[Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs

[Jay Lundgren]

     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 <lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com> 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: jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com
> > To: lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net
> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > CC: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; CJacobs <@t> clinpath.com
>
> >
> > 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 <lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net
> >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 <@t> lists.**utsouthwestern.edu<
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> > > '
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
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