A Sign of the Times? We're hiring!

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  1. Have there been any hiring changes at your facility recently?

    • 108
      Yes, we are hiring!
    • 107
      No, we are still in a freeze/limited.
    • 8
      I have no idea, we seem perfectly staffed.
    • 40
      I have no idea, we never seem to have enough staff.

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I have recently discovered that our hospital is SEVENTY FOUR nurses short, so the hiring process has begun again and new grad classes have been doubled from fifteen to thirty persons for each session.

I know winter is a busy time in most hospitals but I wonder what this means for the future.

I am not much of a speculator, and tend to be a "deal with it as it comes" kind of person so it should be an interesting remainder of the year.

Is anyone else seeing the hiring freezes drop and the pendulum start to swing in a different direction in their facility?

Tait

Dec grad 09! I was let go from my CNA job of 3 years because (horrid me) I passed the NCLEX and there were no RN jobs due to hiring freeze... Im willing to relocate and do any type of nursing job and have sent out countless resumes - all I hear is they want experienced RNs. How are we going to get that crucial experience ??? :banghead:

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This is funny....I'm in east texas. The local hospitals are hiring only RNs with recent experience; and I'm told that my 10 yrs of Med/surg experience is no good because I've been in Home Health for the past 5 yrs!

However, they are hiring new grads! Hmmm, does this make any sense to anyone? I'm pretty sure I can remember way more than the new grad hasn't learned yet.....

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Specializes in LTC/Behavioral/ Hospice.
This is funny....I'm in east texas. The local hospitals are hiring only RNs with recent experience; and I'm told that my 10 yrs of Med/surg experience is no good because I've been in Home Health for the past 5 yrs!

However, they are hiring new grads! Hmmm, does this make any sense to anyone? I'm pretty sure I can remember way more than the new grad hasn't learned yet.....

We have a hospital in my area who does this too. They state right on their website that you must have graduated within the last 2 years or have hospital experience within the last 2 years , or have gone through a review. Wow. LOL.

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This is funny....I'm in east texas. The local hospitals are hiring only RNs with recent experience; and I'm told that my 10 yrs of Med/surg experience is no good because I've been in Home Health for the past 5 yrs!

However, they are hiring new grads! Hmmm, does this make any sense to anyone? I'm pretty sure I can remember way more than the new grad hasn't learned yet.....

Yes, it does make some sense.

No disrespect to your experience, but has the technology changed significantly in your area in the last 5 years? For example, computer charting and medication administration systems. An employer may consider it "cheaper" to hire someone who has been physically present in a hospital more recently. Also, hiring new grads gives an employer a chance to train people as they see fit, without "baggage" from other facilities. New grads may put up with things that you will not, because they don't know any different. It also may be plain cheaper to offer a new grad a much lower salary. There are all kinds of reasons this makes sense.

I hear your frustration, and hope you get something soon.

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We have a huge crop of new grad LPNs looking for work in west TN. They are having lots of problems getting jobs. I was offered a prn position at a facility in LTC, which I turned down. My current employer kept stalling on putting me into an LPN position, I had been a CNA there for over a year.

I feel really priviledged to be starting an LPN job with a different LTC facility, on the 11pm to 7am shift. I know this is a sorry shift, but I was happy to get my foot in the door anyplace. 40 hours a week and no weekends for 15 an hour.

I did learn that my school gave me a glowing recomendation, due to my good attendance.

I also realize that I had better learn quick and not mess up too bad as there are plenty of nurses looking for jobs right now.

So all this is said to let all the new grads out ther know that there are jobs, hard to find but they are out there.

Keep looking.... the economy won't be this sorry forever, it's bound to start an upswing sooner or later.

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Not hiring in my area. The overflood of nurses from nursing schools caused a lack of job openings. I wouldn't expect this to turn around for quite some time (years). Again, simple supply vs demand theory. If you see new hospitals being built (not replacement facilities), but additional hospitals, then there will be additional jobs! That would be great!:yeah:

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Specializes in Cardiac/Tele/CVICU.
absolutely not. here is south florida the hospitals continue not to hire new grads. i have gone beyond the applying online routine by visiting the hr departments. basically the say, "we are not hiring new grads, but thank you for stopping by, good luck".

i really don't like hearing "good luck". luck didn't put me through nursing school and has no influence of whether or not i can find employment.

a friend of mine who is a new grad just got hired at a hospital in south fl in february.

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For people like me, who are actively looking for a good job, this thread sounds like a tempting place to beg for leads...

Unfortunately, we've been advised not to ask :D

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

It's a big NO.

We "grow" our own nurses.

Anyone from the outside is creme-de-la-creme-de-la-creme.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

We hire on an as needed basis. Had a new grad start last month.

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As a LPN it is very difficult to find a job right now. The place I used to work hired both RNs and LPNs but weren't doing much hiring when I left.

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