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Have you ever wanted to combine travel and work?\u00a0 With occupational therapy jobs on nearly every travel healthcare board, now might be a good time to explore the possibilities!<\/p>\nHave you ever wanted to combine travel and work?\u00a0 With occupational therapy jobs on nearly every travel healthcare board, now might be a good time to explore the possibilities!<\/p>\n
So how do you decide whether a travel gig is right for you?<\/p>\n
Of course, I can\u2019t answer that, but I can help you get started!<\/p>\n
First, answer questions in each of the groups below\u2013 feel free to ad lib \u2013 you can even create your own set of questions!<\/p>\n
Sort your answers into pros and cons.\u00a0 Remember there are no wrong answers \u2013 your pro could easily be someone else\u2019s con.<\/p>\n
Capture your list on a white board or a big sheet of paper \u2013 use size or color coding to emphasize the points most important to you. At the end of the exercise, if the pros outweigh the cons, start researching a new travel healthcare path in earnest.<\/p>\n
Career Impact:<\/strong>\u00a0 What makes this option exciting?\u00a0 What could you find in a travel job that is missing from your current job?\u00a0 What career goal could a travel gig help you reach?\u00a0 Are there any risks to your career with this path? Are you confident in your professional experience?\u00a0 Are you okay working independently?\u00a0 How do you feel about being a short-term employee that might lack an on-the-job network?<\/p>\n Personal Impact:<\/strong>\u00a0 What would you risk personally with this move?\u00a0 What is the worst thing that could happen to you if you took this path?\u00a0 What is the best thing that could happen if you took this path? What is going to be the most difficult aspect?\u00a0 Will the change bring more joy to your life?\u00a0 What is most appealing or the most unappealing: a new OT setting, a new city, or new co-workers?\u00a0 Do you adapt easily to change?\u00a0 Do you like working with a variety of people?\u00a0 Are you willing to ask questions and rely on others to be successful?<\/p>\n Logistics:<\/strong> Will you have to rent your home?\u00a0 Do you have pets that you could not bring with you?\u00a0 Is your car reliable?\u00a0 Are you ready to go it alone without a support network close by?\u00a0 Do you have friends or family members that rely on you?\u00a0 Are you a seasoned traveler or a novice traveler?\u00a0 What if you end up with time off between assignments?\u00a0 Could you weather a\u00a0 stretch without work financially?<\/p>\n Hope you had fun exploring these questions.\u00a0 Let me know if you are closer to exploring a travel career!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever wanted to combine travel and work?\u00a0 With occupational therapy jobs on nearly every travel healthcare board, now might be a good time to explore the possibilities! So how do you decide whether a travel gig is right for you? Of course, I can\u2019t answer that, but I…<\/p>\n Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Travel-OT.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7821,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions\/7821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}