Travel Nursing + Allied Health Blog

Exciting Opportunity for Internationally Educated Therapists

February 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Exciting opportunity awaits you! If you are interested in a long term rewarding career, Cirrus Medical Staffing has the job for you! We offer long-term 18 month positions in exciting locations and healthcare settings. Cirrus also specialize in the placement of internationally educated Physical or Occupational Therapists needing H1B or EB2 ...

Didn’t Get That Job You’re Hoping For? Here’s Why

January 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Creating a resume, getting interviewed, looking for work… these tasks can get very frustrating especially if your enthusiasm for a position isn’t reciprocated with an offer. We’ve all been there and it never gets easier with time. Sometimes we don’t even make it to the interview even for jobs that ...

Travel Nursing: The Importance of Having a Strong Online Presence

January 23, 2013 Uncategorized

As a travel nurse, it’s important that you take into consideration how your professional brand fares on the Internet. Yes, you’re a nurse. No, you’re not a celebrity. So why is it vital that you nurture or even have an online reputation? The answer is simply this: more and more employers ...

Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out from Other Travel Therapists

January 16, 2013 Uncategorized

While it’s true that the demand for physical therapists, occupational therapists and other allied professionals is high, there are plenty of competition to deal with. Cirrus Medical Staffing recruiters alone receive hundreds of applicants for any of its travel therapy jobs. So the question is, with so many other equally qualified ...

Managing Expectations in Travel Nursing

January 11, 2013 Uncategorized

Even if you’re new to the concept of travel nursing, chances are that you’ve heard about it from co-workers, friends or maybe from something you read online. As such, you might have certain expectations about it. If you’re going to turn travel nursing into a career, it’s important that you manage ...

Developing Confidence in One’s Travel Therapy Career

January 8, 2013 Uncategorized

For most people starting their careers in physical or occupational therapy, self-doubt is the enemy. Unfortunately, it comes with every profession. No matter how good you are at school, that first days at work are always the hardest. There will be days that make you question whether you are in ...

New Year’s Resolutions for Travel Nurses

January 3, 2013 Travel Nursing

We have come to expect the new year to bring us changes in our life. Sometimes they’re exciting and sometimes they can be downright scary. For travel nurses, the start of the new year is a good place to review what went right in 2012 and find out what needs ...

Graduating from Therapy School? Now What?

December 13, 2012 Uncategorized

Graduating from therapy school is the culmination of all the energy, hard work, and time you invested in yourself and in your dream. Now, it’s time to move to the next phase and… and… do what exactly? You might find yourself in the unenviable position of asking that dreary question, “Now ...

How to Cope with Travel Nursing Over the Holidays

December 6, 2012 Uncategorized

Christmas is just around the corner. As such, millions of professionals will take a holiday break from work to spend time with their families. Unfortunately, the holidays can be difficult for travel nurses because not only will many of them have to work on Christmas or New Year’s but they ...

Preparing for a Travel Therapy Job Interview

December 4, 2012 Uncategorized

Preparing for travel therapy job interviews is serious business. You can, if you so choose to, conduct the phone interview totally unprepared, bringing only your charming personality and hoping for the best. But, nine times out of ten, you won’t get the job. Which is not to say that a charming ...