Where to Job Search?

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I know it is a VERY bad time to be looking for a job anywhere, but if I were trying to look for a job in Northern Wisconsin, are there any sites that are better or that employers use? I have looked at many of the hospital web sites and there is nothing really listed. Are there really no nursing jobs anywhere, or am I just not looking in the right place?

Specializes in Med/Surg.

Megan,

I know that many hospitals in the Northwoods/Northcentral WI post their positions on their websites. Have you tried Ministry, Aspirus...also some newspaper classified online are good.

Are you looking in any area in particular?

Good luck,

BookwormRN

Thanks for the reply! We are looking in Superior/Duluth, Eau Claire, Wasau, and some of the smaller towns, Rhinelander, Ashland, etc. We may end up having to work in Marshfield for a bit because that seems to be the only place that has full-time jobs available, but at least that will get us down there. We need to get out of Alaska! Anyway, thanks for the help. Let me know if you have any other ideas!

I live in the Duluth Superior Area so here's my advice...I'm not sure how familiar you are with the area so I apologize if any of these sources are "stating the obvious"

MN Works (http://www.mnworks.org) - It's free to list so I've found some listings there (in general not necessarily nursing) that I haven't found other places.

WI JobNEt (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/jobnet/mapWI.htm) Not very user friendly but worth a try

Duluth News Tribune http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/ (THey've recently redone their site and it's a mess...classfieds dont' seem to have jobs anymore at the "Jobs HQ" may just be employers who pay extra...still it's worth a try)

Duluth Hospitals/Clinics

http://www.slhduluth.com/ - St. Lukes (and Clinics)

http://www.smdc.org/ St. Mary's Hosptial (and Clinics)

http://smdcmedicalcenter.org/ (SMDC Medical Center? - formerly known as Miller Dwan. This name change was news to me!)

I'm sure there are more but these were the easiest to find.

Thank you so much! I have looked at some of those sites, but not all. Any help is greatly appreciated. Have you noticed the economy hitting Duluth pretty hard? It hasn't hit too bad here yet, but it seems to be bad everywhere.

I would go or call and actually talk to the nurse recruiters......... what's on the website won't always be the clearest picture of whats available. good luck!

The other thing I have noticed in just browsing out of curosity (I'm not a nurse...yet) is that many places are currently giving high priority to internal candidates. Probably due to the economy ...everyone's striving to hold on to the loyal employees they have when they can

I know, and that is what makes me sad. We have waited three years to get out of this awful town we are in and when we finally decide to leave, the economy is crap. I feel bummed. So for now I will look for jobs and dream that the perfect one will come my way. I feel kind of dumb, I have a job, and i want to leave it. But the town I am in is slowly driving me mad. I need civilization again. Anyway, enough of that, sorry. Thanks for all the replies. Hopefully something will turn up and/or the economy will improve!

Specializes in Cardiac, Hospice, Float pool, Med/Peds.

I have worked for Ministry at both Marshfield and at Weston and could not be happier with the way that they treat the nurses... I grew up in MFLD and it is a good place to raise a family. I just moved to the Wausau area (just married) and work at St. Clare's and LOVE it... Good luck in your search...

Any of the hospitals using travelers right now? It would be super awesome if I could come in as a traveler and then permanent, since I am coming from Alaska and not sure where we want to settle.

Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

I work at St. Joseph's in Marshfield. There currently are no travelers in the critical cares but the med-surg floors are using some. They all are through Cross Country.

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