The 4 most popular job boards for nurses - TheJobNetwork

The 4 most popular job boards for nurses - TheJobNetworkNiche job boards for nurses have one thing in common they help connect the right nurses with the right employers. Beyond that, theres a lot of variation among the most popular ones with the highest traffic.Some job seekers want to get in, find a job that they want, and get back out again. But others enjoy resources that help them with their career. From the employers standpoint, efficiency and resources count, too. Both sides are the job boards target audience, just in different ways.The most popular job boards have a few things in common, but the experience is quite different from one to another. Heres how each of them serves their audienceNurse.com Offers a Wealth of Jobs and ResourcesNurse.comis one of the largest, if not the largest, nurse-specific job board. The tagline reads, Where the nurses are, and that appears to be true. Professionals from every facet of nursing can find what theyre looking for.From the first moment, the user is given opportunities to navigate anywhere on the website. Featured prominently is a job search tool that offers ways to narrow the search focus, giving more relevant results.Some jobs are featured on the homepage, but the others are easy to find. This is a busy website, but its also clean and easy to navigate. There are a lot of vorkaufsrechts from which to choose, but its set up logically.Nurse.com has several resources for nurses. Aside from the Jobs tab, resources for education topics, news (both national and regional), events, and awards are accessible with a click. This job board offers plenty of relevant content for users, which could account for some of its popularity.There is a resume and profile creator link on the home page, too, as well as relevant links for employer resources.One confusing part of the site is an icon thats normally used to indicate a chat feature. But clicking the link directs users to the Nurse.com blog, which is written by contributing nurs e professionals. The blog covers topics ranging from stress management to nursing ethics. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1472832388529-0) ) NursingJobs.com Caters to Travel Nurses, and MoreNursingjobs.comconnects travel nurse professionals with the employers who need them, but it also has an option for finding permanent jobs.The landing page lets users choose an access point as an employer who wants to post a job, or as a nurse looking for a job. Job seekers enter info into a keyword job search or employee search first, thenthey are directed into the site.Job listings are streamlined at NursingJobs.com, listed in a column format that shows the job title, Job ID number, job type (primarily travel nurses), location, job duration, and the employer.Under the Career Options tab, job seekers can build a profile of the job they want, and get alerts when something comes available.There is a Career Resources tab, which links to articles on topics relevant to nurs ing professionals, such as interview tips. Theres also a mobile app, which is important with an increasingly mobile job seeker community.On the employers side of the website, the setup is a bit different. There are resources that apply to employers, such as how to set up a profile, instructions on posting jobs, and testimonials from other employers.Nurse Recruiter Puts the Job Search at the ForefrontNurse Recruiteris very streamlined, with a heavy focus on getting right down to business. Theres a register now button at the top that lets nursing professionals create a profile to assist with the job search. It also has a rapid apply mini-resume button.This website is heavy on the job search, with just a sprinkling of content.Three options are available as points of access Nurses, travel nurses, and employers. Each requires registration, but users can navigate through that by clicking on the image instead of registering. Only then can users access materials that are relevant to each ar ea.Nurse Recruiter isnt as approachable or user-friendly as some of the other nurse job boards. Users need to work a bit harder than necessary to find content. But if the job search is the only reason for the visit, it fits the bill.HealtheCareers Healthcare Industry Job Board Caters to Nurses, TooHealthecareersisnt a nurse-specific, it caters to healthcare in general, but its a large resource for nursing jobs. A search tool features prominently at the top to help users get started.Across the top of the main page, there are tabs for accessing a wealth of content. One of those is a link to jobs, which lets users get right down to business. But other tabs include an overall resources link to a summary of new topics, and links to newsletters, articles, and blog posts separately.The starred rating box is different from the other job boards. It lets users give feedback without interrupting the website experience. Thats a positiv for the user, and for the job board owner.Although Healthec areers isnt dedicated to nurses only, the blog has a heavy nursing focus. There are posts on interview tips, student loan repayment options, and dealing with the stress of nursing.If youre a nursing professional looking to jumpstart your career, these job boards will be the perfect place to start your search

