Travel PT professionals can expand their professional networks with LinkedIn

Social media isn't just something you can use to keep in touch with family and friends while on travel therapy assignments – outlets such as LinkedIn allow you to network professionally. While working with a healthcare staffing agency, it's still important that you keep your profiles up to date with your most recent jobs, skills and accomplishments.

Benefits of maintaining your profile
There's a chance that your co-workers will be impressed when they checkout your LinkedIn profile. As a travel PT professional, you've experienced a great deal while also getting to see the country! But there's more to page maintenance than being the envy of your colleagues. By keeping your account active, you show others in the industry your dedication and knowledge of the field. This may turn out to be a great asset when applying for travel therapy jobs in the future. Another useful thing about LinkedIn is that it gives you the opportunity to connect directly with both professionals and organizations. So, if you are truly interested in learning about the best trends and techniques to use during your therapy sessions, expand your network – you never know when someone you've connected with on this social media outlet will be working at your next assignment!

Using LinkedIn professionally
Most other social media profiles you maintain are about your personal life, but LinkedIn isn't necessarily the place for that. You should make sure to post on content that is related to your career. While it's OK to connect with friends, family and others who aren't in your field, finding those who are should be your focus. In addition to networking, you can use your profile to ask and answer questions of medical professionals. Keep in mind, not only are you representing yourself on here, but you are also the face of whichever travel physical therapy job you are currently assigned to. Additionally, your  medical staffing agency looks to you to maintain a professional demeanor online. As long as you consider the fact that your boss, colleagues and mentors may be reading what you post, repost, question or answer on LinkedIn, you should be in the clear.

As for the rest of your social media profiles, you might want to have both professional and personal accounts. This will allow you the freedom to discuss what you'd like with your friends and family members on outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ while still featuring yourself as a travel therapy professional.