Too many companies under one name

[8-ball, BSN]

I wish there was a way to easily see a list of company names and all the little companies under their umbrella. I sign up with one company then a get a call from X recruiter with XYZ company. After talking with them for a moment trying to remember if this is someone I have talked with before I realize they are small company under the bigger umbrella Z company who I already have a recruiter with. I just fell like I waste my time dealing with them when my recruiter already knows me and my wants and has access to the same jobs. Oh well just trying to save some time.

[NedRN]

There are two ways to see such a list. PanTravelers maintains a list of large agency brands and the focus of each brand in the family. That's the easy way to see a curated list.

All of the large agencies are traded on the stock market and have required informational filings called 10-K which is their annual report. For example, Google 10-K and Cross Country and the first hit will take you where you can view the 10-K. Besides listing all of their affiliated companies, these filings are an amazing read. Not only do they tell you the company's projected growth and risk factors (listing things like competition, potential changes in laws like Obamacare, and pending legal matters), but also a snapshot of where the industry is and is expected to be in the future.

With a bit more work and looking at several such filings, you can also figure out interesting stuff like how many total travelers they have and how many the entire industry has (30,000 at its 2008 peak and should be around that now).

Large agencies not only have traveler facing pages, but investor facing pages. Google agency name and investor information and you can find those. Sometimes those display information in a more non-technical way that the required filings - more marketing.

[8-ball, BSN]

Thanks Ned

[Buyer beware, BSN]

OP: You are being trolled by schools, mostly for-profits, who want your business in the form of access into your federal loan money. Somewhere along the line you contacted this horrible segment of providers of lower education and they have responded in kind by deluging you with endless badgering phone calls and emails.

Many of these business entities operate as the parent corporation of the many schools they manage called brands. Take for instance South University which is one brand out of four run by Education Management Corporation. Each one of these brands is differentiated to ensnare a particular segment of the aspiring student population ie. art students, nursing students, etc. South by the way has extremly low graduation and retention rates and its parent company is run by the Wall Street firm of KKR.

The bottom line is steer clear of the for-profits. They don't have your best interests at heart. In contrast, if you get a recruiting call from any of the Ivy league schools, let me know about it because it will surely signal the end of higher education in this country as we know it. But nonetheless you have asked an important clarifying question that can only add to the discerning knowlege of any would-be nursing student that doesn't want to be taken by the many the many jackals of higher education prowling the college landscape.

[NedRN]

Did your post end up in the wrong thread? There doesn't seem to be any connection to this thread in the travel nurse forum.

[8-ball, BSN]

I have no idea, I only posted in this travel nurse section...weird