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Hiring for health care is surging in Bay State

By Liz Kowalczyk,, Globe Staff, 1/29/2003

As the economy suffers through layoffs and wage freezes, hospitals and doctors are hiring thousands of new employees and offering unprecedented referral bonuses and raises to key staff, including $100,000 annual salaries to experienced nurses at one Boston hospital.

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/029/nation/Hiring_for_health_care_is_surging_in_Bay_State+.shtml

Thinking of moving as current salary little less than half this amount with 25 years in nursing.

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What about cost of living??? How much different in Boston compared to where you live?

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Ack! I knew I shouldn't have left Boston!!

BTW--It's very pricey to live in the city, but depending on where you look, it can be affordable. I had a small two-bedroom apt. for $825 near Newton (about 5 miles from downtown), but the landlord raised it to $1300 after we moved out.

There are a lot of students in Boston, so you can find affordable places to rent. Buying is another story, unfortunately. Property costs are over-inflated.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Husbands family has lived in this home for 53 years...I'll probably die in it within the next 40...teenagers swear they'll be here too.

I remember my brothers boast at same age in my parents home... I plan on kicking out while in college...oldest says it's just to turn his bedroom into a giant library for my nursing books and papers!

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