Originally Posted by portobello
AGAIN YES I HAVE A LEGAL PAPER TO WORK HERE. If i don't have obviously i'm not gonna look for a job in the US.
Sorry to have to have asked you that, but unfortunately there are quite a few that have come to the US on a tourist visa and expect to stay and be able to work here. That is why I asked, and for no other reason.
And you already mentioned in your post before that you had a SSN# already, so there was no reason to get upset with me. You are new to the US and things are done differently here. Just because you have taken and passed the NCLEX exam, it does not mean that you are going to get hired right away, and this is especially true if you are in an area where many wish to work and there are not enough new grad programs to go around.
And if you would have taken the time to do some reading on the International Forum, and you still are an international nurse since you were foreign trained. This would still be the case even if you had a US passport, licensure and immigration are two very different things.
At this time of the year, you are up against many that have applied two to three months ago and also graduated from a US program and chances are did their clinicals at the facility that hired them, you have none of that in your favor. And are up against that all the way around, also depends on which school that you graduated from in your country, there have been many issues with graduates from some of the programs there, and you may find it harder to get a job just because of that.
Look, you came here for help, there is no reason to snap off anyone's head because they asked you a simple question first. If you have taken the time to do some reading on this or the Philippine Forum, as well as International, you would have seen that there are many that come here to work and do not have the proper visa to do so, and this is why we always ask first now. Stating that you are new to San Diego tells me nothing at all.
Your training in your country is also not the same as that done in the US, nor the experience with different skills and unfortunately, quite a few hospitals that did hire from your country are no longer doing so because of that reason. The skills may not be up to what they want to see either. So you are going to have to prove yourself first as well in most cases.
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Question - new RN frustrated to have a job in Cali
i graduated in the Philippines with BSN. last dec. just got my license as an RN. after passing the NCLEX i was facing another challenge... finding job in the US... hopefully u guys can help me find a hosp. here in east or south part of San Diego or anywhere in cali that hires an RN like my situation.
help!!!
