How is the job market for Registered Nurses in NY?

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I heard that the hospitals aren't hiring at the pace that they use to. Where are other places that graduates should look into ? How long did it take you to find a job in NY if you recently graduated.Thanks !

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Specializes in Pediatric, Psych, School.

Honestly, the market is TERRIBLE here, especially for new grads. I graduated last May, and I (and many, many people in my class) are still searching for a job. I wish I had some useful advice for you, but...nope.

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She is right. Even Nursing homes aren't hiring! Its pretty horrible out here.

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So have you guys tried Agencies ?? How are you getting by ?

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Specializes in Pediatric, Psych, School.

I recently spoke to a recruiter at a local hospital, and she said that many of the RN grads from Dec. '08 are just now getting hired! I have looked into agencies, and most of them require a year of experience. I was up for one position through an agency, and while it KILLED me, I had to turn it down. They wanted me to go into a very intense unit with absolutely no training or orientation, aside from the "here is where the supply room is" kind of orientation. Not safe for a new grad. I have been offered a temp position (less than 2 months), and I'm jumping on it, just so I have something! I'm a "lucky" one, because I have a husband who has a job and, although things are very, very tight, I'm feeling very grateful. I know there are many new grads who are in much more desperate circumstances.

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Well things are about to get a bit more interesting, NYC's HHC announced on Friday they will be laying off about 3,000 employees including nurses. Posted a link to the article in the "News" section, but it has not been approved to go live yet.

Add to this many experienced nurses from St. Vincent's (and probably other NYC hospitals as well), are working at two or even more hospitals to cobble together decent hours, or rather make a decent living as clinical settings have cut hours and or pay due to poor economic conditions.

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Specializes in Psych, EMS.
:sniff: That is very discouraging DoGoodThenGo, but thanks for the heads up.
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Specializes in Public Health.

Here's another similar thread: https://allnurses.com/new-york-nurses/new-grad-looking-445491.html

From what I've heard from people that have graduated after me, the job market in the NYC/NJ area is bad for new graduate nurses.

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Specializes in L&D.
Well things are about to get a bit more interesting, NYC's HHC announced on Friday they will be laying off about 3,000 employees including nurses. Posted a link to the article in the "News" section, but it has not been approved to go live yet.

I've been following the HHC cuts fairly closely and have not seen the word "nurses" mentioned in regard to the possible coming layoffs.

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Specializes in Public Health.
I've been following the HHC cuts fairly closely and have not seen the word "nurses" mentioned in regard to the possible coming layoffs.

Here's the article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703409804575144184025495398.html

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Well things are about to get a bit more interesting, NYC's HHC announced on Friday they will be laying off about 3,000 employees including nurses. Posted a link to the article in the "News" section, but it has not been approved to go live yet.

I've been following the HHC cuts fairly closely and have not seen the word "nurses" mentioned in regard to the possible coming layoffs.

One would suggest you haven't been following things closely as you tought then, for the annoucement did mention nurses, and was covered by local news media at the time.

In addition to the Wall Street Journal article posted in my OP, there is this to name a few:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/nyregion/26hospitals.html

These cuts may not be the end of things either. NYS is facing a huge financial shortfall, and may be bleeding red ink for years to come. This has caused the state to reduce funding for healthcare which until now has been rather a sacred cow in NYS politics. Ironically it is the democrats in the NYS senate, long in lock-step with healthcare unions pushing these cuts as ways need to be found to restore fiscal health.

Adding to this Obamacare had little great news for HHC, especially since it makes cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. This on top of the fact that many who are now uninsured are the primary market for city hospitals. Once such persons are insured under Obamacare, they may very well decide to join the mainstream population and avoid public hospitals in favour of those in the private system.

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Specializes in L&D.

Thanks for that! All the other pieces I read were vague. Administration, clinic jobs and hiring freezes were the focus. No mention of nurses (not that all those cuts wouldn't affect nurses anyway, because of course they would!)

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