I figured I would just like to post to keep hope alive for some of you. I'm not a nurse yet, Though I'm attempting to become a crna. I see alot of individuals posting about how they are having a hard time finding a job. What you must realize is that you will eventually get a job, nothing stays the same for ever, I can assure you that. As long as you are a hardworking individual and are doing the things that you need to be doing to stay ahead of the curve, you will be just fine. I will tell you that I have never had a problem getting a job and I believe because it is my outlook and that I'm hardworking. Ask yourself these questions and you will see that you shouldn't be that concerned.
1. Do you really think that you will go forever without a job in a nursing career after graduation?
HIGHLY UNLIKELY
2. have you ever been in a situation and thought you would never get out of a tough situation?
EVERYTHING ALWAYS WORKS ITSELF OUT IN TIME
3. If everything has always worked it's way out in the past why would this be the exception?
oh gosh!!!!!!! The OP in my opinion was trying to be hopeful/helpful and I think thats fine whether or not any one wants to hear it she's right, nothing stays the same eventually new grads and experienced nurses will find jobs. But it is kind of weird to come down on the OP for just trying to start a positive thread. Jeez
Actually the perpetual negative attitude displayed in every "new grad can't find a job thread" is becoming very old. I graduated not that long ago and even then I had known in school that finding a job was going to be difficult. I prepared for the realization that I may not find a job right away and I may need back-up plans and ideas for what was going to be my future. most of my class mates did not, they fell under the blanket of people who believed there was always just going to BE nursing jobs out there for the picking.
I worked prison nursing out of school after the job hunt went cold. I hated it, every minute of it, but they were taking new grads, and I knew I needed the money and even that experience, is experience enough if you know how to work a resume and talk it up in an interview.
What ended up happening was an RN i worked with there had a good friend who was a manager at a rural hospital south of a large city west of us and said they had some positions that were not even posted and gave me her number, called, emailed my resume, and she called me in, built some report on the interview and got offered the job. I had to relocate, and move away from family, and basically start new, but it was a sacrifice I was will to take.
What my real point is, that more than 10 of my other classmates knew about this prison nursing job and said "I would never do anything like that", "I went to school to work in a hospital", "Thats too far away", "I dont want to work midnights", "they make you work 16's there" all kinds of excuses why they wouldn't work there. But in the end I ended up finding a hospital job before them, and had a well paying job in the meantime, even though I did work midnights, I was forced to work 16's back to back, and I did move. Plus I learned a lot of valuable lessons working a job like that.
So sending in applications, and calling HR is what everyone is doing, but what doesn't work needs to be replaced. Make a sacrifice, perhaps relocate, work an awful job to EARN an awesome job, stop posting on here how horrible the economy is, we know, we all work in it.
This thread is right, YOU WILL find a job, Things work themselves out if you put the work into it, but it is possible to fail, no one is going to GIVE you a job, no one is going to hand you anything. This economy is capitalist, those who work hardest usually succeed. Perhaps you need to re-evaluate your job searching technique.
With out pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. We all went to school, we all have debt, most new grads found jobs...thats a fact, instead of complaining about it, get out there and figure out how they did it, and you will eventually succeed, I know most of you are already doing that, so keep at it.
What is happening is that many people have to drastically modify what their hopes and expectations are for their first nursing job... with no guarantees that the first job they take will lead to their anticipated career goals.
So, for example, you want to be a CRNA. But in order to be a CRNA you need to first find an ICU job. And to get an ICU job you usually need to have a couple years med-surg experience (unless you're lucky and get into a new grad ICU residency). So if you can't even find that first med-surg job and have to settle for LTC, office nursing or school nursing, that is kind of going to put a huge damper on your plans to be a CRNA. Yes, you might survive and get on with life and have some sort of job, but there's no guarantee that your life will ever go according to the path you set out in your mind. That may or may not be a bad thing... sometimes we need to "let go and let God," and just accept that life doesn't always go according to plan. But having to let go of dreams you may have harbored for a long time can hit very, very hard.
I don't think it's what you know or how much experience you have anymore. It's WHO you know. Many of my classmates have found jobs thru the connections they made during nursing school. Stupid me was too busy trying to pass.
Hey New grads I dont know if it helps but I got a call from a recruiter today from one of the best hospital systems (actually it is considered the best by many) in the city about RN position that I applied for a while ago.I'm a old new grad (I graduated on May 2009) who has been doing home health care for the past 6 months.I'm really surprised they are interested in me (although I probably wont end up getting this position anyway).Yet,situations like this shows that maybe times are getting better for us?? Oh I forgot to mention I only have ADN.
i figured i would just like to post to keep hope alive for some of you. i'm not a nurse yet, though i'm attempting to become a crna. i see alot of individuals posting about how they are having a hard time finding a job. what you must realize is that you will eventually get a job, nothing stays the same for ever, i can assure you that. as long as you are a hardworking individual and are doing the things that you need to be doing to stay ahead of the curve, you will be just fine. i will tell you that i have never had a problem getting a job and i believe because it is my outlook and that i'm hardworking. ask yourself these questions and you will see that you shouldn't be that concerned.
