StaffDNA provided this article.
In today’s post-COVID travel market, healthcare professionals are weighing all options carefully to land the assignments they want. Jobs in certain cities and settings have become increasingly competitive, with more candidates vying for openings than there are open positions.
This has led to many travelers reconsidering going back to staff jobs. Some travel nurses are even drawing on the autonomy they love from traveling by investigating careers as primarily per diem workers.
Before you give up on traveling, consider finding an agency that specializes in working with placing candidates in various job types and settings, as these agencies can offer options in and outside of travel, as well as insights into the market, with the ability to keep you in high paying assignments while you try to land the travel assignments you want.
The following are a few perks for travelers working with agencies placing candidates in various job types and settings:
More options = a stronger strategy for you
More job types offered = more facilities your agency works with. More facilities = more facility types and more care settings. More facility types and care settings = the option to build your resume to your advantage as a traveler trying to keep an edge in today’s market, refining or maintaining certain skills, experience, or credentials, helping you vie for big city travel jobs with everything you need to get the contract.
Recruiters have a collective knowledge base of the market
Agencies that place candidates in various job types have more insider knowledge, as recruiters specializing in each job type are sitting across the aisle from one another. These are agencies in which colleagues keep each other updated on trends in other markets, approaching healthcare staffing holistically and with creative solutions to job placement.
Better tech
Agencies who work with professionals applying in various job types approach platform development with the intention of integrating features that cater to the needs of all types of candidates, which means a better app experience overall. For example, apps aiming to streamline and integrate the compliance process to assist their per diem candidates end up enhancing the compliance process for travelers, local assignment workers, and people applying to staff jobs as well.
Versatile companies understand the traveling healthcare professional mindset.
Any agency taking on various job types in various settings is industrious from the onset. They’re not stopping short at a simple staffing strategy with one means to one end – they’re taking on the whole market, and many travelers are just as versatile in the options they keep open for per diem work, local assignments, or holding out for the right staff position.
So, if you’re considering looking into agencies, consider one that is equipped to pivot with you in a mutable travel market.
Our job board is a great place to search for your next travel nurse assignment. We have you covered with our housing page if housing is an issue. There, you can search for what you are looking for in housing.
