As the president of Locum Tenens Partners, I believe that one of my biggest goals is to do more than build a successful medical staffing business. I strive every day to build a thriving medical staffing community—a gift I first experienced as a child growing up on our family farm. We created community wherever we could find it. We were fortunate enough to be surrounded by a wonderful crew of neighbors who were connected in ways that went beyond our close proximity. We helped each other, cared for one another and, in general, just did life together.

We all know that we never get a second chance to make a great first impression. However, many of us don't realize just how fleeting the opportunity is to impress someone. Recent research indicates we no longer get seconds to wow someone…we get fractions of a single second. No pressure, right?

The robust Locum Tenens job market offers physicians across multiple healthcare specialties an opportunity to travel and expand on their current professional skill set while treating patients on a national scale. As this employment model continues to gain momentum within the medical staffing industries, many practitioners recognize that partnering with a reputable Locum Tenens staffing firm offers the best, most direct route to landing the right opportunity. That's the good news.