We have a confession to make. We’re not really going to discuss how to negotiate a travel nursing overtime rate. Instead, we’re going to discuss how to negotiate an extra hours rate. First, we’re going to discuss the difference between travel nursing overtime hours and extra hours. Then, we’ll offer some tips on negotiating extra hours rates. Read more
Travel nurses negotiate new pay packages much more frequently than the average professional. This is because travel nursing jobs are short-term, each contract is different, and each agency has its own way of doing things. Therefore, it’s important for travel nurses to know that the the “bill rate” for a travel nursing job is perhaps the single most important variable in determining a pay package. Read more
During my time working for travel nursing agencies it was routine to hear candidates complain about being inundated with telephone calls and emails from recruiters. Then, last week, having been away from travel nursing for nearly 2 years, I received the same complaint while fielding a call from a new BluePipes member. Protecting your personal contact information, and in essence your privacy, as a travel nurse is clearly a problem and always has been. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the common ways in which a nurse’s privacy can be compromised and offer some privacy protection recommendations. Read more
Several aspects of the travel nursing industry make travel nurse recruiting quite unique relative to other segments of the recruitment industry. The unique nature of travel nurse recruiting poses some challenges when utilizing the two fundamental approaches to agency recruitment. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what makes travel nurse recruiting unique, the challenges recruiters face with the two fundamental approaches to recruitment, and recommend some ways to overcome those challenges. Read more
Due to the temporary nature of travel nursing jobs, and the instability they sometimes exhibit, travel nurses are often at risk for underemployment. In fact, avoiding underemployment can prove to be a very difficult task. And frequent bouts of underemployment can have a serious negative impact on a travel nurse’s annual income. In this blog post, we’ll discuss “underemployment” as it relates to travel nursing and offer some recommendations for avoiding it and thereby maximizing your income. Read more
Given that travel nursing contracts are short term, travel nurses must negotiate their pay much more often than the average professional. In this article, we’ll provide 25 tips and tricks to help you negotiate travel nursing pay and contracts like a pro!
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Travel nursing jobs are short term engagements typically lasting no more than 13 weeks. So it’s no secret that travel nurses engage in job searches more often than the average professional. What’s less understood is that certain realities in the travel nursing industry tend to exacerbate what labor economists refer to as “frictional unemployment.” In this blog post, we’ll discuss frictional unemployment, how it affects travel nurses, and how travel nurses can remedy the situation and save themselves time, trouble and money in the process. Read more
