How Flor works

Direct-hire nursing jobs, pay shown up front.

Flor is a job marketplace, not a third-party recruiter network. Here is what happens, step by step, from your first minute on Flor to the application that lands with the employer.

Grace Mathews and Jessica Facey, RN presenting Flor for Nurses at Social Enterprise Greenhouse
Flor's founders, Grace Mathews and Jessica Facey, RN, presenting at Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Providence. Our story

Why matching beats ads

Job boards sell employers attention. A listing on Indeed or LinkedIn is written to get the most clicks, so it leads with “competitive pay” and “flexible schedule” and leaves out the parts that make a nurse quit: the real caseload, the real shift, the unit you actually land on.

We surveyed nurses in ten states before we built Flor. 75% had applied to fake, outdated or misleading posts. Many were getting 50 or more calls and emails from third-party recruiters in a single week. One ICU nurse told us she was hired for a med-surg light neuro ICU and showed up to a heart failure and transplant unit.

“I was told I was being hired to a med/surg light neuro ICU and it ended up being a heart failure/transplant ICU.”
ICU nurse, Flor nurse survey, March 2026

That gap is where turnover comes from. The same nurses told us they leave jobs over staffing ratios, burnout and lack of growth before they leave over pay. Those are exactly the things an ad hides and a match has to show.

So Flor does the opposite of an ad. Every partner listing shows its pay range before you apply. Every listing shows the care setting and schedule, and the caseload whenever the employer confirms it. Then the Fit Score ranks each job against your profile on the factors nurses told us decide whether they stay: care setting, specialty and populations, schedule, commute, PSLF. Ads find applicants. Matching finds the nurse who is still there a year later.

  • Ads optimize for clicks. Flor optimizes for fit.
  • Ads hide the pay. Flor partner listings require it.
  • Ads reach everyone. Flor ranks for you.

Source: Flor nurse survey, 10 states, February to March 2026.

From profile to application

Five steps, start to finish.

  1. Step 01

    Create your free account

    One screen: email, password, your license type (RN, LPN, APRN, CNA, new grad or student) and your zip code. It takes about a minute.

    Then add what you want from your next role whenever you like: specialty, care setting, populations, schedule and how far you will commute. None of it is required to apply. It just makes your Fit Score sharper. License verification through Nursys is coming soon and is not required to apply.

  2. Step 02

    Browse real jobs

    Two kinds of listing, always labeled. Partner listings come from employers who post on Flor, and a partner listing cannot go live without a pay range: no “competitive,” no “DOE.” Everything else is labeled Found on [employer]'s careers page. Those show pay when the employer posted it and say “Pay not posted” when they didn't, and we check the careers page every day and pull the job when it comes down.

    Every role is ranked by your Fit Score. Picking a setting, schedule or state re-ranks the board instead of hiding jobs, so you still see the near misses. Start with all jobs or CNA jobs in Rhode Island.

  3. Step 03

    Apply directly

    On a partner listing you apply on Flor with your name and zip (and a resume if the employer asks for one), and the application goes straight to the employer's portal and inbox. Confirm your email once and every application you send is delivered.

    On a job found on a careers page, Apply takes you to the employer's own application. Either way it is you and the employer, with no third-party recruiter in between.

  4. Step 04

    Keep track of what you sent

    Every application you send on Flor is listed on your Applications page with the date you applied and its status.

    New roles come to you only if you ask: opt in and Flor emails you a short digest of your best new matches. Unsubscribe any time.

  5. Step 05

    Build your search around PSLF

    Carrying federal student loans? One toggle moves roles that qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness up the board. Qualifying jobs carry a PSLF line on the card, and each job page explains what makes a role qualify: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a government employer.

    How PSLF works for nurses

The match

Fit Score

Every job gets a Fit Score from 0 to 100 against your profile, with a plain label: Strong, Good, Partial or Limited match. It decides the order of the board. It never decides who can apply to what.

Five factors carry most of the score:

  • Care setting25 points

    Home care, PACE, a hospital floor, a clinic. The setting changes the job more than the title does.

  • Specialty and populations20 points

    What you have done and who you have cared for, matched to what the role asks for.

  • Schedule10 points

    The shifts and hours you want against the shifts and hours the job runs.

  • Commute20 points

    Real distance from your zip to the job. Full credit within 15 miles.

  • PSLF4 points

    If you want loan forgiveness and the employer qualifies.

The rest comes from years of experience, language and career stage, plus one informational point for the charting system you know. These are the weights for RNs. LPN roles weigh care setting more heavily, and CNA roles have their own weights.

What a Fit Score looks like

Sample profile
Florence Nightingale, sample nurse profile shown as an example

Florence Nightingale

RN, 8 years, home health and geriatrics

Providence, RI

License verification coming soon
Example job

RN, Home Care

Narragansett Bay Community Care

Riverside, RI

$38-$44/hr
Full-time, days, rotating weekends
PSLF eligible

Fit Score

87 out of 100, Strong match

Strong match
  • Care setting(home care = home care)
  • Specialty(home health and hospice)
  • Populations(geriatrics, chronically ill)
  • Years of experience(8, job wants 2+)
  • Schedule(prefers days, job is days)
  • Commute(Providence to Riverside)
  • Language(English only, job prefers Spanish)
  • Career stage
  • PSLF(wants it, job qualifies)
  • EHRInformational

Top match: care setting and populations. Gap: Spanish preferred.

Questions nurses ask

Is Flor free for nurses?

Yes. Creating a profile, browsing jobs, seeing your Fit Score and applying are all free for nurses.

Do employers see my profile before I apply?

An employer sees your application when you apply. Flor's employer portal can also show an employer the nurses whose profiles match one of its open roles, by name, so it can invite them to apply. No employer has portal access yet. Your contact details are never sold.

Does Flor use third-party recruiters?

No. Flor is a job marketplace, not a third-party recruiter network. A partner application goes straight to the employer's portal and inbox, and a job found on a careers page sends you to the employer's own application.

What is a Fit Score?

A number from 0 to 100 that ranks each job against your profile: care setting, specialty, populations, years of experience, schedule, commute, language, career stage and PSLF. It sorts the board. It never stops you from applying.

See what is out there.

Real pay on every partner listing, applications that go straight to the employer, and a board ranked for you.