u/Certain_Cry8901

I’m a new Travel Nurse Recruiter and I want to understand nurses perspectives of the industry so I can do right by y’all. I also want to avoid working for any agencies/companies that engage in shady or unethical business practices and screw y’all over in any way.

A big complaint with the company I work at is that we don’t fully max out stipends. As a nurse, what are some other red flags you look out for when working with agencies/recruiters? What needs to change in the industry and how can agencies/hospital systems be better?

I’m not sure if any ethical healthcare agencies even exist in the current market, but if you’ve seen any, I’d love to know what that looks like.

I hope this is okay to ask. My manager is zero help when I ask these questions and I don’t know many travel nurses personally so I feel very out of touch.

I appreciate y’all ❤️

I’m a new Travel Nurse Recruiter and I want to understand nurses perspectives of the industry so I can do right by y’all. I also want to avoid working for any agencies/companies that engage in shady or unethical business practices and screw y’all over in any way.

A big complaint with the company I work at is that we don’t fully max out stipends. As a nurse, what are some other red flags you look out for when working with agencies/recruiters? What needs to change in the industry and how can agencies/hospital systems be better?

I’m not sure if any ethical healthcare agencies even exist in the current market, but if you’ve seen any, I’d love to know what that looks like.

I hope this is okay to ask. My manager is zero help when I ask these questions and I don’t know many travel nurses personally so I feel very out of touch.

I appreciate y’all ❤️

Which is better and why? What are your experiences?

I just started travel nurse recruiting last month for a huge hospital system and I already hate it so much. I think my company just sucks. We’re essentially internal recruiters for that hospital and only recruit for that hospital. And that hospital has a horrible reputation and notoriously low rates.

On top of that, my manager micromanages everything. We have to make 75 calls a day totaling 375 a week (at least). She also records all of our calls and randomly listens to them so I have to leave voicemails for every one of them, too. If I don’t, she’ll say something (ask me how I know.) It eats my entire day.

We also don’t use any sourcing platforms besides Vivian. The other agencies I worked for paid for LinkedIn Recruiter and monthly Indeed credits, but my company doesn’t… my manager also don’t want us to spend time on Facebook or any other social media for some reason. I always thought FB was a good place to connect with travel nurses but it’s discouraged here. And since Vivian is our only sourcing tool, I have to rely on calling 75 random fucking people a day from our outdated database because we have no other ways of sourcing. I haven’t even had a chance to really use Vivian because I’m too busy making calls and leaving voicemails all day. No one ever answers, and if they do 99% of the time they’re not interested. Or they’re not qualified. Etc etc.

I feel like I’m losing my mind. I have 6 years of healthcare recruiting experience for perm/direct hire and local roles for 2 big agencies, so I feel so stifled. The calls are making me miserable and I’m already burnt out in my 2nd month. I don’t want to work at a fucking call center. I feel like I’m being set up to fail.

Is this how every travel nurse recruiting job is? Or does my company/manager just suck?

I just started travel nurse recruiting last month for a huge hospital system and I already hate it so much. I think my company just sucks. We’re essentially internal recruiters for that hospital and only recruit for that hospital. And that hospital has a horrible reputation and notoriously low rates.

On top of that, my manager micromanages everything. We have to make 75 calls a day totaling 375 a week (at least). She also records all of our calls and randomly listens to them so I have to leave voicemails for every one of them, too. If I don’t, she’ll say something (ask me how I know.) It eats my entire day.

We also don’t use any sourcing platforms besides Vivian. The other agencies I worked for paid for LinkedIn Recruiter and monthly Indeed credits, but my company doesn’t… my manager also don’t want us to spend time on Facebook or any other social media for some reason. I always thought FB was a good place to connect with travel nurses but it’s discouraged here. And since Vivian is our only sourcing tool, I have to rely on calling 75 random fucking people a day from our outdated database because we have no other ways of sourcing. I haven’t even had a chance to really use Vivian because I’m too busy making calls and leaving voicemails all day. No one ever answers, and if they do 99% of the time they’re not interested. Or they’re not qualified. Etc etc.

