Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

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I am so frustrated with not being able to find a RN position. I live in the philly area... I have applied to every hospital I can think of... I decided to make some calls to follow up on my application status and i get the ususal Nurse Recruiter answer machine stating" Please leave a detail message; your call is important to me and I will return your call asap". also I call HR and they bascially say to wait for someone to contact you." I guess i am just venting... I know that I am not the only RN grad looking and waiting to jumpstart my career. BUT Boy it's frustrating as well.... Any advice?:uhoh3:

I am in school right now and this is not encouraging at all. I wonder if I should just stop. Most of my classmates work in hospitals already and they tell me they have guaranteed employment once they are done. I wonder what will become of me who has no prior nursing experience and no job!!!!

Your classmates should not count on "guaranteed employment" The only way they have guaranteed employment is if they had a scholarship from the hospital the requires a work commitment and the hospital would want to recoup their money. I worked for two years as a CNA and the hospital I worked at couldn't hire me. Another classmate had worked there for six years and didn't get hired!!! If jobs are scarce in your area you need to be open to moving. I got a nursing job eventually 1200 miles away.

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Specializes in NICU.
Where in California? There is a government hospital in my area that has continous RN1 opening.

I'm in Northern CA...what hospital are you talking about?

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Specializes in LTC, PCU, Med/Surg, Hospice, OBGYN.

Where I work they are in desperate need in our unit for 6 experienced cardiac nurses. These positions have not been filled in months and our unit is now temporarily using contract nurses for now.

I started out there 6 months ago as a new grad (I moved from IA to NC to get it) and they're about to start with 8 more new grads this summer but this unit needs experienced nurses right now because it is a very high paced, critical floor. In fact, I'm moving on to a med/surg job in a few weeks because cardiac was way too much for me.

I hope you find something soon.

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Hey, my names katherine and ive just graduated too. Im from Northern Irealn and the job opportunities are terrible here too. I have been searching for a job for ages and no luck. We were told that there were loads of jobs in usa/canada but we wud have to sit an exam to practice there. Its just so frustrating when you have studies and worked very hard for a number of years to not have a job at the end of it.. it makes it seem very pointless.

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guys, while waiting for a position post nclex, work on your certifications, some can even be done from home like hiv nursing, public health nursing, others like tncc, and critical care nursing require short inservices. if all you aspire to is med surg bedside nursing then you are shutting the door to the many subspecialities nursing has to offer. acls and bls are nothing on your resume, er techs get bls, phlebotomy and ekg training which on paper is more diverse than a student nurse. you have to work to stand out above your peers. good luck and keep on trying everyone is struggling right now unless your independently wealthy.

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Specializes in Medical surgical.

It is the market right now, but on indeed.com, many jobs are posted, so there is hope

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Specializes in Medical surgical.

Get a new york licen. jobs here in the hudson valley at St. Francis hospital, poughkeepsie, n.y. and Vassar Brothers Hosp., Wingate Extended care facility, beacon n..y. va hosp. beacon, n.y. also google up indeed.com and spectrum nursing mag. they have tons of jobs just found it this morning, let me know

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Get a new york licen. jobs here in the hudson valley at St. Francis hospital, poughkeepsie, n.y. and Vassar Brothers Hosp., Wingate Extended care facility, beacon n..y. va hosp. beacon, n.y. also google up indeed.com and spectrum nursing mag. they have tons of jobs just found it this morning, let me know
All hiring new grads, huh? Word out in the ether is that NY is a brutal place for new grads looking for a start.

If you're right that all those places are hiring new grads then there is soon to be a mass influx into New York.

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Specializes in Medical surgical.

I live in poughkeepsie, n.y. and just completed an ekg course there, please google up Indeed.com and for the state of NY, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS, I AM LETTING YOU KNOW AN WHOEVER READS THIS THREAD, also Specrum nursing.com and you will see all of the listings. Try the va in your area.

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If jobs are scarce in your area you need to be open to moving. I got a nursing job eventually 1200 miles away.

Exactly! Nurses are supposed to be flexable but it sucks for all the people out there who can't move due to their families and such. I live in the Detroit area and nursing jobs are hard to come by hear yet everyone insists their is a shortage. I plan on moving when I finish school and going where ever the jobs are.

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Specializes in Medical surgical.

New York is opening up

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Do you know something that I don't. I hope that you are right. I have been trying and although, I feel that my time is coming I can't help but frown upon the resources for New Graduates especially in the metro areas. :(

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