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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jeff lowen Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:11 AM To: Morken, Timothy; Jay Lundgren Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Me too? umbrella girls and champagne for all > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:08:03 +0000 > > " It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in > mind." > > Bummer, That's exactly what I had in mind....!! > > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay > Lundgren > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:07 PM > To: jeff lowen > Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs > > I honestly wouldn't recommend it unless you are financially able > to undergo 6 month plus periods of unemployment. In 2008 I didn't > work all year, only maybe the last 3 weeks. The wages have never come > back to the > pre- 2008 levels. The largest staffing agency in the country declared > bankruptcy because of the downturn. > In today's economy, there is always going to be an unemployed person > who is willing to work for a couple of dollars less, and this affects the > agencies as well. Most of the HR depts I've dealt with lately, ONLY care > about cost. As long as the applicant is JCAHO compliant and registered, > they'll take the one who is 50 cents cheaper. > So, right now, the agencies are able to get people for > ridiculously low wages. I won't be as crass as to post any, but they > are basically asking you to subsidize your own working vacation. > Usually in a semi-rural, isolated, or climatically blasted location > (there's a reason they can't get a full time tech), living in the > cheapest motel in town for > 3 months. When you ask the agency why they put you in that particular motel, > they reply, "Because it's the cheapest place in town. (DUH)" Some agencies > are better than others, but they are all SUPER cheap. The better ones are > just honest about it. > I see full time jobs advertised regionally (Texas) that are offering > registered techs jobs, right out of school, $4-5 more than what the > agencies will offer you just starting out as a traveler, regardless of > previous experience. Also, travel = NO BENEFITS. Some of the agencies > pretend to have benefits, but as I said before, it's near impossible to work > with enough continuity to remain covered. > Also, big warning: A lot of the "agencies" aren't really agencies at > all, but someone with an 800 number and a website and some hold music. > It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in mind. > > Sincerely, > > Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL > (ASCP) > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM, jeff lowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, this is very timely as I'm looking into temp/travel HT. > > Any suggestions where to look, which agencies? > > Thanks, Jeff Lowen HT/MLT(ASCP) > > > > > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:52:34 -0500 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs > > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > > > > > > I've been traveling for the past 16 years! Not everyone who > > > wanders is lost. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Jay A. Lundgren, > > > M.S., HTL (ASCP) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lee & Peggy Wenk > > ><[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > On Sunday, Sept. 22, from 8 am - 9:30 am at the NSH Symposium in > > > > Providence, RI, Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC is presenting a > > > > workshop on "Work and Play Across the USA - A Guide to Being a > > > > Traveling Tech". > > > > http://www.histoconvention.**org/ > > > > <http://www.histoconvention.org/> > > > > > > Click on Schedule > > > > > > > > Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Jacobs > > > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:30 PM > > > > To: 'histonet@lists.**utsouthwestern.edu< > > [email protected]> > > > > > > ' > > > > Subject: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs > > > > > > > > > > > > Histonetters, > > > > > > > > Does anyone out there have any information on traveling > > > > histology technician jobs? What is the compensation? How does insurance > > > > work? > > What > > > > qualifications are needed? I am particularly interested in any > > > > personal experiences any one has had. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > "CJ" Christopher P. Jacobs, HT QIHC(ASCP) Clin-Path Diagnostics, > > > > LLC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments are for > > > > the > > sole > > > > use of the intended recipient(s). This message is confidential > > > > and may > > also > > > > be privileged. 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