Do you travel a lot and miss mail? Maybe you’ve had bills go to collections or miss important paperwork. Let me introduce you to a virtual mailbox. A virtual mailbox is a physical location where you can send you mail, and it gets scanned and uploaded for you to read online. You never have to …
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If you are a student in PT, OT, SLP, or AT looking to move your training further and shine in your clinical work, a MedBridge Student Membership is for you! All you need is a .edu email address to purchase a membership. With the MedBridge student discount “TTStudent” you will save $50 off of an …
Are you a travel nurse or thinking about travel nursing? If you are, one of the big concerns that may come to mind is understanding and finding travel nurse housing on assignments. Housing can be one of the more confusing and hard parts of travel nursing. Meanwhile, you don’t want to get scammed out of …
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ASHA Convention is right around the corner. Whether you are a conference newbie or seasoned attendee, planning for ASHA can be stressful. There is so much to do in such a short time. You want to get as many CEUs as possible, visit the Exhibit Hall, enjoy your time in a new city, and catch …
Being a traveling speech-language pathologist is one way you can work as an SLP and earn income, yet travel and see the country. It is an amazing career opportunity for many SLPs. You may have heard about travel therapy and are considering it as a new graduate speech-language pathologist. Maybe you are wondering if you …
“How do you become a speech-language pathologist?” This is a question I’ve heard a lot as this website, The Traveling Traveler, has combined a lot of my passions. Particularly, working as a speech-language pathologist and traveling. If you’re wondering how to become a speech-language pathologist, here is the step-by-step guide. The answer to this one …
When I initially began to draft this piece, my intention was to write a pro/con list of working in medical speech-language pathology. As I organized the list, for every one pro, I had two to three cons. I realized this list wasn’t particularly balanced in any way. So, I decided to turn this blog into …
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Wow, it’s finally happening! You submitted your application and resume to your dream speech-language job and you got an interview! There is only one thing between you and your dream job, and that’s the interview process. You may be experiencing a mix of feelings and emotions, and anxiety may be one of them. I’m here …
As a traveling therapist, you are working temporary job assignments. The lack of consistency in working with agencies and gaps between contracts could make health insurance an issue. In the United States, we rely primarily on employer-sponsored health insurance, which can be an issue when you constantly change employers. If you are curious about how …
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You might have heard the term “travel therapist” or “traveling healthcare” or “travel therapy” and wonder what it all means. So let’s talk about what is travel therapy. And, how does it allow you to be paid to travel around the US? Did you know that as therapist in America you can be paid to …
Calling all aspiring traveling therapists. If you are thinking about working short-term assignments in the travel therapy industry, you probably noticed that there are hundreds of staffing agencies. It can get very overwhelming to choose an agency. So how do you find the best travel therapy companies? Personally, I do not think that there is …
Traveling therapists are hired, sight unseen, to fill temporary positions. A travel therapy resume is often the first, and potentially only chance to impress an employer. Therefore, for many of us, a dream job could be made or crushed because of our resume. The good news is that there is a skill and craft behind …
