March 29th, 2008
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Several years ago I decided to quit my job as a charge nurse at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and travel the United States as a travel nurse. The thought of being paid to visit the beaches of Hawaii and California or participate in the culture of New York City had become just too appealing. Looking back, there are several things I wish I had known prior to signing up with my first travel nurse agency. The following includes a checklist of some of the things I wish I had known from the beginning:
Salary
Being a travel nurse is very different from being employed by a hospital. First, travel nurses are paid considerably more hourly than regular hospital staff nurses. Although you may not view it this way, hospitals reward travel nurses with higher hourly pay because of the “sacrifice” the nurse is required to make in uprooting herself or himself from home and family. I didn’t necessarily view basking in the Huntington Beach, California sun on my off days as a sacrifice, but that is the way hospitals look at travel nursing.
Make sure your travel nurse agency is willing to negotiate the highest rate of pay for you before you sign a contract to take a travel nursing assignment. Don’t just take the first offer that comes along; you may be able to do better. Remember, travel nurse agencies get paid to fill hospital nursing vacancies. If one agency cannot fill the vacancy, another will. As a result, you need to make sure your agency is working to get you the highest possible hourly rate of pay and not just trying to beat the next agency to fill a vacancy. One suggestion I would make is to check with several different agencies and see which one offers you the highest pay rate. You may even be able to create a bidding war between the agencies for your services.
Second, most hospitals will pay for (or at least assist in paying for) your move to their city. This too is an issue you will need your travel nurse agency to negotiate for you. Third, most hospitals will also pay you a monthly housing stipend. In many cases, the stipend will only be paid if you are renting, but not if you buy a home in your new assigment location. The stipend is often tax free.
Checklist
You may also want to ask these questions to your travel nurse agency:
(1) Does the agency guarantee my assignment in writing?;
(2) Are my hours guaranteed?;
(3) Do I get paid weekly, bi-weekly or monthly?;
(4) Does the travel nurse agency pay me or does the hospital?;
(5) Will the hospital pay for my move; as is often the case?; and
(6) Will the hospital pay a stipend for my housing; as is often the case?
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Nowadays, it’s almost an acquired skill to successfully search for jobs online. Job sites are more complex than ever, and instead of facilitating the job searches, they actually make the process more complicated.
Job seekers and employers are hit with a wave of information overload, which can be extremely overwhelming and confusing.” Finding great employment opportunities and that perfect candidate are sometimes lost if you don’t possess the correct knowledge when going online for your search.”
Also, users need to take into consideration that when looking for a job online they will most likely be dealing with a recruiter/headhunter. In fact, most of the Job Seekers we interviewed explained that when they apply for a job online, they hope they are dealing with the Employer directly, but most often end up dealing with a third party. Many of these Job Seekers express a feeling of disappointment when they realize they are dealing with Recruiters only, and not the Employers themselves.
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Most of the Job Seekers we interviewed explained that when they apply for a job online, they hope they are dealing with the Employer directly, but most often end up dealing with a third party. Many of these Job Seekers express a feeling of disappointment when they realize they are dealing with Recruiters only, and not the Employers.
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Interviews can be quite daunting; especially if you have not been to one for some time or if the last one was a bad experience. But overcoming your interview nerves is really quite easy if you apply your intelligence and do some realistic preparation.
Interview nerves tend to be worse when you know you haven’t prepared and have put off thinking about the very obvious questions they will ask. Have you ever noticed how much worse your nerves become when you repeatedly tell yourself “I’m going to fail this interview” or “I’m worried what they will ask me about”? Yet you can do some simple preparation very quickly.
What every interviewer wants to know fall into just 4 key areas:
* Why are you here?
* What can you do for us?
* What sort of person are you?
* Can we afford you?
So at the very least you must prepare for these four areas of questioning.
If they ask you “Why did you apply for this job?” in other words “Why are you here?” Your answer will be because you are interested in doing the job they described, you respect the company, are looking forward to the challenge and the chance to learn and develop new skills.
Next they will want to know what skills and experience you bring i.e. what you can do for them.
You will say that you bring all of your experience, your skills and your specific achievements and results which you will employ to their benefit. You should have a number of skill stories to illustrate these specific points ready prepared.
The most important thing on their mind after findingout if you can do the job is to discover if you are someone who has initiative and gets on well with others. Whether you will be flexible in your attitude to different ways of working; maybe find out if you are a great team player, or a strong leader. Try to avoid the “open-door” or “hands-on” type of response. Remember that ‘compatability’ is much more important than ‘competence’.
And finally can they afford you?
Are they willling to pay what you think you are worth? Salary negotiation is a difficult issue, but the point is you should have a feeling for what the remuneration is likely to be and show them that you bring value-for-money. If the salary is a lot more or a lot less than your recent earnings then you must be able to show convincing reasons why you are pursuing this job.
So for your smartest preparation which helps to overcome your interview nerves, all you have to do now is work out what questions they will ask to explore those 4 areas. If you mMake it at least 25 questions long and then carefully work out your own answers you will find your interview nerves recede.
With over 25 years running businesses, and as a Career Coach and Consultant in many sectors, Peter Fisher is well placed to guide job seekers through the steps needed in order to achieve that all important new position. He has personally coached thousands of individuals to career success.
For specific guidance on how you might produce your own questions and answers to help overcome your interview nerves go to
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