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  1. 1st Job Interview ...Discouraged

    Unfortunately at times, there will be someone who appears more qualified than you regardless of how well you do on an interview, but in that same manner you will appear more qualified than someone else too. It sounds like you did very well , I too ca...
  2. Longing and Wanting

    It would help if you listed what you have learned from nursing school... look at the objectives you were to meet, clinical skills, focus on what you did while you were in college and clinical. List the your rotations and skills you performed, formu...
  3. New grad interview

  4. New grad interview

    Thanks ! I am in North Carolina , near what is called the Triangle. From what I have seen, there are alot of nursing jobs here. Almost every hospital I know of has a nurse residency program. They do recruiting twice a year, feb and june theres no li...
  5. New grad interview

    Thanks! Well for starters this position at this particular hospital was what I really wanted. So when I got the chance to interview, I wanted to know alot about what the staff was like, what the unit was like, what would the expectations be of me as ...
  6. New grad interview

    Well I finally got a New Grad position in a hospital intermediate surgical unit. After countless rejections I can finally experience the excitement in beginning my career in nursing!
  7. Would appreciate any critiquing of my new grad resume!

    I agree there's definitely a lot of info you don't want them to lose interest halfway through after all they have little time and lots of apps. I agree to take off any jobs that don't pertain to health care . Then go back over your job descriptions a...
  8. Moving to DC

    Have you tried indeed.com or payscale.com salary comparison . DC salaries are more but depending on where you live , the cost of living is very high 1200 a month for two bd apartment ! .I just moved from maryland after graduation , 20 min from DC T...
  9. Failed 7th time NCLEX RN. Am I a really a failure?

    I used the NCSBN review website http://learningext.com/pages/home the cheapest review time was for 3 weeks it's about $65 . It had tons of NCLEX question exams . I also used their RX drug card app. I did NCLEX questions everyday. At first I would get...
  10. New grad trying hard not to give up...

    Rule of thumb is to follow up in a week or send a thank you much sooner like within 24hrs. I don't think you will sound eager you are just showing your interest in the position which is a good thing . I did contact the interviewer after finding out ...
  11. New grad trying hard not to give up...

    Just want to say thank you for sharing that! I got my license in nov 2012 and have with no prior experience, and no connections. I ' ve had a handful of interviews and dozens of rejection emails. Yesterday was my limit at rejection . I finally burs...
  12. How early is too early to start hunting?

    I think it depends . I just started applying in Nov. right after I got my license and what I'm noticing is most are accepting application months before the program starts . Usually in the program description it will tell you when you must have your l...
  13. Data on New Grads: Program, Degree, Location

    I graduated from an ADN program in Maryland and have been looking for employment in N.Carolina for about three months. I've had three interviews that all went really good but no offers . What I'm seeing is graduates who had some kind of work in heal...
  14. New grad interview

    I am a new RN grad with no prior nursing experience , I've been on three interviews so far and I'm beginning to feel like the only graduate who hasn't found employment yet! The interviews seem to go great , I meet with HR , nurse manager, even get a ...