As a travel therapist, one of the most critical steps in securing a new job is nailing the phone interview. Since you are switching jobs as frequently as every three months, you need to be able to sell yourself over the phone to land the job. In many cases, this initial phone interview is the …
The first day of a new travel therapy assignment can make even the most experienced travel therapist nervous. Don’t worry, because you got this! Arriving prepared for your first day can help to ease the transition into a new building and start your contract on a positive note. I have worked over thirty travel therapy …
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So you’re a new traveling therapist. The world is your oyster and everything is an exciting new adventure. Until something bad happens. Maybe you end up in a terrible assignment that is questioning your ethics, or maybe you realize that the traveler working next to you is making $300 more per week than you are. …
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Get ready for an exciting read as we introduce you to Amelia Hoffmann. Amelia is a globetrotting SLP who has worked as an SLP abroad in South Korea. If you’ve ever dreamed of practicing speech therapy in a foreign country, then you can’t miss her inspiring story. Tell us about you. Where are you initially …
You want to be a traveling therapist but you don’t know how to find a travel therapy job. Well, you came to the right place to learn. I’m going to be breaking down the most popular ways to find travel therapy jobs in the United States. Find a travel therapy job through a recruiter Traditionally, …
Club CoreMed is an annual 5-day bonus trip to the Caribbean with CoreMedical Group! You can earn the trip by working and meeting requirements as a travel therapist with CoreMedical Group. While you may be tempted to overpack and bring all of your favorite fair-weather clothes, you surprisingly need to pack very little for the …
Are you a travel therapist about to embark on a travel assignment and don’t know what to pack? Need a travel therapy packing list? You don’t want to forget something important at home, yet you don’t want to overpack. Packing can be one of the hardest parts about picking up and moving to a new …
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The Traveler’s Conference (commonly referred to as TravCon) is an annual conference of traveling healthcare professionals in Las Vegas. TravCon is a 2-3 day event, although event participants are encouraged to go early to enjoy all of the attractions that Vegas has to offer. With a diverse schedule of events in a small time, you may …
You see the picture-perfect Instagram photos of women smiling and laughing in flawless destinations. From picnics on the beach to hiking in exotic places, TBA Escapes tours look like bucket list trips filled with smiling faces. The trips almost look too good to be true. Is this tour really as good as it seems? Are …
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The possibilities for where speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work are bountiful! You can work in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, school, or even your own private practice. It is up to you and your career goals. As a traveling speech-language pathologist, who has worked short-term contracts across the country, I’ve had the privilege of working in …
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Across the literature on this site, you frequently see the use of the term travel therapy tax home. You may be wondering what exactly a tax home is. A tax home is a concept best defined by the IRS. As a blogger, I’ll do my best to explain a tax home and provide you with …
As a traveling therapist, you generally sign a 13-week contract. If signing a 13-week contract is not risky enough for job stability, there is also a chance that the contract could be canceled with a short notice. Travel therapy contract cancelation is never something that you want to happen, but it can and does. I’ve been …
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