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  1. What is your least favorite rejection email format

    • Although you are very qualified, we have decided to pursue candidates with similar goals and experience...Blah Blah Blah
    • We regret to inform you that you were not selected....Blah Blah Blah
    • We appreciate the time you spent applying, unfortunately other candidates profiles were better matched for our selection criteria...Blah Blah Blah
    • After careful consideration, we have decided not to advance you to the next phase of the application process... BLAHHHH
    • Some Other version of We are not Hiring You because You are a new grad and we dont want a NEW Grad, we want a New grad with experience.. ***

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juncel123

1 Post

Specializes in Geriatric.

Yup it sucks.. I know I am "was" our position too. Well, I have a PART-TIME job at a nursing home now where I hace 30 patients all to myself.. And I just got an offer recently from a dialysis place too which I might take. But I really want med-surg and I HATE IT that I can't get the experience I want... The reason why I hate it is because I know that getting a good nursing job is about WHO YOU KNOW, AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW most of the time. So yeah, politics in nursing.. Way to go. But please don't lose your passion for nursing. It sucks right now, but I know it will get better for us! =)

bbuerke

36 Posts

Specializes in Oncology.

I wondered the same thing. I am an RN and volunteered in the patient library in the clinic for two years, helping patients locate resources. Another coworker volunteered with hospice for a year, sitting with patients, holding their hands and making sure they weren't alone as they got closer to the end. No clinical care provided, just straight volunteer work. Now, I don't know how beneficial volunteering would be for the OP, but if it's something you genuinely enjoy doing and have the time, it may give you another perspective into patient's needs and look good on your resume.

I am so sorry you and so many other new grads are having such a difficult time finding work. It's so strange to me because my manager just hired seven new grads in the last 3 months, but I'm sure she was swarmed with applicants. I wish you the best of luck in your job search.

Syrenia

17 Posts

My least favorite is when they just don't contact you at all, or respond to your calls or emails. At least have the courtesy to let me know you are no longer interested.

Valeriaflynn

6 Posts

I am a new graduate RN that started working at a free medical clinic as a volunteer, and I find it has been extremely helpful in getting me interviews, as I have no experience as a patient care tech. I do not function in an RN role, but I get great experience working with patients and HCP's, and have been able to run the patient inflow for the clinic, giving me skills I never would have gotten working in hospital. They took me as an RN, loved that I am an RN.Free clinics are the way to go for volunteering if you are looking for something to pad up your resume. They desperately need help.

The idea of volunteering?! Don't understand that one at all. Volunteers are non-medical people in my area. These are not clinical positions and you are not eligible if you are an RN. .

Our local free medical clinic is always looking for volunteer RNs and MDs. They do have 1 or 2 paid RNS on staff but the rest of the staff is volunteer.

RainzRN

12 Posts

I have the same problem. I am looking at ND, they need nurses with all the influx of people with the oil boom.

opportunity for $22/hr, and $15,000 in sign on and moving bonuses, great benefits, etc. Good Luck!

BGeurin1217

2 Posts

Maybe its different in other places, but our school has a 100% placement rate for graduate nurses who pass their boards. Good luck though, keep trying, nurses are the blood of the medical body, it wont work without us.

Live.&.Learn

144 Posts

Our school also has maintained a 100% placement rate for ADN graduates, it is a hospital based school, also I am a 1st year student and I have been checking the local hospital for RN positions and there are several every day and have been for at least a couple of years. Nursing is still an excellent career choice in upstate NY...best of luck to you

nurseintx0511

30 Posts

Yup it sucks.. I know I am "was" our position too. Well, I have a PART-TIME job at a nursing home now where I hace 30 patients all to myself.. And I just got an offer recently from a dialysis place too which I might take. But I really want med-surg and I HATE IT that I can't get the experience I want... The reason why I hate it is because I know that getting a good nursing job is about WHO YOU KNOW, AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW most of the time. So yeah, politics in nursing.. Way to go. But please don't lose your passion for nursing. It sucks right now, but I know it will get better for us! =)

These days it's not even who you know anymore. When I was a new grad last summer I applied for several positions at a hospital where my mom has been a nurse for 30+ years. The anesthesiologists I worked for at the time (as a secretary, same hospital) got me in touch with the CNO of the hospital. He told me he would put in good words for me, got me interviews in NICU and pediatrics.... just where I wanted to be. Everyone who knew me (I practically grew up at that hospital bc of my mom) was rooting for me, putting in good words for me. And nothing. I got nothing.

I ended up at a smaller hospital outside of the big city, 30 min away from my house, on a med-surg unit... Doing exactly what I don't want to be doing. I've been there for 7.5 months now and I'm just waiting for my 1 year to hopefully move around to an area I am more interested in! Hang in there, something will come along. It just may not be the something you were hoping for.

Thanks do much you guys this input has been really helpful and although I hate knowing other people are dealing with this same struggle, I really am glad it is not just me. The worst part of this entire mess is that I was offered a position at a local hospital in Las Vegas, unfortunately I needed to pass nclex and have my perm license by August 1 and no matter what I did, there was no way for me to get my transcripts and schedule my test- I took it aug 2 and passed but my license did not become effective until August 16th so they rescinded the offer. Since then it has really been one rejection email after another. I do know about the opportunity in north Dakota, but I have researched housing and that is the issue, there is very little housing and u have to move therea before u will find a place. I told my husband if I don't find a job by January/february I will pursue that, I really do not want to though. The idea of living in -30 sounds terrible for this desert girl. Right now I'm crossing my fingers on penn state, that is the only promising opportunity right now for me.

By the way please do the poll it is funny seeing the results. My personal FAV is the we don't want a new grad, we want a new grad with experience. When I get those emails I laugh, and then resist the urge to contact the recruiter and explain what a NEW GRAD IS.

Specializes in Med/surg, Quality & Risk.

"We want someone with experience, but is still young enough to think XYZ $$$ an hour is an obscene amount of money and not a personal insult" LOL

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