When jobs are scarce.
"Sorry, we're not hiring." This is becoming a common refrain for those of you searching in today's EMS job market. JEMS has received numerous letters from people frustrated by their inability to find employment following training. A spot-check of organizations and employers around the country suggests that, indeed, EMS positions are scarce. The waiting time for employment in many large urban services can be from six months to two years or more, and one director from a busy midwestern ALS service said he was receiving approximately 75 to 100 applications for every paramedic opening.
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