Can't find RN job!! HELP!1

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Hi, I am a new graduate RN from NY and I just graduated from a BSN program in May and passed my NCLEX in July. I have been having a really hard time finding a job. I haven't even had one phone call or one interview. It's really discouraging seeing all of my friends start their careers and putting their fresh skills into use, and I feel like I'm losing mine ?. Is there any advice anyone has that would help? I've had my resume reviewed by professors, I've emailed old professors asking if they knew of any openings and I don't get any responses. Please help! Any advice would be great. 

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What types of jobs are you applying for? If it's only the hospital setting, you need to expand your search. Nursing experience in a different setting beats no nursing experience.

Do you live in an area that is saturated with new grads? If so, is relocation an option?

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That is true!  Any nursing experience beats no nursing experience. Only thing I am nervous about going to a place that isn't a hospital because I won't be able to learn skills and things as I would if I were to work in a hospital - where I would get a more extensive and thorough orientation. Unfortunately, relocation isn't an option for me at this time, but I do live in an area with a lot of new graduates, so that could be part of the issue.

15 minutes ago, POB21 said:

Hi, I am a new graduate RN from NY and I just graduated from a BSN program in May and passed my NCLEX in July. I have been having a really hard time finding a job. I haven't even had one phone call or one interview. It's really discouraging seeing all of my friends start their careers and putting their fresh skills into use, and I feel like I'm losing mine ?. Is there any advice anyone has that would help? I've had my resume reviewed by professors, I've emailed old professors asking if they knew of any openings and I don't get any responses. Please help! Any advice would be great. 

 

9 minutes ago, Rose_Queen said:

What types of jobs are you applying for? If it's only the hospital setting, you need to expand your search. Nursing experience in a different setting beats no nursing experience.

Do you live in an area that is saturated with new grads? If so, is relocation an option?

That is true!  Any nursing experience beats no nursing experience. Only thing I am nervous about going to a place that isn't a hospital because I won't be able to learn skills and things as I would if I were to work in a hospital - where I would get a more extensive and thorough orientation. Unfortunately, relocation isn't an option for me at this time, but I do live in an area with a lot of new graduates, so that could be part of the issue

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11 minutes ago, Rose_Queen said:

What types of jobs are you applying for? If it's only the hospital setting, you need to expand your search. Nursing experience in a different setting beats no nursing experience.

Do you live in an area that is saturated with new grads? If so, is relocation an option?

That is true!  Any nursing experience beats no nursing experience. Only thing I am nervous about going to a place that isn't a hospital because I won't be able to learn skills and things as I would if I were to work in a hospital - where I would get a more extensive and thorough orientation. Unfortunately, relocation isn't an option for me at this time, but I do live in an area with a lot of new graduates, so that could be part of the issue

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If your okay moving, try Stony Brook Hospital in Suffolk Long
Island. They are hiring new grads into their nurse 1 positions.

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That is a great idea! I actually live in Long Island, I didn't know why Stony brook didn't come to mind - thanks!

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Your concerns about being outside of acute care are only partially valid. Anywhere you work as an RN you are going to be using new skills. The only way you won't learn anything at all is to stay unemployed.

NY is a known difficult market even in the best of times. In the time of a pandemic, if you don't have experience you are going to be low on the list of people they want to hire. They need people who can hit the ground running right now.

You definitely need to expand your search to include jails, SNF, LTACH, Psych, home health, rehab, MD offices, community health and the like. The clock is ticking. Once you hit one year since graduating without having had a nursing position, you become what is called an "Old New Grad". This refers to the fact that there are newer grads than you on the market, who are then perceived as having more recent training and therefore more up-to-date knowledge and skills. The job hunt only gets harder from there.

Apply to all the hospitals you want, but you have got to apply to other places too. No job is FAR worse than one of those. FAR.

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