Could you new grads that had trouble with job search do me a favor.

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It seems that the number of post by frantic new grads who have not been able to get a job are dropping off. I think maybe the tight job market is easing but I don't know that. Actually I am worried about you and if you are one of the people that posted what a bad time you were having but you are now employed I would like to know that. Not kidding, I have spent sometime worrying. Worrying because I remember a tight job market in the mid 80s when we lost a generation of nurses because they went off and did something else. I certainly don't want that to happen again. So let us know please.

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how r i guys getting icu positions? im in ny and they dont even want to look at you if u dont have the experience for icu and er..ive been sending out cvs and nothing..im a jan grad, boards in april and ive been pounding the web cuz these hr say "did u look on our website" ive gone to sooo many hospital in person..im at a lost:cry:

i have been applying for a few icu positions in the hospital i currently work in, mainly because its the only thing thats open. the description said they wanted one to two years experience required, but my fiance (who is a nurse) and coworkers have all said to apply anyway because you never know. my response was an angry voicemail message from the hr person in charge of that area saying that i have applied for positions that i am "obviously not qualified for" and that i basically need to quit wasting her time. so needless to say i am a bit ****** because five years of working in the same institution has resulted in angry phone calls when i want to develop my career. :angryfire

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My response was an angry voicemail message from the HR person in charge of that area saying that I have applied for positions that I am "obviously not qualified for" and that I basically need to quit wasting her time. So needless to say I am a bit ****** because five years of working in the same institution has resulted in angry phone calls when I want to develop my career. :angryfire

Wow! That comes across as so unprofessional to me. I can understand it can be an annoyance to her, but no excuse to leave angry messages. I'm sure you are not the first nor the last to apply in such a matter because one never knows. It may work out. I guess in this scenario it backfired but I hope something better comes along in the near future for you. For the recruiter, I think a good way to handle "unwanted new grad applications" is to simply state on the job posting "No new grad positions available at this time".

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My friends daughter just got her RN license and immediately got job on telemetry unit. They live in Maryland. She had an LPN license and was working in LTC. They hired her when she was two months pregnant and they knew it(of course it would be illegal not to hire someone because they are pregnant, but they could very easily come up with another excuse if they wanted to). Job market in MA must be pretty good.

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I've heard from at least 3 classmates who have received job offers within the past week or so and I got a call from the hospital I was a nursing student tech at asking if I'd gotten a job yet (presumably willing to offer me an interview) lol and also had a skilled nursing facility come to my Kaplan class practically begging for new grads. Again, I'm in MD, near Baltimore.

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i'm a (not so new) grad rn. i graduated back in december and have been looking for work ever since. i have applied everywhere...hospitals, clinics, dr.'s office, you name it.....and have still found nothing! i've put in about 60-70 applications so far and have only had 2 interviews! it's very frustrating because the only thing i keep hearing is i need experience. i've even applied for lpn and tech positions and still can't get anything. i also applied for an rn internship and got rejected from that too. nurse recruiters at the hospital know me by name now, because i call them so much (and lately they seem to be annoyed to hear my voice...lol :-/) one recruiter told me i should try in one of the neighboring states, work 6 months to get experience and then try at one of the local hospitals here. i'm just so tired of looking, applying, being rejected, and then having to explain to people why i still don't have a job. i just received my license in the neighboring state and will be applying there soon. it would be an hour long commute but at this point, i'm willing to do anything.

