If you’re new to the whole self-employed world, then learning the importance of negotiating your freelance rate is a big deal. If you set your fees too low, you might not make enough money to pay your rent in full or keep your cell phone activated.
That’s huge.
For the most part, nurses and therapists right out of college won’t bring in the amount of cash that they wish they could see deposited in their accounts. And that’s okay. We all have to start somewhere.
To pick up extra work, many clinicians work freelance for staffing agencies either in the in-home health industry or PRN at a local clinic. Regardless of where you choose to spend your time freelancing, you may have endless questions of how much extra money you can earn.
Some staffing agencies might take the time to pitch you “why them” and give you a payment quote. But if you continue to read this post, we’ll teach you how to negotiate when a recruiter asks you the question we placed under the next photo.