've spent roughly 4,000 nights working radiology. That's enough time in the dark to know both the transcendent and the terrible about overnight shifts. I'm not here to tell you it's amazing. I'm here to tell you how to survive it without destroying yourself.
Rad Tech Student Loan Forgiveness: Programs Your Employees Should Know About
Rad Tech Student Loan Forgiveness: Programs Your Employees Should Know About
Union vs Non-Union Radiology Departments: What Hiring Managers Need to Know
I've managed imaging departments on both sides of the union line, and I'll be honest: neither one is inherently better or worse. What changes is how you operate. And if you're a hiring manager who hasn't dealt with this before, the surprises can bite you hard.
Rad Tech Professional Development Plans: A Template for Every Career Stage
Why Most Techs Don't Have a Real Development Plan (And Why That Costs Them)
How to Build a Rad Tech Referral Program That Fills Positions Fast
How to Build a Rad Tech Referral Program That Fills Positions Fast
Ultrasound vs Radiology: Helping Prospective Students Choose
I get asked this question at least twice a month, and I always start with the same disclaimer: I'm not objective. I fell in love with nuclear medicine because I like being a detective—following isotopes through the body, seeing physiology instead of just anatomy. That bias shapes how I see ultrasoun
Building Your Personal Brand as a Radiology Professional
Five years ago, I was the guy working travel contracts. I did it for the freedom, the adventure, the ability to pick up six-month assignments in places I'd never been. Portland, Phoenix, Miami, back to Atlanta—I saw the country, made decent money, and had the flexibility to disappear when things got
From Rad Tech to Radiology Administrator: Career Paths in Imaging Leadership
I started my career in 1997 as a wide-eyed 22-year-old in the CT department of a regional hospital in Wisconsin. I was good at it—really good. I picked up protocols fast, I could position patients even when they were difficult, and I had that strange gift where patient anxiety actually went down whe
The True Cost of Rad Tech Turnover: A Financial Deep Dive
I was sitting in a budget meeting in 2015 when my CFO asked me why my department's operational costs had jumped 18 percent year-over-year while census was flat. He thought it was new equipment or supplies.
How Small Hospitals Can Recruit Rad Techs Against Big System Competition
The Problem That Keeps HR Up At Night