Everything has an Exp. even New Grads 6 Mon.

[reigh]

minimum requirments of nearly all hospital jobs include the one year of acute care standard unless they are willing and able to train new grad's. it will say if the job is a residency or a new grad job but ther is an aful void looming. if you like myself do nto get into a hospital and with the shortage of jobs over the past few years end up doing odds and ends of whatever you no longer are a new grad either. i got a call back form a hospital recently the stament was that the residency was only designed for new grads peopel who had been out of school a maximum of 6 months. this very same hospital which was the only one in our state even offering such positions has a maximum number of jobs in a life time you can apply for which is 10. lazy is what i call it there is an economic crisis a real up and coming nursing shortage and expirienced nurses are becoming hard to come by. so there solution is putting there hands over there ears and yelling like a two year old?

it is so frustrating being a nurse on unemployment with expirience and knowledge and the self motivation to study review and stay current only to be stereotyped. i have a liecence you know i paid through the nose and still am in student loans.

to: overlake how am i suppost to read yoru mind and know if and when there is a job i qualify for so i don't waste my up to 10 job applications. how dare you imply we are only apply for any job and are not passionate. its nursing i am passionate abotu nurse heck even as specific as workign in acute care even you hospital but your limiting what departments i can apply for and what type of position either entry level or expirienced because applyign for lots of jobs means we are nto passionate about them individually. i will leave you with the text from there job site a warning to nurses before they try and apply for jobs.

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please take a moment to read this message.

1. application process

in addition to the application form, there are several steps you must complete in order for your application to be considered:

1. background check questionnaire and supplemental identifying information

2. equal employment opportunity identification form

3. work style assessment survey

you will be linked to these items while you are completing the application form.

2. limits on number of times you may apply - new:angryfire

due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are now limiting the number of times any given person can apply for positions at overlake hospital. we have found that applicants who apply for a large number of positions often are applying for jobs for which they do not meet the minimum requirements and/or they have not sufficiently narrowed their job search to focus on their true areas of interest, skill, and availability to work. you can have a maximum of 10 applications on file. this includes both new and previously submitted applications. please apply only to those positions for which:

• you meet the minimum requirements, as stated in the job posting
  
• you are available to work, based on the job posting's stated shift and days of the week worked
  
• you have a true passion
  

thank you for your interest in overlake hospital. we shall contact you shortly should your background meet our current needs."

[mamamerlee, LPN]

That does not state for a lifetime. It says on file. Most places only keep applications for 6 mos to a year. And they are probably overwhelmed, as well.

Best wishes!

[MedSurgeMess]

this is currently the standard for most places that are hiring, and i don't see a problem with it......what exactly are you having a problem with? the statement several steps you must complete in order for your application to be considered: has been on almost every application for ages. this is nothing new. calm down and read this with a rational mind. as the previous poster noted, the limit of apps is 10 at any given time, not a lifetime. now, try to sort out the work you want from areas you wouldn't consider and apply away!

[reigh]

you might be right but your wrong I have been appling for the last two years at said facilities in the region the application are all held on file online were they are viewable to hiring managers. All of my previous job aplications are held against that 10 limit. They do not go away after 6 months and you can never reapply for most new grad jobs after say a year to renew your intrest because of that online record keeping. If you read the rest of the bold text you will understand that is what the meaning of prior and future is. I talked with HR myself as well long before getting upset.

There not many jobs to apply for esppecially when your in a void like myself who graduated several years ago but does not have the expirience. It is most certainly a way to write us off. There is an aspect of pride and favortism we are fighting on this side of the state verse that and its silly because of the shortage.:argue::loveya:

[VICEDRN, BSN, RN]

I hear ya, girl! Comfort yourself with the idea that if a shortage returns to your area, they will be calling you and annoying you to take a job with them.

Keep it movin'. Try not to think about the lost opportunity with them. I hope you find something else.

[Belmont_Murse]

Is this the only institution you can apply and work for??? Are you willing to relocate to an area that is in need of your skills? Are you "flagged" by this institution somehow? They state that they have a "work style assessment", could that mean pre-screening?

Anywhoo, just keep trying as persistence and competence often net big results. One other note, I can't help but mention as I've often been VERY guilty of it...do you have a spell checker or do you type like that all the time? I'm only saying this as I've turned in applications with deplorable spelling before.

[RedhairedNurse, BSN, RN]

It's always a very good idea to proof read your writings before posting them, especially in our

profession.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

"There is an aspect of pride and favortism we are fighting on this side of the state verse that and its silly because of the shortage."

????

What does that mean?

[elkpark]

It's always been taken for granted in many other professions and occupations that you have to move away from home to go to school and, when you graduate, you will have to move to wherever you're able to find a job. Nurses, on the other hand, are accustomed to expecting to go to nursing school locally and walk into a local job when they finish school. Suddenly, in the last few years, that second part is less and less the case. Maybe we're finally just "catching up" with all the other college majors. :) Maybe things are going to back to what's been considered "normal" for nursing as the economy improves; maybe this is a permanent change (I know from my own conversations with nursing administration types at a wide variety of hospitals in my state that lots of hospitals were already starting to balk at hiring and training new grads, even before the economy tanked -- the economic downturn was just the "final straw"). However, it is what it is, for the time being, at least, and there's not much point in fuming and complaining about it. I agree with others that nursing schools have been much too rosy and optimistic in their encouragement of students to expect that a great career will be handed to them as soon as they complete that nursing degree -- but none of us are owed a living, in any occupation. Nursing is just starting to have to deal with the stuff that lots of other occupations have lived with all these years.

As for an "expiration date" (if that's what the OP meant by "Exp." in her/his title), well ... the reality is we all have expiration dates, even experienced nurses. No one stays a "new grad" indefinitely (or even for an extended period of time) until they get the right kind of job. If there are no good opportunities for you (the OP) in your current area, only you can decide whether you're better off putting up with that, or looking into relocating to somewhere where you'll have better chances of getting a job you want. Best wishes!