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Affordable Care Act: The Individual Mandate and What You Need to Know as a Temporary EmployeeDecember: often referred to as “the most wonderful time of the year”, but also a time for the contingent workforce to make decisions about their health insurance for the coming…
Checklist: What to Pack for a Travel AssignmentWhether this is your first travel assignment or your tenth, packing can be one of the most difficult items on your to-do list before shipping out to your next destination. Here’s…
Recruitment Trade Secrets: What are a MSP, VMS and Master Supplier, and How Do They Affect Travelers?If you’re a travel nurse, therapist, or any modality within the contingent workforce, then you’re likely working with one (or all three) of these entities to land your next…
How to be a housing savvy travel nurseHousing is the number one expense for travel nurses – but more than that, it’s often the number one source of anxiety before an assignment. However, with some cleverness and…
October is National Physical Therapy Month!National Physical Therapy Month isn’t just for permanent placement PTs, but is also a chance to celebrate the thousands of travel therapists working across the country. Here are…
4 Ways to Use Travel Therapy Experience to Your Advantage When Seeking Permanent PlacementIf you’ve spent time as a traveler during your career, you can use travel therapy experience to your advantage when seeking permanent placement. Each setting you’ve worked in adds…
6 Ways to Thrive During Your Travel Nursing AssignmentIf you go into a travel nursing assignment hoping to “survive”, then you’re looking at it the wrong way; travel nursing is an opportunity to thrive – in your career and for your…
3 Ways Travel Nurses Can Grow Their Skill Set Without Changing Their SpecialtyAs a travel nurse, you come into each new assignment with the ability to hit the ground running with minimal (if any) training. You’re helping a facility while they’re in a pinch…
What Do Nurse Recruiters Do for Their Travelers?There’s a journey leading up to every new travel nursing assignment – one that can be increasingly complex when dealing with a new state, a different pay scale and other…
What to Expect When You’re Expecting To Be a Travel NurseAs a travel nurse, you should never be asked to lower your expectations when it comes to your work preferences (so long as they’re reasonable). Adjust them? Maybe. In this…
5 Interview Tips that will Make a Nurse Manager Remember YouIn the world of travel nursing, making a good first impression during the job interview is essential – mainly because you only get one impression. Interviews are almost always…