A hospital in Los Angeles is offering nurses $120 per hour and a $1,000 weekly stipend to work for 20 weeks at its facility in Los Angeles.
According to a text from an industry recruiter, the role comes with 48 hours a week guaranteed for 20 weeks — a total of $135,200 in compensation.
While those staggering amounts aren’t commonplace in most industries, there’s a good chance these days that employees, regardless of the sector, can find someone willing to pay them more than they are making.
Workers will continue “job shuffling” — seeking out the jobs that offer better benefits, flexibility, competitive wages and a winning culture.
Businesses across the country are pulling out all the stops to bolster pay, offer better benefits and find ways to cope with a shortage of workers exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and worsened by long-term demographic shifts. For business owners, it’s a labor shortage, and polls show it’s a major concern.
But for workers, it’s a once-in-a-generation job market ripe with opportunity.
Read the full story on the St. Louis Business Journal website.
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