The Physician's Strategy For Online Dating

Being a physician and single could be a tough combination. The job of caring for people is already time consuming, and the job of looking for somebody to exchange reciprocal care with is a tall order. Between seeing patients at the clinic, attending ward rounds, going for conferences and seminars, the single physician hardly finds the time to hang out with potential dates just to scope them out, or go out for dinners or movies with a person without it seeming like he or she is wasting time.

However, times have changed. Just as the doctor can pull up his patients profile on the computer no matter where she is located, find the results to diagnostic tests that he ordered, he can also use this technology to find a person with potential before embarking on a life date. This process is online dating and many people are finding love online by using the internet to do a lot of the ground work before actually venturing out on a date. Below are some strategies which a physician can use to get some exposure to the type of person they are interested in meeting.

o Write A Great Profile

o Include A good Picture

o Cost

o Profile Matching

o Going Off Line

Write A Great Profile

In online dating websites your profile is your link to the outside world and to whomever is there looking for a mate. Take the time to write a good and sincere profile about yourself. Lay it out as it is but do not paint a negative picture about yourself. Remember, online dating is now mainstream and ubiquitous and not used by weirdos as previously thought. Before you begin, write on a piece of paper all the positive things about yourself as bullet points and then pull them together in several sentences. Do not include in your profile anything about how much you make or what you do. Simply leave the profession area as working in healthcare.

Include A Good Picture

Online dating is more or less about marketing yourself. People like to see what they are investing their time in. Some people are skeptical about putting their pictures online and that is understandable. But the deal with finding success with online dating is that without a picture your chances of ever getting anybody interested is down to nothing. Find a good picture of yourself showing you best side and another one with you doing an activity that you enjoy, gardening, skiing etc. Always put a picture that is a genuine representation of what you look like. Do not put a picture from a decade ago when you looked different. This will be deceit and you are starting off on the wrong foot. Once your picture is up there with a well written profile responses will come.

Cost

When online dating websites came out newly they used to be quite expensive but that has changed. Today there are a lot of free once available, and even the once that do charge some money do offer you some free time to take the service for a test drive and check it out. It is normally a two week period and that is enough time for you to decide whether that site is for you or not.

Profile Matching

As you begin your online dating journey, it is a good idea to register with two websites or more to check out their services. At your spare time you can look through the profiles to see those that match yours and vice versa. However, some online dating sites have a profile matching system where based on the your profile and certain questions you answered in the questionnaire they provided, will automatically find potential profiles that you might be interested in. This will save you time and effort. All you have to do is check these profiles out and if you think they will work for you then you can go ahead and contact them online.

Going Offline

After you have identified a profile of an individual that you think could bear some fruit, go ahead and reach out to them. Contact them through the dating websites online system either via IM (instant messaging) or through the chat feature. Do not exchange emails or phone numbers right away. Contact each other through the online dating system until you know them well enough and you are intuitively comfortable in meeting the person. When you eventually decide to meet, always choose a public place for your meeting and if possible bring a friend along and your potential date should do likewise. If you cannot bring anybody along make sure that someone knows where you are and should monitor your whereabouts throughout the date.

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