[Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs

Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov
Tue Sep 10 10:38:13 CDT 2013 

Or cabana boys and mojitos!


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 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: Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org
> To: jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com; lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com
> CC: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjacobs <@t> clinpath.com
> 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: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 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 <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<
> > histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> >
> > > > '
> > > > 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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