I feel like I’m losing my mind. I have 6 years of healthcare recruiting experience for perm/direct hire and local roles for 2 big agencies, so I feel so stifled. The calls are making me miserable and I’m already burnt out in my 2nd month. I don’t want to work at a fucking call center. I feel like I’m being set up to fail.

Is this how every travel nurse recruiting job is? Or does my company/manager just suck?

My friend has 5 cats that she has accumulated through Facebook or picked up off the street (4 male and 1 female). She can’t afford to take them to the vet so they haven’t received any of their shots or gotten neutered/spayed.

Of course now the female is pregnant and she’s acting shocked. What did she think would happen? She knew that the female cat had been going into heat and told me on multiple occasions that she caught the male cats trying to mount her. Before she got pregnant, I told her to at least get the female spayed first and told her about a nonprofit org in our area with a spay/neuter program that makes it super affordable but she didn’t do anything about it.

I asked what she planned on doing with the kittens and she said she’d keep one of them and try to give away the rest on Facebook. Like she needs another cat! I’m losing my mind. Why do people do this? Do they not feel bad? It genuinely angers me and makes me feel so sad for the female cat. Also, our area has a TON of stray cats (more than I’ve seen anywhere else) so there’s no reason anyone should be allowing this to happen.

My friend has 5 cats that she has accumulated through Facebook or picked up off the street (4 male and 1 female). She can’t afford to take them to the vet so they haven’t received any of their shots or gotten neutered/spayed.

Of course now the female is pregnant and she’s acting shocked. What did she think would happen? She knew that the female cat had been going into heat and told me on multiple occasions that she caught the male cats trying to mount her. Before she got pregnant, I told her to at least get the female spayed first and told her about a nonprofit org in our area with a spay/neuter program that makes it super affordable but she didn’t do anything about it.

I asked what she planned on doing with the kittens and she said she’d keep one of them and try to give away the rest on Facebook. Like she needs another cat! I’m losing my mind. Why do people do this? Do they not feel bad? It genuinely angers me and makes me feel so sad for the female cat. Also, our area has a TON of stray cats (more than I’ve seen anywhere else) so there’s no reason anyone should be allowing this to happen.

I just started a couple of months ago with a really well known agency recruiting travel nurses, CNAs, techs, etc. and it’s fucking awful.

The metrics suck. I have to make 75 calls a day (which usually turn into nothing) on top of actually trying to find people, and it wastes so much fucking time. My manager records the calls and listens to make sure we’re leaving voicemails, which wastes even more time.

My manager is super overbearing in general. On top of recording all of our calls and listening to them, she monitors our Webex to make sure we’re online all day and is just not very nice or helpful about anything in general. I always feel like I’m in trouble for something. If i ask a question, she acts like I’m stupid and turns it into a test to “see what i know” instead of just helping out.

I feel like I’m losing my mind. I’ve been recruiting for 6 years in healthcare and I don’t know if this is just how the travel side is or what, but I can’t do this. I already feel burnt out in my 2nd month. I’ve just never been micromanaged like this, and I’ve also never been new at a job where I felt like I was on my own and had to figure everything out myself because I’m made to feel like an inconvenience if I ask anyone anything.

I just started a couple of months ago with a really well known agency recruiting travel nurses, CNAs, techs, etc. and it’s fucking awful.

The metrics suck. I have to make 75 calls a day (which usually turn into nothing) on top of actually trying to find people, and it wastes so much fucking time. My manager records the calls and listens to make sure we’re leaving voicemails, which wastes even more time.

My manager is super overbearing in general. On top of recording all of our calls and listening to them, she monitors our Webex to make sure we’re online all day and is just not very nice or helpful about anything in general. I always feel like I’m in trouble for something. If i ask a question, she acts like I’m stupid and turns it into a test to “see what i know” instead of just helping out.

I feel like I’m losing my mind. I’ve been recruiting for 6 years in healthcare and I don’t know if this is just how the travel side is or what, but I can’t do this. I already feel burnt out in my 2nd month.