About this site: who publishes the new-grad guide and how it is kept honest

This site is a guide for new physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology graduates, and new assistants, on getting from school to a first travel contract, and it is published by a travel therapy agency. This page says who that publisher is, what the guide does and does not do, where its facts come from, and how to reach a person.

By ProTherapy Staffing, published October 26, 2026.

What is this site?

It answers a single question from many angles: can a new graduate travel, and how? The site’s answer is yes, with conditions, and its pages follow the order things happen in: the board exam, the first license, choosing settings and agencies, the first contract and the first extension offer. Alongside sit practical guides on interviews, resumes, packing, health insurance and student loans.

If you want a reading order, start here lists the pages to read first, beginning with the readiness checklist. This page covers something different: who stands behind the guide, what it will and will not tell you, and how its facts are kept current.

Who publishes this guide?

The site is published by ProTherapy Staffing, a travel therapy agency, PT-owned and operated since 2012. The footer of every page names it, and the boxes marked as coming from the publisher, near the foot of each page and in the bar along the bottom of the screen, point to its jobs and its page for facilities.

An agency publishing a guide for new graduates has an interest in your answer, and the site says so rather than hiding it. That is also why the guide tells you to put the same questions to every agency, the publisher included: whether the facility on an offer takes new graduates, what orientation it gives, and how the package is split. Beyond the line above, the site makes no claim about the company: no size, no placement record and no names.

What is this site not?

It is not a job board. It lists no individual contracts; the job alerts page sends new contracts in your discipline by email, daily or weekly as you choose, and texts only if you tick the box.

It is not a licensing authority or a tax adviser. Whether you can sit for your exam, hold a temporary license or buy a compact privilege is decided by your board and the compact commissions, and the guide quotes them rather than standing in for them. Tax questions belong with a tax professional.

It is not a ranking of agencies or settings. It rates no agency, names no competitor and carries no advertising from other companies. Where it describes which settings tend to take new graduates, that is written guidance, and whether a facility takes a new graduate is always up to that facility.

If you want to know which current contracts would take a new graduate in your discipline, ask a ProTherapy recruiter: Find my next contract.

Where do the guide's facts come from?

The licensing rules are quoted from the bodies that set them, not paraphrased. The PT Compact Commission is quoted on who may buy a compact privilege, and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy on who decides eligibility for the national exam. The readiness checklist prints the date its facts were checked, and its license and sources sections are rendered from the network’s data files, which record each source and the date it was read.

Pay is handled more strictly than anything else on the site. This page types no pay figure, and neither do the newer guides. Where a page does show one, such as the staff and travel comparison on the home page, it is rendered from named sources, Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data and the pinned pay index, each printed with its date, and the site’s checks fail a pay figure that does not trace to either.

How does the guide stay current?

Rules change: states join the compacts, boards revise their requirements and exam dates move. The parts of the site that carry those facts are rebuilt from data files rather than retyped, so a corrected source reaches every page that quotes it. The pay comparison follows the pin: when the pinned pay index moves to a new month, the figures are rendered again with the new date.

The written advice changes more slowly, and it is advice. Where a page gives a judgement, such as which settings to try first or how to answer an interview question, read it as experience rather than rule, and check anything that turns on a rule against the source the site links.

Who do you contact about this site?

For questions about a contract, use the form on any guide. For anything about the site itself, such as a correction, a source that has changed or a question about who publishes it, call or text the business line shown on the publisher’s contact page, or send a message from the form there. Name the page and the sentence, and if a source has changed, include its link.

Frequently asked questions

Who publishes this new-grad guide?

A travel therapy agency, named in the footer of every page and in the section above. The guide says so up front because an agency writing for new graduates has an interest in the answer.

Does the guide quote pay figures?

Only where a page renders them from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data or the pinned pay index, each printed with its date. This page and the newer guides type no pay figure at all.

Can this guide tell me whether I can start on a temporary license?

No. Only the board in that state can, on its own conditions. The guide quotes the boards and the compact commissions and links them so you can check the rule yourself.

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