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I’ve been working with Therapists for years and know that location is, by far, the most important thing that most contract therapists consider for an assignment. We recruiters would LOVE to hear from you therapists in regard to your thoughts about why location outweighs money, better working hours, better working conditions, and setting (learning a new skill)? Why is geographic location so important? Why not a suburb of that major city, since it’s relatively close by?

Joseph Carlino
Cirrus Allied
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Posted by Joseph Carlino on Oct 13, 2010 8:53 AM CDT

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KelliTravels

Date Posted: Oct 12, 2010 at 10:25 PM

This is an easy one for us! My husband is actually a traveling nurse, and location is our second most important priority when choosing an assignment that's right for us. Most important is day shift, within reason. But we just have so many places that we want to see while we travel. That is why I gave up my career and we sold our houses to do this. We know that we can't live this lifestyle forever, so we want to make the most of our limited time. We have specific places we want to see and live in.

For us, staying outside of the city just wouldn't be the same. We are from smaller towns and we know the lifestyle it offers. So while we travel we want the opportunity to live right in the middle of the action. To us, living 1 or 2 hours outside of the city is pointless. Right now, we do something almost every single day he isn't working. And we know that if we lived further away from the city, that it would just be impractical to drive that far every day to do and see everything we want to accomplish.

I know it has to be frustrating for you as a recruiter because it might seem like they are passing up the better job or opportunity. And on paper, they probably are. But I think it completely depends on the motivation of the traveler. And I believe that many travelers are in the business with very specific motivations that can be very hard to waiver from, no matter what the other benefits are.

Hope this helps provide some perspective. Probably nothing you haven't heard before. I have a sales background as well, so I can see how it can be difficult to understand. In sales, we are geared to see things in numbers. We have goals and budgets, we are motivated by bonuses, and we make work decisions based on these numbers. Pretty black and white. But I think that once a healthcare professional makes the decision to travel, they do it with a set of priorities in mind that might not be completely logical on paper. Their priorities are more driven by the goals of what they hope to accomplish in this journey as a traveler.

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