Easiest travel co. to apply with

NedRN · Mar 31, 2018

They are pretty much all the same. However, you can make it much easier on yourself by maintaining a professional portfolio. Keep an up to date work history with start and stop dates (start stop dates not always required, but some hospitals require them so might as well do it), written references (which also save the agency and your referees a lot of work) - at least two dated in the last year, physical, titers and vaccinations, copies of your licenses and certifications. Most agencies will require you do their proprietary skills checklist, but some will use one you already have. I'd recommend grabbing one of the PanTravelers one - free under Downloads, as they are far better and less aggravating than any agency written checklist.

That is all you need to be interviewed and get a job. Some agencies will require more before an interview (move on to the next agency), and all will have a lot more after the interview, but you have saved yourself a ton of work. All that stuff above can be scanned and kept on your laptop for emailing on short notice (which will help you get desirable jobs that are taken quickly). I'd recommend not sending it until you have ascertained that the agency you are talking to has real assignments with compensation you are happy with. Otherwise, you are wasting your time, and encouraging them to contact you for the next ten years or so.

ChrisMMS · Apr 2, 2018

NedRN hit the nail on the head with this one. The only other thing I can think of is all of these agencies are going to be building you a profile using all of this information. Some agencies will be nice enough to send a complete profile to another agency to save you time. There aren't many of these that are willing to do so, but something you could possibly ask for. I've had a few travelers ask me to send them their complete profile so they could use it for other assignments in the future. When you start traveling try to get references as a traveler and keep all your information updated and organized as mentioned. Best of luck!