Jobs Anyone?

[cox6619]

Okay everyone out there I need some help!!! I have been a RN graduate since Dec 2010 and I still have not been able to find a job. I graduated with my ADN in Massachusetts and moved to Texas shortly there after. I have applied to over 200 positions since March and I haven't really gotten a bite yet. I have either been told that I do not have enough experience or my education isn't sufficient. Well, if I would of stayed in Massachusetts I would had a job already. Everyone in my graduating class has a job except for me. Personally I blame Texas! LOL. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE Houston, I grew up here, but the job market for an ADN is atrocious. I have applied to Internships, clinics, hospice, home health, etc,etc,etc.... I have revamped my resume, gone to hiring events and I even have connections in some of the hospitals, but it always seems to come back that I do not have a BSN. I was hoping anyone out there might have some advice or tips that I may have not tried or have missed. I am pursuing my BSN at the moment and I will finish in Dec 2012, but I would love to get some experience in the meantime!!!! So anyone out there that could possibly point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it....

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Texas is the magic land of nursing, haven't you heard? Those of us who live here just don't realize it.

You're preaching to the choir. . .

I've been living here in Texas for 6 years. When I first came here in 2005, Nursing Jobs were very plentiful. However, the nursing job market in the major cities began to slowly disintegrate soon after the Great Recession started.

Although facilities post plenty of job openings for nurses, this does not necessarily mean they they intend to hire anybody. Major hospitals and other healthcare facilities are mandated by internal policies to post their open positions, even though they purposely plan to run short on staffing and not hire anyone. Or, more commonly, HR must post the job opening and interview a few people even though they already knew that they were going to hire a person whom the manager personally knew. Any long-term job seeker can tell you that they see the same old job postings being recycled over and over.

[alby_dangle]

LVN/LPN were phased out of the hospital setting in Texas a long time ago, just like most places. And the push in Texas hospitals in the major cities is for a BSN work force. Can you say where you are getting your information? Because this is just kind of bizarre.

Like I said, I don't live in Texas, I have no idea what your situation is down there. And as you said above, you are glad the OP posted this because people seem to think Texas is the promised land for jobs but it really is not. I did not know that. But now I have learned something new because of you and the OP, so thanks.