How do I find jobs in a state I do not live in?

silverbat · Jul 18, 2013

To my understanding, california is really saturated with Nurses, so it simply might be really hard there.

I looked for jobs on websites like careerbuileder, MOnster.com, USA JOBS, and with companies, like various hospital systems, large nursing home corporations. SOme large systems and corps, have online job application site.... best wishes!!

meeep, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2013

Ca has close to a 50% unemployment rate. Probably not the state you want to move to.

Nurse_Jessie · Jul 18, 2013

California is a really tough market for new grads. However, the method that I would suggest using for looking for job is to search "City Name Hospital" for wherever in California you will be moving too, then do a Google Map search of the city, and repeat the process for any cities within a reasonable driving distance. You may have better luck with applying at more rural hospitals.

I'm from California, and the recommendation I got from nurses before I started nursing school was to count on working out of state for a year or town, and then the application process would be much easier. I ended up finding a great job in Washington and I never got any response for any of the applications that I submitted in California.

jeangarc18 · Jul 21, 2013

I graduated in 2010 and obtained my license 2011. I was burnt out from full time BSN course plus work study plus full time job. So I took a break. Anyway, it is now 2013 and I've had my license for a little over a year and a half and have had to renew it since. I have my ACLS, PALS, BLS (obviously), and my NRP. I've had multiple interviews: 1. Discriminated because I live in Orange County. Joke of an interview and the recruiter was completely condescending the whole time. 2. Got the job. The "internship" aka work me as a slave for free. Mind you, at this point for a little under a year, I worked 7 days a week with my two part-time jobs and this internship. 3. 9 months into said internship they promised me an interview with the director of the med-surg/onc unit for the available position. 4. 2 months after THAT interview with the director I finally got a panel interview. 2 months after the panel interview I quit because they clearly weren't serious about my candidacy. All they saw was free labor. 5. Interviewed for the director of maternal health at a hospital close to my home. MY DREAM JOB. 6. Second interview with said director. GOT THE JOB as I was told but the director just had to get it signed by the CNO. A week later I get a rejection email because of the freeze they imposed all of a sudden. The director who was going to hire me... GOT FIRED. 7. Interview at a small town south of Henderson, NV. Rural health. Will be hearing next week if I'm to relocate myself from Sunny Southern Cali to Henderson, NV. Cross our fingers. Oh yeah, this is ONLY a per DIEM job... On a side note, I signed up to take an expensive ass critical care course in September. I work two part-time jobs at a hotel and at a dermatologist office. Suffice it to say, paying two student loans off, with plenty more in forbearance, plus regular bills is stressing me the eff out. I'm desperately considering the military at this point....