if you graduated in the last 5 years

[Fruit Sucker]

If you graduated in the last 5 years, how long did it take you to find a job?

[inshallamiami]

Might be interesting to include area and degree

[flyersfan88]

Might be interesting to include area and degree

I totally meant to include this. I have a BSN, and my job is in Philadelphia.

Some of my classmates still don't have jobs almost a year later. Those who got jobs within 6 months here had connections somewhere. The job market blows here.

[Twinmom06, ASN, APN]

Associates degree - NE PA

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

1 month before the end of senior semester. Most of the people in my class had jobs lined up before we graduated.

[ScrappytheCoco]

Graduated 2 years ago, was a unit secretary in OR at the time so I was offered a job as an RN there, but decided I wanted to move to be closer to family. I had a job within a month of beginning my search in the new city. I had no certs (ACLS, etc) upon hire.

[Everline]

I graduated this past December with my ASN, got my license at the beginning of February, had a job offer three weeks later.

[JMCP]

graduated dec 2013, took the boards in june of 2014 (was in no hurry since the hospital i was working for as a CNA had promised to get me in their new grad program in september). September rolled around and they cancelled the new grad program so here I was... :/ was already working home health though so no big deal. Applied to new grad programs in september, got my first yes in October second, third and fourth in december... waited for county and got a yes in Feb...starting next week! ED! yay!

ASN in Los Angeles

[Libby1987]

I'm answering for our grad nurse (we love her btw)..

Graduated in May

Took boards in June

Obtained ACLS, PALS, and SAFE cert

Hired to Medicare rehab unit in Oct

Hired on with us in Feb.

Just had one year anniversary with us

..California.

She's is neither treated like a slave nor poorly paid btw.

ETA ADN with previous BA, Currently completely BSN.

[ClaraRedheart, BSN, RN]

Graduated Dec 2013 in TX with my BSN

Call me crazy, but I wanted med-surg to begin with. That's what I got.

Did NOT have a job upon graduation. I got a late start applying to my system, waiting for them to release residencies.. turns out, no residents for them that year. After graduation, within 1 month, another hospital in the system called me for an interview. I got the job, and... turns out, the hiring hospital was closer to home anyways.

I'm paid well for a beginner nurse. I just got a nice pay bump last week too. Couldn't be happier with my pay and benefits for my position/time on the job.

My one year anniversary is coming up next week too :)

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I graduated from an ASN completion program in March 2010 and passed NCLEX two months later. I had my first RN position within two weeks of passing NCLEX.

I should mention that I had four years of LVN experience by the time I completed the ASN transition program.

[editingeyes]

Graduated August 2012 with my BSN (previous BS in Criminology)

Took boards in October 2012

I didn't start applying to jobs right away because I knew I wanted to move out of TN but I wasn't sure where I wanted to go - eventually decided on Iowa (regretting it this winter). Applied for two jobs in November got got offers on both at the end of November/early December. I started in January 2013 because getting my license switched over took forever (one of the jobs was across the border in IL). My full time job was on a psych floor that I still love and work at, and my part time job was on a med-surg floor that I hated and left not long after.

[scaredsilly, BSN, RN]

Graduated May '13. Got a job as a tech in a clinic that promised to promote me to nurse if a spot opened. Passed NCLEX in June, clinic had no nurse openings, accepted a job in early July as PDN for peds home care, hated it, left and job hired for my dream job in L&D in August.