Nurses New Nurse
Published Jun 18, 2014
Me:
Bay Area, CA
Graduated August '13
Passed NCLEX 1/25/14
Applied to over 120 jobs
Have ACLS, PALS, and NRP
STILL NO JOB!!!!
How about you??
Simply_Sondra
42 Posts
Tennessee
Graduated: April 21, 2015
Passed Nclex: June, 10, 2015
Hired: June 22, 2015
I interviewed at 2 facilities. I had actually already interviewed with the facility that hired me on May 4, 2015, but I think they somehow forgot that they interviewed me! 😒 Their new DON interviewed, drug tested, and hired me in 25 minutes flat! 😊🙌ðŸ¾
Stitch3296
104 Posts
Western Washington
Graduated March 2015
NCLEX April 2015
Still looking, not super serious yet though. Waiting to hear on a residency program I really want to participate in. Applied for 6 acute care positions, interviewed for one.
maj0079
60 Posts
Graduated May 2015
Passed NCLEX May 2015
Job offer April 2015
I was one of the lucky ones to get a job offer before I finished school. The offer was from the unit I was doing my last clinical rotation at. I wasn't super excited about it, but took it anyway. Then was offered a job way closer to home a few weeks before I was to start. I know most of the people in my class had job offers before we graduated. I think it is a Midwest thing! There were only a few who had a hard time getting a job, but from what I heard they do now. Of course our pay scale is pretty much at the bottom, meaning in our rural Midwest area, most of use make less than $22/hr.
Exhaustipated, ADN, BSN
440 Posts
Georgia
Graduated early May, 2015
Accepted the new grad residency position I was hoping for mid-May, 2015
Passed NCLEX mid-June, 2015
gemmi999
163 Posts
California.
Passed NCLEX End of May 2015
I started applying to jobs once I had my license. I looked for small, rural hospitals in towns that have low cost of living. Within three weeks had two interviews at the same hospital, one for Rehab unit, one for LTC. I got both jobs. I accepted the Rehab unit position. The hospital takes 4 weeks to do a background check so during that time I continued to apply to other hospitals.
I heard back from one hospital two hours away from where I live; ER position, nights. I went up for an interview and was hired at the end of the interview, to start in two weeks. It's not a residency position, will have two months minimum of orientation before being switched to nights and set free. Additionally told that I will be crosstrained in ICU because the Manager of ER/ICU wants all his nurses to be able to float back and forth, depending on census. ICU will be an additional 2 months of orientation to that unit, starting whenever I want in the first year.
Needless to say I'm really happy, especially after hearing all the different stories regarding how hard it is to find a job in California.
Here is my advice: look for small, community hospitals in nearby cities (if you can move). Realize pay isn't going to be ideal (it's $29.30 for me for day shift, plus $4 night shift differential, plus raise once I pass my 3 month probation).
Also--be honest with interviewers. I was honest with each of my interviewers regarding my 5 year plans, my desired career path, and what I felt I could reasonably commit to the hospital. I told the ER position that I would probably want to leave after 3 to 4 years to go back to school and get my masters/doctorate depending. I told the Rehab unit that I preferred ER but was willing to work hard. The Rehab unit promised me 1 year there and then I could transfer to ER with their blessing. They also said that given my passion for ER they wouldn't require me to sign a contract, and as long as I gave 2 weeks notice I could leave if I found a job that suited me better.
I start at the ER position in two weeks! Eeep!
dee789
98 Posts
New York
Took NCLEX June 2015
Job offer July 2015 (but I started interviewing for it in April)
strawberryluv, BSN, RN
768 Posts
Passed NCLEX July 16, 2015
Received RN license# August 8, 2015
2 interviews in LTC, 2 job offers
1 interview pending with NJ hospital for August 24th
akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P
3,498 Posts
I don't recall if I've posted in this thread... I graduated in May 2014, got licensed 3 weeks later, found my 1st job 8 months later, and I just got off orientation of my 1st position as an ER nurse. Yes, I was hired as a new grad into the ED!
Everline
901 Posts
I graduated in December 2014. Got licensed in early February. Had a job offer three weeks later, but due to personal circumstances, I could not take it. Got another offer in April at another hospital and am currently working there.
Angelicamarie
12 Posts
South Dakota
Took the NCLEX mid July.
By the end of 2 weeks I had 5 job offers from the maybe 10 places I applied for?
yoga_girl
7 Posts
Graduated: May 2015
Found out I passed NCLEX: July 25, 2015
Still looking for a job.
Interviewed for two positions: T2P (Rejected) and RN Position (Waiting on HR response)
Still looking and applying to jobs every single day. ANYWHERE in California.