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Originally Posted by Web Ferret  I've so far been unlucky in getting emergency bookings. I leave the odd date here and their free, usually Fridays and School holidays but never seem to get these. I'm registered with PPLS, the locum agency and locumlink.
How does a locum get these gigs? |
Well, I used to phone up some local multiples in the morning when I got up, and remind them I was alive. They would generally pay from 9 or plus two, or whatever. And I used to email a select list of people at the start of the week and remind them too - but I'd be lucky to get an emergency rate off any of those
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Its a bit like playing chicken
: can you hold your nerve, how far are you prepared to travel, and how badly do you need the cash as compared with a day off?
Also - and I'm sure this doesn't apply to the likes of you - do you have a reputation for doing some work, or spending the day reading the paper and chatting on the mobile. You will still get some work, even cardboard cutouts with a certificate who have poor personal hygiene and/or don't speak English get some work, but you will be at the bottom of their list.
My plan was always to do just that in the summer (not the personal hygiene, just the "chicken"), and book ahead and go on holiday in the off-season - November to May. It doesn't work out like that, though! Every year so far my nerve goes by about April, and I get pretty well booked up until October again!
