I moved to Little Rock 18 months ago from the San Francisco Bay Area.. That is the starting pay here.. I had such huge school loans - my school loan is almost the same as my monthly rent here but I made it work.. As you know there are no jobs back ...
After 6 months I moved half way across the country to enter a new grad position at a state that pays less than half of my home state.. but I got into a great training program, have learned a lot and continue to learn with a great group of people. IT ...
I graduated from nursing school in Ca in May of 2010. I was in a 2nd degree program so when we finished we all had at least 2 Bachelor degrees, some Masters. Some had medical experience as well, EMT and other experience. I think about 6 people even...
dmskoka replied to blueberry21's topic in Uniform/Gear
I had them through school and now.. They are 3 years old and my feet are just starting to hurt. I got them from a wholesaler at half price. I didn't want to pay 250 for a new pair so spent 125 on some timberlake I think. They are ok but feet started ...
dmskoka replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in California
I left the state and so did 3 of my classmates,, the few that found jobs in the SF bay area knew someone and they had to wait.. some took a year to get a job and some are not working as nurses at all and some part time... most people that got jobs l...
dmskoka replied to piscesmama's topic in California
you can get a temporary while waiting. My fingerprints went back so still waiting on the perm one. My classmate already has the perm. It doesn't take long at all. Also a lot of people in my group from Arkansas had a temp license and just took the NCL...
dmskoka replied to piscesmama's topic in California
I left Ca for Little Rock Arkansas.. They have a new grad 6 month training program. We have had classroom and a few days on the floor.. Now we are switching to about 3 days on the floor and one day class. We choose a track, some emergency room , some...
Where I live there are generally 600-1000 applicants for around 20 jobs for new grads. It is next to impossible to get a job... hiring bonuses aren't even a thought to us new grads. It is even hard to get into a new residency program, ( training wit...
dmskoka replied to Saint637's topic in Immigration
Hi how did your search go? I looked at the Western site and it said that you could bypass a step if you had 12 months experience and another section wanted something from an employer. Did you find out if you needed experience first or if they would t...