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Locating the right job in an unsteady economy can seem a little daunting. The good news is you're a trained Physical Therapy Aide and the medical staffing industry is in high demand for your skills. The big question for you now has to be, how can I find the right job in today's market?

With most clinics and hospitals posting their position opening with medical staffing agencies, the best place to start is with a staffing agency. You can try to brave the internet and find your own job, but the reality is many staffing firms have the inside track to helping you get placed right away in most situations. In addition to your search, you might be surprised to find out a lot of job posts today are for traveling PTA jobs.

Travel therapists and traveling medical staff positions are one of the fast growing areas today in the medical industry. Finding a short-term job in a variety of locations around the country is a very likely possibility. The traveling therapists jobs offer the travel therapist assistant a great opportunity to be see new locations, meet diverse staff, and broaden your professional experience. Medical staffing firms can offer you the best chance at gathering this type of experience.

One of the key things you want to look for in a medical staffing agency is to identify how they will work for you. Things to consider: Does the staffing agency have regular job postings? Would I be a contractor (1099) or employee (W-2) with the agency? Do they offer variety of work in medical staffing positions? What is the agency's reputation? How is my travel and housing paid for with each job? These are just a few things to ask when prospecting for a traveling medical staffing agency.

The best way to address these initial questions is to compare staffing agencies. You have already made a significant investment in your physical therapy career. At this point its best to ensure you invest in a medical staffing office that wants to maximize your investment and place you in an opening that best fits your career path. Find a medical staffing resource that offers you the types of physical therapy assistant job you are interested and qualified to fill. With so many position openings in this expanding industry, you need a strong resource in an agency to partner with versus trying to figure it all out on your own. Without the aid of strong medical staffing agency working for you in job placement, you run the risk of missing the potential jobs you have been trained for.

Lastly, it's important to pro-actively pursue a positive working relationship with your medical staffing company. Checking in with your medical recruiter weekly, surveying the jobs being posted, and simply letting them know you are ready to work can go a long way in ensuring that when the right position comes open, your name will be at the top of the staffing agency's list. These simple tips can make the job search a lot less daunting.

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If you have recently joined the ranks of the unemployed there are things you need to do right now to get through this difficult period. Since the job market is not improving and, in fact, is getting worse, the reality is that you may not find a job as quickly as you expect. There are certain things you can do right now that will best enable you to ride out this difficult employment market and keep you from spiraling into insolvency.

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You need to apply the Law of Averages in searching for a job in your field. I've written about the Law of Averages in previous blogs but let me summarize it here. The Law of Averages is a process of employing statistical probability to getting anything you want. In the case of a job search, the Law of Averages requires that you systematically (daily) send out customized resumes and cover letters to your list of prospective employers (which should be at least 500). You need to dedicate part of each and every day to sending out at least twenty resumes/cover letters either by hard copy or email. The Law of Averages guarantees that at some point you will receive a job offer. but you need to keep at it and never cease in applying this process every day.Until your ideal job offer comes through take any part-time or full-time job that comes along immediately. This is no time to allow your ego to have any say in the matter. Recognize that you may not find your ideal job for at least two years or more. Lastly, tell everyone one you know that you have lost your job. Begin an all-out networking campaign. Join Linked-in, set up a face book, begin meeting with placement agencies(permanent and temporary) right away.

Finances
Many who found themselves unemployed in 2007, 2008 or 2009 made the mistake of not curbing their expenses. Now is the time to create a monthly budget and identify expenses that can be reduced. As a general rule, you will need to reduce your discretionary expenses by at least 80% to survive what could be a long job search. Discretionary expenses include restaurants, bars, nightclubs, clothing, Starbucks, paying for lunch, vacations, entertainment of any sort, gambling, lottery, buying books, cds, on line music, gifts, hobby expenses etc.. Do not wait to do this. It should be done the day after you received your pink slip. You must now alter your mindset and shift to survival mode or face insolvency down the road. The next category of expenses are your monthly fixed expenses. Switch to basic cable today, Move to a lower cell phone plan. Reduce your thermostat down to 64. Trade in you new vehicles for used, cheaper vehicles that get better gas mileage. Obsess over every disbursement. contact your child's private school and inform them that you just lost your job. They may have needs-based assistance programs to help get you through your unemployment period. You main goals should be to save your home, feed yourselves and survive.

Every day you delay in taking the above survival steps is another day you move closer to insolvency and dependence upon relatives.this is no time to be optimistic about finding employment. This economic environment is the closest we have come to a depression since the Great Depression. And its not getting better. Think survival. Act now to insure your family's survival.

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