Does Pittsburgh have grads in December?

....interesting

Well I think I'm going to end up joining the ranks and try to find a position at a decent SNF.

I talked to a recruiter yesterday that hand a bunch of positions open, even specifying grads welcome, with the caveat that they must be grads from that hospital's school! I say interesting b/c that wasn't the case with the hospital connected to my school, so I found it interesting there's that loyalty unless it's somewhere in their contracts or something.

Also just spoke with a recruiter at my desired hospital as I trust her judgement and she pretty much confirmed what I have been thinking. Especially now with UPMC Braddock closing, it just made it that much harder for GN's so I'm going to cut bait and run and maybe things will be different come June.

It seems to be a little better if you have experience, though I don't know how that will all shake out b/c of UPMC Braddock closing. The website seems to have had new daily postings for a while, now it's been 4 days and nothing new. Not to mention what was said about AGH union stuff...I can see if there are jobs they may also be in competition with nurses with many years of experience. Not to mention those that have the ability to relocate since some states are really bad.

My classmates that jumped on things in December had offers in Feb. There was another group that waited until the Feb thru April timeframe and they all got jobs. Those of us that grad in June and waited until passing the boards seem to have the most difficulty right now. Every now and then someone will post here that they got a job at Children's or whatever but this board seems to be slow at times.

I took the advice of a friend who graduated in the class before me and told me to take the boards 1st b/c her thoughts were that you are treated much diff as a GN on the floor if you haven't passed yet and that adds to the stress. Plus it took me longer to accept looking at the one hospital system as I had it in my head I wanted nothing to do with them. To my surprise I have a really good rapport with one of the recruiters that I plan to stay in touch with, even more so than the one from my school's hospital whom just gives the "sorry, keep trying check every day etc..."

Maybe it was a mistake to wait, but I'm a big believer in "you're where you are supposed to be" at any given time, so I keep my mind/heart open to that. Who knows maybe I'll like SNF more than I think or maybe it will be a stepping stone. At least there are some super close to my house, as long as I can get a decent orientation that's better than some fields have it.