Can't get any calls for interviews. Ego/Esteem has dipped beyond low.

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So I am a new grad RN.. I started my Job Search the day I got back from vacation (about a month ago). I have applied for about 20 or more jobs at one of my local hospitals and still have not gotten a call. This hospital has just gotten rid of all their Per Diem positions and all of the Per Diem nurses are getting the Full-Time positions (full-time is what I am applying for). The only way to apply to this hospital is online and they do not accept follow up emails or calls. The only thing I ever get from they is an automated email.

After applying for these 20 or so jobs at said huge corporate hospital, I applied for two jobs at a small hospital out in the country. I applied for these 2 jobs the old school way...put the app, resume, and cover letter in a manilla envelope and shipped it snail mail. Well, it has been about a week or two since I shipped it and still have not heard anything. Here's where i get sad :crying2:. My self esteem is so beyond crushed at this point. I feel so rejected. I feel rejected to the point that I can't even call the small hospital to follow up because I feel like there is something wrong with me. I want a job so badly, but I feel like I could just give up. I could really use some encouragement and any type of advice would be great..

Also, when in nursing scool, we made our resumes and cover letters with specialists and our instructors and also got them revised and graded, so I'm pretty confident it's not my resume that's doing it. I'm convinced it's the fact that nobody wants to hire a new grad, and that's all I am.

YAY!!!! :yeah: Make sure you show them your sparkling personality and your eagerness to work!!

Specializes in FNP.

I accepted a position last month that I had initially applied for last March. Be patient.

Specializes in OBGYN, Urogynecology.

Keep trying!! Took me 4 month to land a job after graduating and I had a 4.0 GPA!

I know how you feel! I started applying for jobs after I passed the NCLEX in FL. I got squat! I also, at the same time, applied for my SC endorsement and jobs there. Again...squat.

After a few months, I saw a classmate on FB. I messaged her about my frustration. She said her LTC was hiring. The interview was perfunctory because they had decided to hire me before the interview! Two months later I quit. (Bad place to work.....surprised?)

During my final 2 weeks, I sent out resumes to hospitals and LTC/SNFs in both FL and SC. (I have my SC endorsement at this point!) Anyway, I got a call for an interview at an SNF. This place was heaven compared to the hades of where I worked before. I got a job offer from them. THEN, I got a call for a PRN job interview and an interview at a Med/Surg floor in a hospital closer to my SC home! WOW!

Now, against what I had read here, I did include those 2 months of experience on my resume. I think that 2 mo experience with my specific relocation reason combined with the fact that I had licensure in SC made all the difference this time.

Submit resumes EVERYWHERE! Continue looking for your hospital job in the mean time. Many of my fellow graduates worked LTC or home health before they finally secured that elusive hospital job!

Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

In this great big stinky economy, you are much too small for it to be that kind of personal. ;)

Congratulations on getting an interview. I hope it goes wonderfully! Keep your chin up.

Well, I'm convinced all your nice words made me lucky and I FINALLY GOT AN INTERVIEW. PCU. Thanks again! :)

Good luck with the interview! Put the past experience with Job Search disappointments behind

you and go into the interview with confidence and an enthusiastic ready to work presentation!

Hope this is a good job match for you!

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