Fairygodboss of the Week Jaime-Alexis Fowler

Fairygodboss of the Week Jaime-Alexis Fowler Jaime-Alexis Fowler jokingly calls herself a recovering academic. She left a PhD program to make change in the marketing sphere, where she has worked in health NGOs, post-abortion peer counseling non-profits and newsrooms. Now, shes leading a nonprofit that combines her passions for affecting change and understanding big questions Empower Work. Empower Work provides immediate, confidential kooperation for tough work situations via text. And Fowler says support for the project and the change its making in many individual lives has blown her away.She spoke to Fairygodboss about how prioritizing relationships has helped her develop a career that aligns with her values and interests, and shared tips for prioritizing the relationships in yur life. She also shared the anecdotes from working moms that changed her perspective on working parenthood, how she unwinds and how her nonprofit has landseen such major success.Fairygodboss of the Week Jai me-Alexis FowlerFounder and Executive Director, Empower WorkTell us a little about your career. How did you get to where you are now?I often jokingly refer to myself as a recovering academic. Twenty years ago, my dream job was to become a prof and combine my passion for understanding big questions with affecting change through teaching. But as I pursued a PhD, I saw the trajectory to impact much farther out than I wanted. I was eager to use my skills in a more immediate way. So, I left my PhD program and pivoted into work in the social change sector, leveraging my writing, communications, and people skills in a new career in marketing.Throughout my career, Ive been driven by big challenges that affect peoples health, well-being and economic opportunity. At the heart of that is my passion for empowering people and robust faith in every individuals strength, resilience, and capabilities. Ive led marketing at a $100M grenzberschreitend health NGO, jumped into operations at a national n onprofit that provides post-abortion peer counseling, built and scaled marketing at Code for America, and launched a nonprofit newsroom. At the core of every big goal Ive tackled is people. I love activating teams that identify opportunities, collaboratively problem solve, and utilize individual and organizational strengths to move missions forward.Launching and growing Empower Work, a nonprofit that provides immediate, confidential support for tough work situations via text, is such a natural extension of my core values that over the past year, Ive had friends and former colleagues remark, I cant believe you didnt do this sooner. What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?Im most proud of something less tangible, but critical relationships. There arent always ways to quantify the impact that we can have as managers, colleagues, mentors and friends. They take practice, investment, and energy. And sometimes, they can be the thing that gets put to the side when other pressing pri orities come up. Yet, at the core of everything we do is people.I feel fortunate to have worked with a sortiment of talented, thoughtful, strategic people. Im proud of developing teams and relationships that last well beyond the time that weve worked together.Who is YOUR Fairygodboss? and Why?Ive worked with a range of incredible managers and leaders too many to list here. A special shout out to a fellow manager and mom who shared a story of pumping at her computer and spilling breastmilk on her keyboard, then calling IT for a new one with me. Her normalizing of the challenges of new parenthood was the most amazing breath of fresh air right when I needed it at the end of pregnancy. And a special shout out to a fellow manager mom who shared a story of bringing her newborn into the office in the early weeks so that she could have cuddle time and totenstill get work done (something I asked my partner to do when he was on leave, thanks to her inspiration). And to an early former manage r who went to bat for me both for a promotion and for the right things in my career that has inspired me in how to be a manager ever since.What do you do when youre not working?I spend a lot of time with family, either indoors and snuggling with our favorite books and trains or outdoors giggling, climbing, chasing, and jumping waves.If you could have dinner with one famous persondead or alivewho would it be?Sonia Sotomayor and Ann Richards. Growing up in Texas with a governor who straddled a Harley and stood up for womens rights inspired me to take a stand for what I believed in, and to see the possibilities for what women could do A.K.A anything. And the whole time I read Justice Sotomayors My Beloved World, I kept wanting to dig deeper over a long dinner conversation. I imagine a table with those two would be quite an interesting one.Lightning Round What is your karaoke song?Run The World (Girls). I regularly sing and dance to it in my own personal karaoke lounge, A.K.A. my kitc hen, with my almost three-year-old.Lightning Round What book would you bring with you on a desert island?Pride and Prejudice. Its a lifelong favorite that I could read on repeat.What is the 1 career tip youd like to share with other women who want to have successful careers like you?Prioritize people. Prioritize relationships. That can mean different things. For some, that might mean going deeper on certain relationships. For others, that might mean more broadening of relationships or networks. Tapping into and understanding what you need in the people around you, in the relationships you have or want to have, is a great way to explore whats important to you in your day-to-day and your career overall.Why do you love where you work?Every day I wake up knowing that our team, our volunteers, our advisors and our board are helping people navigate overwhelmingly challenging work situations. From surprise performance reviews to unexpected meetings with HR to questionable business practice s to distrust for a manager to ongoing microaggressions, what people face in workplaces across the country is extraordinarily complex. Were here to provide a space and support to help navigate these challenging situations so that people can walk into that conversation with a boss prepared, tackle an interview, or negotiate an offer theyre excited about. Thats pretty amazing. Plus, the energy, expertise, and enthusiasm of the hundreds of people who have gotten involved in our mission has blown me away.Fairygodboss is all about women helping other women - so each week, we celebrate a woman who made a difference in another womans career. Is there a woman who has made a difference in your career? Celebrate her and thank her by nominating her here.

