calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

[NURSESrMEAN]

this is a roll call just to compare stats..... helpful hints may come out of this...

but if you are a nurse licensed within the last 3 years:

please list your city or state & how long did it actually take (between licensure & day of work) to secure you 1st job? the area?

newly licensed job seekers: please list your city or state & how long (since licensure) have you been looking for your 1st job??? how many interviews (if any) have you had? area?

thank you ladies! :heartbeat:heartbeat

god bless!

[RossayRN]

thank you for your response Rossay!!! what help did u get (sorry if TMI:-( lol

Well my fiance is a Roofer. He did a house for a guy who knows the director of patient care. Gave her a call, and she had HR pull my application and get me an interview. This took about a month from time of talking to her and getting the phone call for the interview. I then interviewed on tuesday, and got a job offer (for a different position than the one I interviewed for) on that friday. I put in the application 3 months before the director had them pull my application. So if it weren't for the director, I wouldn't have this job right now.

[soxfan80]

Graduated in May 2010. Interviewed that same month for a new grad opening in the acute care hospital where I worked as an NA...was offered the job that same month, and before I took the boards...passed the boards on June 1, and orientation started for my RN job on July 26. I love in Massachusetts.

[mystic33]

Graduated: May 2010

Passed Nclex: Aug 2010

Started working as RN in the hospital: 9/2010.

[helicoptergal, BSN, RN]

Graduated 10-08, NCLEX 12-08, results 1/3/09 started my job in the NICU on 1/3/09. Prior to that I was a Paramedic for 10 years. Good Luck.

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

Graduated from nursing school in Boston on May 31, 2008. Passed the NCLEX July 28, 2008. I finally found a job in March 2009, in Burlington, VT.

[cebuana_nurse]

I'm a foreign nurse, graduated BSN on March 2007. Moved to US on Feb 2009 and passed NCLEX on November of the same year. Got 1st job on March 2010. I'm at Northeastern PA

[scrubsRN]

Graduated BSN May 2010

Passed NCLEX July 5th

Start RN residency Nov 8th

I live in the Metro NYC area. It look 6 months of job searching to find a job! It's so tough out there, I feel so lucky to have found a position at all.

[AtomicWoman]

Passed NCLEX June 23rd, started my job in acute rehab on September 13th. Had 2 other offers, but was sweating it because the new grad job market is so tight around here. Applied for many more positions than the 3 I was offered.

[TheEmmyRN]

I had my position before graduating in May and I started a week after I passed the boards in June. I put my resume out early in Feb before the majority of my classmates. I had 2 interviews, the second one was with the hospital that hired me. I live in North Carolina near the Virginia border and I commute up to work (about an hour). I met one of the directors of my department at a Luncheon while I was at clinical. I was told that I impressed him during the Luncheon . . . I STILL don't know what I did. I was polite, didn't interupt him when he was talking and chewed with my mouth closed.

If you are having trouble I would talk to units that you had clinicals at . . . they might be able to put a good word for you and push you resume along.

Good Luck and happy hunting!

[LETRN]

Graduated with my BSN in May of 2010 and started working on June 1st, passed NCLEX on June 17th. I had my job secured before I graduated

I'm in Missouri.

[kxvc]

One interview before graduation 5/2009. Was accepted for the job. Started immediately after graduation as a nurse extern. Passed NCLEX in 6/2009. Times were tough. I took the first chance I got.

[laurenicoleRN]

There are jobs all over in Texas! I have had several job offers. I only have a year and half experience.