Experience

[IcantThinkofaName]

I don't know about you guys, but 99% of employers only seek those with "One year experience"...its like...uhh..how do you expect to get experience if no one wants to hire new grads. :rolleyes:

[suzanne4, RN]

It saves them money on the length of your orientation. With experience, you just need a few weeks at most to learn their procedures, as a nuew grad, you need the full orientation.

Certain areas only do new grad orientations a couple of times oer year, and hire with experience the rest of the time, when possible.

Where are you looking for a job?

[IcantThinkofaName]

Los Angeles and Orange County area here in California.

[nursefrancois]

Try applying to the Veterans Hospitals. Call the human resources dept. and ask to speak to the Nurse Recuiter. I applied to the San Francisco Veterans hospital this week. I know they hire new graduates

[NPAlby]

Is that what you're reading from print ads or is that what you're actually being told my the nurse recruiters? I'm in NYC and surprised they wouldn't be fighting over you. I only got that line about experience when I wanted to go into a specialty right out of school. I knew I wanted to do psych but they all said I needed med/surg experience. Well not "all" just the hospitals in Brooklyn for some reason. I just went to Manhattan and got my dream job relatively quickly on a geri-psych floor. I think I was their first new grad ever on that unit! Anyway, don't get discouraged just keeping calling, sending resumes and all that good stuff. You do want a hospital with a good new grad orientation. Again I was lucky I worked on oncology unit while I was GN. It was a big teaching hospital affliated with the university. You're an RN in the middle of a nursing shortage, someone is going to hire you. Just don't forget your priority of taking care of yourself and getting the best orientation you can. Good luck!