That better way was to work as a temp, Denise says. For the first time in my life, I had a job I loved. On a personal level, I got to meet lots of new people. On a professional level, I ve had the experience of working on all kinds of equipment and learning how many ways there are to treat cancer. After 20 years in the field, I m still learning new tricks of the trade that I wouldn t be exposed to if I were stuck in a single facility.
Variety is the spice of life and of a career.
Robin is a recent graduate, and working as a temp seemed a logical extension of her education experience. My school has students rotate through different facilities during training so we get a balanced education and the opportunity to work on different equipment and different procedures. I like the idea of working with different people, and I m too young to become stuck in my ways. This is an ideal situation for me, Robin continues, but if I ever decide that I do want to work full time at a single facility, my agency can help me get that full-time job. Best of all, I could work at the facility on a temporary basis first, to be sure that its people and routines were a good fit for me and vice versa.