when stepping forward cuts you off - vent

Published Oct 23, 2009

333 Posts

Went to a job fair today, in one of the hardest hit sections of the country. They told new grads to come later - maybe not for the benefit of the new grads, but for the recruiters so they wouldn't have to be deluged... you couldn't even park later.

So - graduating and getting your license means you can't work as a tech - but the few new grads being hired are those who worked as techs.

And getting a out of hospital job - part-time, office, homecare, immunizations - you can't participate in a lot of the nurse internship programs for new grads, because, hey you aren't a new grad any more, even though you are as far as hospital care goes... But if you don't take anything, you hit your sell-by date...

I'm actually contemplating taking a job far out of state - against my family's wishes, and against what's good for them, just so I can get a toehold anywhere and get the experience.

This is just a vent - a lot of us are in the same boat - so screwed...two hundred applications out and not an interview from them...recruiters have told me the resume is good...

How do you escape the automatic flush for new grads? And the through-connections interview I landed...was told "I don't know why we are interviewing you...we're not hiring new grads..."