1. do you really think that you will go forever without a job in a nursing career after graduation?
highly unlikely
2. have you ever been in a situation and thought you would never get out of a tough situation?
everything always works itself out in time
3. if everything has always worked it's way out in the past why would this be the exception?
it is not.
the 2 sections that i highlighted are the reasons i personally believe your post was not supportive. you have not experienced what us new grads have yet, and the tone is a little patronizing.
i'm a new grad that managed to find a great job after some months of looking. as hardworking, and motivated that i feel i am, i'm pretty sure my job was more related to "being in the right place at the right time" than anything else.
you seem to imply that those new grads, foreclosing on homes, defaulting on loans and eating nothing but dreams perhaps aren't trying hard enough...
i sincerely hope that you can understand what i am saying
I don't know why it continues to amaze me at how negative people can be. I see someone trying to be positive and all some people can do is complain. I understand that the economy sucks. But that will never give anyone the right to just be plain mean and have a negative word to say. My mother has always said..If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all! WOW!
It's really frustrating to have people who aren't in your situation tell you how things will work out. If the OP was a recent grad looking for work or one who'd found a job after a long job hunt, I guarantee the replies would be different.
Before I started school, I had family and friends dismiss my concerns of getting a job after graduation as a silly insecurity on my part. This was really frustrating on a couple of levels: first of all, it denied that my feelings were valid. Secondly, all they knew about the job market was the general line in mass media about a nursing shortage yet they felt they knew the market better than someone who'd been combing classifieds and talking with local, recent grads.
In school we learned about therapeutic communication: no false reassurances and don't dismiss the patient's feelings and concerns. I found the OP incredibly untherapeutic.
I don't know why it continues to amaze me at how negative people can be. I see someone trying to be positive and all some people can do is complain.
-- I completely agree with this part. I personally found the post to be VERY uplifting. It's a refreshing way of thinking about the way things are in the world. There's a bigger picture to look at and that's the fact that nothing stays the same forever. We're going to get out jobs, it just takes time.
Sadly tryharder, you should forget about trying to say something positive on these boards. You will get shot down quickly! I am with you, eventually the tide will turn and people will get jobs. Every experienced nurse will tell you there are ebbs and flows. WE ARE IN THE GREATEST ECONOMIC DOWNTURN SINCE THE DEPRESSION!! Every industry is suffering. My brother is a computer science graduate who can't find a job to save his life. He also thought he was in a "safe" field. He is currently working at a gym selling memberships. It sucks that we all went to school with the promise of a secure job on the back end, but that isn't happening. However, we came back from the Depression and we will come back from this. It may not happen easily or on your time frame, but it will eventually.
Tryharder, I agree with everything you said. I am a new grad with no real prospects. But, I know with perserverance, I will eventually find a job. Ultimately, that job will be exactly where I was meant to be. I am healthy and happy and the rest will work itself out when it is meant to!!!
Hate on my positivity if you feel the need, but I will get through this with a smile on my face and a job that I love. Maybe not tomorrow, but someday! :)
I don't think it's what you know or how much experience you have anymore. It's WHO you know. Many of my classmates have found jobs thru the connections they made during nursing school. Stupid me was too busy trying to pass.
It's always been WHO you know that gets you in the door, thats another fact people must face. Hard work, intelligence, and experience are extremely valuable, but when managers hire they are also judging character, whether it be perceived character or true character. So if they know you, or know someone who they trust that recommends you, you better be certain they will call you over Joe Blow's resume sitting on the desk. Because now they have a character reference to go on, or past personal experiences with you to judge you on.
You ever notice that guy/girl always saying hi to everyone, telling a joke, always going out of the way to talk to managers, and "brown nose" a little. Annoying yes, but isn't it funny how they are the ones usually getting that promotion, or new job opening. You should learn from that, not frown upon it and complain about it.
Call it unfair, call it unprofessional, call it whatever you want, but its the way the world works, sometimes you just gotta get out there and politic a little, go outside that comfort zone and sell yourself, meet people. Its all about PR, the more people you know, the farther you'll go.
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oh gosh!!!!!!! The OP in my opinion was trying to be hopeful/helpful and I think thats fine whether or not any one wants to hear it she's right, nothing stays the same eventually new grads and experienced nurses will find jobs. But it is kind of weird to come down on the OP for just trying to start a positive thread. Jeez