anyone having any better hopes for the nursing jobs in SoCal?

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Hey there, anyone having any better hopes for the nursing jobs in SoCal? I have a while (still working for the next year on my last prerequisites) until I apply for school, so it would be more like 3 years at the least before I actually work as an RN, but I plan to work as a CNA. Would be nice to see how things are a year later though!

Thanks!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Things are still really bad. Even though I am originally from California and would like to move back to my home state, I must remain in Texas at the present time if I wish to continue working as a nurse.

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For you the future of the new grad job market comes down to a simple question:

Will the U.S. economy be better in 3 years?

IMO it will be slightly better but no where near where it needs to be for hospitals to have enough cash to ease up on hiring restrictions. Rising gas prices, trouble in the middle east, massive federal and state deficits, rising interest rates, potential change in government leadership, high unemployment etc.

You also have to take into account the massive backlog of new grads that still need jobs from around 2008 to the time you graduate and beyond. I would not expect things to get better until the economy is at full steam again (at least another 5 years).

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Specializes in Ortho, Med/Surg.

My best advice to you is get that CNA job, be a unit secretary, ANYTHING that gets you in the door. I just graduated from an ADN program in Dec 2010, and was one of the very few lucky ones to get a job as an RN right away... more than 75% of my classmates have yet to find RN positions. The big key is already working at a hospital... everyone in my new grad class was an internal candidate. They didn't even look at the external candidates! Good luck!

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