Ultramikey

I am having the same problem. I have 18 years experience from ICU, PACU to outpat. surgery. I've been in managed care for the last 3 years. I am trying to get a PACU travel assignment. EVERYONE has told me that I need at least 6mos of recent acute care experience (within the last year). No hospital will accept someone who does not have recent acute care experience. I've even been told twice by recruiters to "massage" my resume so that it looks like I have experience within the past year. I've found that the smaller, more obscure agencies are more willing to work with me than the large travel companies. Good Luck

So I currently live in LA. I've been looking into Seattle and it seems like it is a tight market up there. By that I mean that there are not very many open positions and the ones that are seem to be part time, non-benefit jobs. And I have to say the salaries are horrific. The cost of living, housing prices and rental rates are not that much cheaper than LA so why the gap in pay? And please don't tell me it's because there is no state income tax, that's such a BS answer.