Kat Hocking - Chemical Engineer, Melbourne Water

Kat Hocking - Chemical Engineer, Melbourne Water Kat Hocking Chemical Engineer, Melbourne WaterPosted October 13, 2011, by Louisa Veidelis Theres an engineering shortage, so there is definitely work available in Australia, especially because of the green shift that all companies are making. The skills and experience you get as a chemical engineer are quite transferable to environmental engineering roles. Kat Hocking works at Victorias Eastern Treatment Plant, which treats sewerage for 1.5 million people in Melbourne. In her role she works on developing ways our welcheste water can go further, a vital job in a time of drought, population growth and climate change. She started working for Melbourne Water through their graduate program, which she finished earlier this year. What inspired this career path? I grew up in the country with parents who like being outdoors and are aware of environmental issues, so I was keen to work in an environmental field. At university, wed done tours of some of Melbourne Waters plants. Also, one of my lecturers had done some work in Antarctica, on wastewater treatment, and that inspired me to want to do something like that. What do you do in your current job? Day to day Im based at the tertiary trial facility at the Eastern Treatment Plant. The water thats treated here is from about half of Melbournes population and is treated to secondary standard, which is the standard its been treated to since the 1970s. The project Im working on is looking at options for improving the quality of treated water to tertiary standard, which will involve adding another step to the process. It will allow for increased recycling opportunities if the water is better quality you can use it for more applications. So I work on a trial facility which looks at different types of filtration and disinfection options to upgrade the standard. Day to day my role entails keeping things running or looking at specific investigations on the plant. What did you study? Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Science (double degree) at Melbourne University. How did you start working for Melbourne Water? I did my final semester at university on exchange in Canada, and when I came back to Melbourne to sit an exam, I came across the graduate program online application process. Melbourne Water had been somewhere I wanted to work so I applied for it. How did you find the selection process? It was quite rigorous. If you were selected from your online application, you went to a group bewerbungsgesprch. Then there was some online testing for verbal and numerical reasoning abilities. If you were successful at that stage you were invited to an interview with a few managers. It was my first panel interview so I approached it as just another experience and as an opportunity to practise my interview skills. But I was successful and they offered me a position What kind of work did you do during the graduate program? The program goes for three years and I did two 12-month placements and two 6-month placements. My first placement was decided for me, based on the discussions Id had during my interview process I worked in the water treatment public health gruppe in the strategy and planning group. For my following placements, I nominated preferences from a given list of available positions. I did six months in the Waterways Group at Melbourne Water, which looks after river health. Then I did a secondment, which is an opportunity to work at a different water company as part of the placement. I worked in the trade waste team at one of Melbournes retail water companies for six months. And my final placement started in February this year. Ive been working on the trial facilities at the Eastern Treatment Plant at Bangholme. My graduate program would have finished in February 2009, but I was offered a position so I jumped off early. My role hasnt changed much yet. Do you work in an office, lab or on site? I work in a shed Theres a sort of shed that houses each of the different trials, my times split between working there and doing hands-on type tasks. Theres also a lab on site and an office I do some things in the lab and some things, like data analysis, in the office. I get a good mix. How many people work in your team? In the operational team at the tertiary trial facility theres my supervisor, two on-site lab technicians and another operator. So there are five of us on site every day. Broader than that we work quite closely with strategy and planning teams the main decision makers about what needs to be looked at. Theyre part of the much broader team. Do issues like climate change and the drought have an impact in the work you do? Yes, definitely. The drought and increase in population are the most challenging things for the water industry at the moment. So being able to reuse sewerage is a golden opportunity. As a driver for the project, drought and climate change are significant in terms of the increased amount of water available to substitute whats currently used. So the work I do is pretty rewarding. Does the research youre exposed to affect your own personal water usage? Do you have shorter showers? Yes, I try to. Also I try not to buy bottled water. A life-cycle assessment shows that bottled water producers use a lot more than one litre of water to make a one-litre bottle of water. Im aware that the regulations on tap water are very strict so tap water is fine to drink. I do what I can do. What else can people do in the face of these environmental issues? Shop locally and buy Australian-made produce. Are there any myths about working in sewerage that you can straighten out? I guess when people hear about where I work and what I do, it doesnt sound all that attractive Waste is not beautiful when it comes in but in terms of what can be done to treat it and the quality that can be achieved, its absolutely amazing. Around the world there are projects to treat it to a potable standard, and usi ng such applications means saving on surface water thats