Travel Nursing + Allied Health Blog

How to Land Your Dream Travel Nursing Destination

March 15, 2013 Uncategorized

One of the major attractions of travel nursing is that you get to live and work in dream locations. Nurses who lived in Texas or Alabama all their lives probably dreamed of visiting sunny California or living in the grandiose city that is New York. Or perhaps, if you’re from ...

Should You Send a “Thank You” Note After a Job Interview?

March 11, 2013 Uncategorized

You have heard the advice before: Send a short but sweet “Thank You” note to your interviewer to make you stand out from other applicants. But why should you? What good does sending a note do exactly? Most recruiters and hiring managers agree that a follow-up note is a must ...

More Resume Tips for Travel Therapists

March 11, 2013 Uncategorized

Having trouble landing that perfect therapy position? It could be as simple as revamping your resume. Here are a few tips for a quick resume fix that will help get you your dream job: 1. Avoid just “updating” your old resume: If you haven’t been on the job hunt for many years, ...

How to Overcome Compassion Fatigue in Nursing

March 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Nurses are, of course, prone to compassion fatigue. It’s not difficult to understand why. As nurses treat more patients, there is tendency to feel “exhausted” or “weary” from caring too much. Nurses can become overwhelmed with showing compassion to their patients. Majority of nurses experience compassion fatigue so don’t feel ...

How Online Therapy Graduates Can Make Their Resumes Stand Out

February 28, 2013 Uncategorized

The number of online graduates has increased in the last five years as more accredited online universities pop up. Unfortunately, there’s still a definite bias against people who received their degree online. Many hiring managers will choose a job seeker with a degree from a brick-and-mortar school over someone with ...

Finding a Career in Travel Nursing

February 25, 2013 Uncategorized

The major appeal is the adventure. Sure, there are many advantages to being a travel nurse such as great pay, flexibility, and the experience of finding out how hospitals in other states run their operations. But the major thing is the adventure. It’s about visiting new locations all over the ...

What Can Social Media Do for Travel Therapists?

February 21, 2013 Uncategorized

Social media sites like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn has grown in popularity over the last several years. In fact, in today’s society, they’re about as ubiquitous as cell phones. Practically everyone in the world is connected to one form of social media or another. But aside from sharing ...

What Makes an Excellent Nurse

February 18, 2013 Uncategorized

As a nurse, it’s easy to lose track of why you chose the profession of nursing when times and the work get hard. You can, if you like, choose to be good at your job and that’s that. And being good at one’s work is fine. There’s certainly nothing wrong ...

Tips for Nailing that Travel Therapy Phone Interview

February 13, 2013 Uncategorized

Travel therapists typically don’t get a chance to make a good face-to-face impression with hiring managers. Given the nature of their work, they conduct most—if not all—of their job interviews over the phone. As such, having good phone skills is more than just desirable, it’s necessary if one wants to land ...

Watch Out For These Interview-Costing Resume Red Flags

February 7, 2013 Uncategorized

Finding work isn’t easy and can get very frustrating, especially if you don’t really know why you were passed up for a job when you know that you would be a perfect fit for it. One possible reason why you’re not attracting employers as much as your work experience should is ...