I have spent the last couple of months talking with companies who recruit nurses for jobs in the USA. That seems to be where the big push is. Most of these recruiters have few positions in Canada, or atleast are working for few canadian employers. I'm not quite sure why hospitals, and staffing agencies, in the USA prefer to use staffing agencies as opposed to how many Canadian health care agencies are recruiting. Cost perhaps. Many staffing agencies make good money off of employers, charging far more than the give the nurse in salaries. For profit hospitals in the USA can perhaps afford this style of recruiting better than Canadian hospitals.
Several agencies have found my web site and are soliciting my help in recruiting nurses. What I have discovered with the process is that most of the nurses looking to come to North America (mostly to the United States) are from India, Africa, the UK and the Philippines. I have also discovered that several staffing agencies are geared to helping these international nurses.
I have missed several career fairs lately because for the most part they were just too far away physically. Still, as my resume is posted online, and I have emailed same to companies that are hosting the career fairs, and do find potential employers (ie staffing agencies) contacting me.
Health care is hungry for nurses
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