How does an international student who graduated from a US nursing program find a job?

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Hi, I am an international student (on student visa) studying nursing here in California. I'm hoping to become employed in the US upon graduation, but I just don't have a clue as to how I would start looking for jobs given my visa situation. I know there are quite a few international recruitment agencies out there that are trying to recruit nurses from abroad. Does anyone know the pros and cons of going with a recruitment agency? And are there hospitals that are willing to hire non US citizens on their own without an agency's help, considering the legal mumbo jumbo they have to go through?

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I am an international student too and do have the same plan. You can go to the nursing administrator at a hospital and they will do the necessaries to get you on staff. You do not have to go through an agency. Apply at a hospital and they will take it from there.

Ann.

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thanks annmarei,

i will try that. read somewhere else that you just got accepted to nursing school. congrats! way to go!

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