False advertising or are the really this unorganized

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

I recently started doing interim assignments as a DNS in a SNF. The first time I answered an ad I had a 40 minute conversation with the 'placement specialist' only to be told that the city they had advertised wasn't where the job was.

Then I had a conversation with someone...I was very clear I was looking for director level jobs. We have plenty he said. Job one was for a staff nurse, job two was for a nurse manager level position.

Are they purposely trying to be false about the jobs or are they so disorganized they really don't know what they have available?

[NedRN]

Exactly where did you see this "advertisement"? A job board? Those jobs are seldom real.

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

Indeed.com and I spoke to people who work for the agency itself

[NedRN]

Indeed is a job board. Very few agencies have the tech or money required to keep posts up-to-date. Even if they did, by the time someone responded and was onboarded, the assignment is usually gone. So to cut marketing costs and still appeal to maximum number of potential employees, they post "representative" assignments. These are usually choice, in both location and compensation. You might consider it unethical, but it is what it is.

Agencies that wallpaper job boards with every possible location I just ignore. I know one travel company whose SEO (search engine optimization) strategy includes having hundreds of websites, like sanfranciscotravelnursejobs.com (not a real example). The actual search term appearing in a URL is ranked highly in Google's search results and most searchers click one of the first links. Agencies can use a similar strategy with job boards, listing every possible specialty and location. It doesn't take much sophistication to quickly learn who is gaming the system, but for job boards and travel nurses, it is most of them.

I land on job boards very occasionally from a Google search and it is sometimes useful to find an agency that has a contract with a particular hospital of interest. I don't see much else of value for either browsing posts, or God forbid, you actually place a resume with contact information.

As far as the person you spoke to, they clearly were not a real "specialist". Who was the agency? We might be able to give you some feedback.

For SNF for "real" traveler, I always suggest the larger agencies such as Cross Country or American Mobile. They may be your best bet for DNS openings at SNFs too, but so might certain much smaller management search companies. Another idea is that Tenet has a division that provides managers, directors, and chief nursing officers for hospitals needing interim management. If you want to limit your search to local, you might get lucky with one of those suggestions, otherwise I have no idea. If there are business journals or other publications for SNFs, there could be ads in them that could be useful.