A dedicated Career Advocate
A human guide who helps them navigate career decisions in their best interests — not a recruiter's.
Residency Ambassador Program
For ResidentsFree for physiciansApply in 2 minutes
Help your co‑residents makesmartercareer decisions.
Tessellate is free for physicians — a dedicated Career Advocate, anonymous access to opportunities nationwide, and deep site‑level insight from procedures and practice setup to compensation, contracts, and culture.
No quotas
No cold outreach
No unique links to manage
What you're sharing
What your co-residents actually get
Four things that matter when you're 18 months out from your first attending job — and zero recruiter spam.
How it works
Three steps. No unique links to track.
Just send the video and a short note to people you'd actually vouch for. Submit their names whenever you want — we handle the rest.
~3 min total for your co‑resident
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Apply to the program
Quick 2-minute form. Once approved, you'll get the share kit — the explainer video, a short script, and the submission form.
2 minutes2
Share Tessellate naturally
Drop the video in a residency group chat, text a friend, or talk about it at noon conference. No tracking links — just keep a note of who you referred.
30 seconds3
Submit your referral list
Send us your list as often as you like — weekly, monthly, whenever. We confirm each one and credit you when they activate.
AnytimeHow you earn
Earn $40 per activated referral — more as you grow.
You get paid when a referred co-resident verifies their status and completes core preferences. Your co-resident spends about 3 minutes total.
Performance tiers
Tier rate applies to each activated referral in that band.
1 – 10Your first ten activated referrals$40each
11 – 50You're a serious ambassador now$60each
51 +Top tier — unlocked at referral 51$100each
What counts as an activated referral
- Current resident, new to Tessellate
- Verifies their training status (~1 min)
- Completes core preferences (~2 min)
Milestone perks
- At 10 referrals— Founding Resident Ambassador designation
- At 50 referrals— Resident Advisory Council invitation
- Lifetime accessto premium platform features
Make it easy
Don't want to explain it? Send this.
Most ambassadors just text the explainer video plus one line. Copy the script below, paste it into your group chat, and you're done.
Why ambassadors share
Build collective physician power — and help peers avoid a bad first contract.
- 1Early access to career tools before they're public.
Ready when you are
Apply in 2 minutes. Then just start sharing.
Built for residents who want to help peers make better career decisions — and get paid fairly for it.