I was frustrated and vented to my best friend over margaritas in 2014. Why was it so hard to find an honest recruiter? I was drinking away my blues from finding out that day that I was working a contract and making about $400 less a week than a co-worker who had the same company as me (just a different recruiter). “Recruiters are allowed to just pay us anything they want?! They are treating us like a used car sales lot!” I said. “I wish there were a place that we could go to find the honest recruiters, how are we even supposed to know who is being fair without learning the hard way? My recruit ..read more

Hi I’m Laura – the founder of Nomadicare and commonly known as the recruiter matchmaker! When I was a traveler, I found out I was making $400 less a week for the same job just because I was working with a dishonest recruiter. In that frustration, I created Nomadicare to help travelers not get taken advantage of like I did! Nomadicare is where you get matched to honest companies and recruiters and find out if you are getting paid fair (before you say yes to a contract!) As a traveler, I used to have two major concerns.  First, I worried that I might miss out on incredible jobs just becaus ..read more

Hi I’m Laura – the founder of Nomadicare and commonly known as the recruiter matchmaker! When I was a traveler, I found out I was making $400 less a week for the same job just because I was working with a dishonest recruiter. In that frustration, I created Nomadicare to help travelers not get taken advantage of like I did! Nomadicare is where you get matched to honest companies and recruiters and find out if you are getting paid fair (before you say yes to a contract!) As a traveler, I used to have two major concerns.  First, I worried that I might miss out on incredible jobs just becaus ..read more

While text messaging is certainly convenient for setting up a first call, the real magic happens when you establish that initial connection with a recruiter over the phone. This will allow you to determine whether they’re a good fit for you. Don’t underestimate the power of a quick intro phone call! Here is the perfect 15-minute first-call formula. I’ll break each step down and provide you with some practical examples and scripts to help you breeze through the call! Have an authentic and warm connection (1 minute) Introduce yourself (1 minute) Set expectations for the call (1 minute) Share yo ..read more

Housing is a super important part of the travel healthcare industry. We as travel therapists (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists) have to find short-term housing for all of our travel assignments (unless we’re living the RV life of course). And finding housing arrangements as a travel therapist can be challenging. Sometimes we can’t find the housing options or lease agreements that we need or that we can afford. This is where our three choices come into play: take agency-provided housing, take the housing stipend and do the housing search ourselves, or p ..read more

Who here loves the word “free”? I know I do And as a travel therapist, I of course would be intrigued by hearing or seeing the words “free housing”! Travel therapy housing can be challenging in this travel healthcare industry – you can’t always find affordable housing options in the locations you want to go to or if you do find suitable housing it may not exactly be a prime location. If free short-term housing was really an option, I think all of us healthcare travelers would jump on that opportunity. But I’m here to tell you the truth, friends – and the truth is “free housing” does not exist ..read more

You’ll hear about money a lot in the travel healthcare industry – especially when it comes to travel contracts, your hourly rate, the bill rate, pay packages, stipends, reimbursements, bonuses, extensions, negotiations, insurance benefits, etc. More often than not, we’re chatting about the traveler’s side – how much a traveler gets paid, how you get paid, how to get paid more, how to talk about pay… it goes on and on! Today, I want to talk about something a bit different. Let’s chat about how much money travel therapy RECRUITERS are being paid and how they are paid! Because I believe true empo ..read more

Time and time again I get messages just like this one: “Hey, Laura! I’m a travel therapist. I’m currently working with two recruiters and one of them is starting to make me feel bad for it. They said it was pointless to work with other agencies and that they all have access to the same opportunities. He said I should just pick the recruiter I feel comfortable with. Is it true? Do all staffing agencies have the same travel therapy jobs? Please help!” Those messages make me feel so frustrated for us as travelers and hearing things like that from a recruiter isn’t that uncommon! I always re ..read more

You are a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist who just graduated or you are about to – either way, cheers to you!! You are now entering (quite literally) a world of opportunities. And it’s so exciting that you’re considering becoming a new grad travel therapist! If you didn’t already know, I traveled as a new grad Occupational Therapist and I am grateful that I did every single day (you can read my story here)! I thrived while living the travel life and I got to experience such a variety of settings and experiences. I knew that even though I was a new gra ..read more

Your recruiter did something you didn’t like. You tried to work it out, but now you’re sure that you need to officially breakup. You deserve to have a recruiter you can trust and rely on. But how do you let your current recruiter know you need to part ways? And how do you express what you feel went wrong? We have the template for you, traveler! Clear and honest communication is our favorite. Just copy and paste ‍ Hi travel therapy recruiter, I want to update you on my needs as a traveler so you can update your notes. I also want to communicate to you my frustration, and I hope we can all learn ..read more