Any New Grads finding it hard to find a job here in KY?

[WildcatFanRN]

I graduated in May and have put applications everywhere I can think of. I want to work NICU as it where my passion has been for awhile, either that or newborn nursery. I've had thirteen years of LPN experience in adult acute care and geriatrics. I can't even seem to score an interview, but I can get dear john/jane emails. I am starting to apply out of state, even though I'll have to re-apply for licensure by examination to whatever state will give me a chance.

Btw I have applied to things other than NICU, just can't seem to score a job. Anyone else having this problem? Most of my classmates that I know of had jobs lined up before graduation, and I started looking in Feb.

Sorry, but I'm just so frustrated right now.

[CrufflerJJ, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I've been looking for a job in northern KY since early March, with no luck. This is despite nearly 20 years prior EMS experience, a very high GPA (3.95), Sigma Theta Tau membership, blahblahblah. Even after extending my job search to the Lexington & Louisville areas, no nibbles yet. I'm open to just about anything (hospice, home health care, long term care, hospitals,....).

No luck yet.

I'll keep plugging along, hoping to get my 120 hours of clinical time in (SOMEWHERE) before my KY Provisional license expires in late August.

Fun, fun, fun!

[WildcatFanRN, BSN, RN]

I was able to get my 120hrs done, then I was told I wasn't a good fit for the unit I was working on and terminated. It's taken me over a year not counting those 120hrs to get a job as an RN and I have to move out of state to do it. Like I said, I'm the first to admit my employment history raises red flags....but I should have been able to get a hospital job SOMEWHERE in KY.

[tkk2kec]

It must all depend on when you put in your applications. I know of three people that graduated in December and had jobs within a month. Keep searching they are out there and don't give up hope!