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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The question of selecting a travel nursing assignment location comes up often in conversations with travel nurses. With so many staffing agencies offering travel assignments all over the country, nurses who are new at travel nursing might feel overwhelmed with options. Generally speaking, most nurses already have an ideal location in ...