Finding a Job

[Spraynard Kruger]

Not a LMT yet, but just wanting to know how long did it take you to find your first job after you were licensed?

 

[Leen]

Finding a Job

In my case (I'm always abnormal it seems) there was a massage therapy position that opened up, which caused me to choose to go to massage school and get my license. I was teaching A&P at a massage school when a student had a tragedy in her family:

I found myself in massage school after teaching A&P at a few.

I had a student who had taken a "future"-job at a nearby and very small day spa. She was excited about the job, but her husband got in a severe motorcycle accident mid-semester and she had to tell the owner of the spa that she would be unable to work there as she would be tending to helping her husband during the rehab phase of his recovery. They had a lot of travelling that was going to have to be done with that.

I only needed to take my Swedish coursework and one or so other classes in order to get my license and make it work so that I could take her place during the time she would most likely be gone. It was planned to be just as me helping her be able to keep the job (she needed it) and a part-time effort for me while continuing to build my private practice (I am also a health care provider).

Unfortunately after 6 months she was still unable to return to the job she had hoped to work at, and I eventually quit and moved on.

It was good experience. I have always seemed to try to "help" out people as I could over the years and it put me in the position to help out a larger day spa a few years later who needed a fill in for a therapist who broke her foot. One of my patients daughters worked at the spa --- and he, came in telling me how they needed someone now. I made it work, in order to help. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at how things have progressed in my life), the MT who broke her foot, never returned. It took me about 2 years part-timing-it to eventually let-it-go-already (!) and step out of that one.

Anyway, I seem to try to help too much, but I do love the addition of massage into my life. Looking back, I was interested in massage since I was a youngster, but was told not to go in that direction, because you couldn't make money at it at the time.

 

[Hoot]

Finding a Job

Not a LMT yet, but just wanting to know how long did it take you to find your first job after you were licensed?

I have never had a "job" as a massage therapist - I went from school directly into my own practice.

 

[grable]

Finding a Job

Things just felt neatly into place for me post-grad. I had to move after I finished school, so I put off my job search for a bit. Once I felt settled in, though, it only took a couple of weeks to find a job in which I felt comfortable. With more experience, I'd like to expand and work in hospitals, as this would not conflict with my current employment. I know of some who would take issue with this, but my employer takes a very health-for-all stance on this sort of thing.

 

[Jizzflakes Jr.]

Finding a Job

It took me about 6 months, but only because after I got licensed I was focusing on moving from Utah to Idaho where my husband (we were dating at the time) is from. After I found a place to live, it took me about a week to find a job.

 

[Beautiful stud]

Finding a Job

Probably depends where you live. In Winnipeg, Canada there are so many opportunities for massage therapists every physio, chiro, gym etc has a massage therapist. I often wonder sometimes why I own a business with the average therapist making $40-50 per hr.