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i'm a (not so new) grad rn. i graduated back in december and have been looking for work ever since. i have applied everywhere...hospitals, clinics, dr.'s office, you name it.....and have still found nothing! i've put in about 60-70 applications so far and have only had 2 interviews! it's very frustrating because the only thing i keep hearing is i need experience. i've even applied for lpn and tech positions and still can't get anything. i also applied for an rn internship and got rejected from that too. nurse recruiters at the hospital know me by name now, because i call them so much (and lately they seem to be annoyed to hear my voice...lol :-/) one recruiter told me i should try in one of the neighboring states, work 6 months to get experience and then try at one of the local hospitals here. i'm just so tired of looking, applying, being rejected, and then having to explain to people why i still don't have a job. i just received my license in the neighboring state and will be applying there soon. it would be an hour long commute but at this point, i'm willing to do anything.

i wish i had that option. no one bothered to give me options for someone living in the heart of chicago, with no vehicle of my own, so my only options are in chicago.

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I've been working at my hospital as an EKG tech for 4 years now, all during nursing school, and I still can't get a job as an RN there. Granted, I have only just graduated this past May 15, 2009.

However, I'm seeing other people from my graduating class who have never worked in healthcare before getting jobs at my hospital. While I'm happy for them, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling a bit disappointed.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. If so, I would love to know what it is.

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I've been working at my hospital as an EKG tech for 4 years now, all during nursing school, and I still can't get a job as an RN there. Granted, I have only just graduated this past May 15, 2009.

However, I'm seeing other people from my graduating class who have never worked in healthcare before getting jobs at my hospital. While I'm happy for them, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling a bit disappointed.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. If so, I would love to know what it is.

Have you spoken to your (RN) Supervisor? Maybe have them review your resume, ask them for a reference, ask them for advice. Use the resources that you have, too often we overlook the obvious.

Resumes are a tough thing, while we all understand that we have to "sell ourselves" most of us don't like to brag and in resume writing it is a VERY FINE LINE. Then there is keyword/ buzzword use, at one place they are A, B, C at another it's X, Y, Z; Teamwork, Goals, Team Building, Self Starter, Self Directed are some universal favorites.

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This thread was a GREAT idea. I was starting to wonder where I was going wrong in my method of going about job hunting because I started job hunting only in the beginning of April, and haven't heard from a single potential employer up to this day. I've gone to a few HR departments and gave my resume hard copy in person, and also have gone to a few unit managers and handed my resume personally as well. Still nothing. Plus with the grad initiative in the province I live in that requires new grad applicants to submit resumes online only (I'm sure it's the same or similar in other provinces though...), employers have to sort through loads and loads of resumes. Knowing that those who were smart enough and thinking ahead :) by applying a few months in advance prior to graduation had to wait a few months for some kind of response is a bit of a relief... Kudos for your patience and perseverance and congrats on the achievements btw! :up::up:

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Have you spoken to your (RN) Supervisor? Maybe have them review your resume, ask them for a reference, ask them for advice. Use the resources that you have, too often we overlook the obvious.

Resumes are a tough thing, while we all understand that we have to "sell ourselves" most of us don't like to brag and in resume writing it is a VERY FINE LINE. Then there is keyword/ buzzword use, at one place they are A, B, C at another it's X, Y, Z; Teamwork, Goals, Team Building, Self Starter, Self Directed are some universal favorites.

Don't feel bad, a lot of people are in the same boat. I am a new grad myself, have my nursing license in hand, and after working as a patient care tech for five year on the same unit, my manager sat me down and told (after she promised me a job when I started nursing school), that they're cutting the budget and it would be six months to a year before I could be hired as a nurse... SO now I'm trying to scramble for a job... And believe me a lot of places will not give you the time of day until you have an actual license number to put on the application/resume... I'm only now starting to get some positive responses.

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I'm in the same leaky boat. Applying since January EVERYWHERE, and nothing. I do have a license number now, and that is not even helping me. I live super close to the Illinois line, but I am only licensed in WI. I am going to send in the paperwork to get an IL license as well, because I am not getting anywhere up here.

I do say that my biggest regret is not working during school. I know most of our class had jobs before finishing school, and those jobs turned into RN positions for them.

But I keep plugging along. Something has to turn up. Might not be what I want, but I will take it, learn from it and make it what I need it to be!

Much luck to everyone searching!

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