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Chicago NPs

Mostly geared to recent new grads--but anyone live in Chicago can tell me their experience of graduating, sitting for boards, and then getting a job within the chicagoland area? I am graduating next month and am getting nervous about jobs. 

How soon after you passed your boards did you find a job--and what job did you accept? 

 

TIA

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I graduated from DePaul's DNP/FNP program in November 2018, intending to go into Emergency to initially work Fast Track.  I already had a MS in Nursing, so I'd sat the boards after completing the initial clinical curriculum.  My problem was that between 2013 when I entered and 2018 when I graduated the employment market saturated and most EM groups wanted experienced APPs to work the main floor.  I couldn't even get an Urgent Care job for the better part of a year, since those practices are more bottom-line focused and really don't want to train a completely green new grad.  Eventually, I ended up moving to NJ for an Urgent Care position out here; I interviewed in October 2018 and spent the next few months getting my licenses transferred.  They paid a bit light, but were willing to hire me on and train.  They also turned out to be a bit...hmmm...fly-by-night, and after a year I ended up in a different, better, and better-paying position.

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