[ConkyTonker]

"Well I've been looking real hard and I'm trying to find a job, but it just keeps getting tougher every day..." (TM Steve Miller Band, ca. 1975)

I graduated May 13, 2005 with a 3.5 GPA, passed boards on June 2, 2005 (with 75 questions no less), and foolishly declined to apply for an internship prior to graduation. My bad.

I have a well-paying non-healthcare day job, the same one that saw me through school, so I'm financially OK. Now, I have sent enough resumes to facilities in my metro area that I could have papered my entire kitchen with 'em. Every hospital requires on-line applications, and I complete them, only to have them disappear into The Black Hole in Employment Space. No resume/reference requests, no interviews. Nada. Bupkus. Zilch.

It's really starting to get to me. Almost everybody I graduated with already has jobs, most of whom applied for internships well before graduation. I wrongly believed that jobs would be available. At this point, I'm concerned that I will lose both knowledge and skills by not working in the field that I invested blood, sweat, and tears to enter. It's very upsetting, even though I still have my sense of humor. Most of you don't know me, so I'll tell ya, when I stop laughing...that's when the brown stuff hits the fan.

What am I missing? Does anyone have any advice? Or are my June attempts at gainful RN employment a reflection of the influx of grads in my area (many nursing schools here). I'm starting to feel like a real loser.

Live, laugh, love,
Jenny

[rocks]

I keep telling you to be patient. The right one will come along. Take what you can get until you get through the first year. That is why so many places in our area don't want to hire first year grads. They aren't set up to do what the Board tells them to do - cover us for six months and teach us what we need to know. Relax G - it'll happen. I love ya', but you didn't call and tell me the results of our 2 pm friend
I should be home the afternoon. Call me and we'll see what we can find together. We might have to extend your search area a bit.
Rocks

[rocks]

By the way - excuse my spelling, grammar, etc. Quick message from work.