I need a job, where can i find one?

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Hi everyone

I am new here and this is my first thread, as you can read the title i need a job and i am getting frustrated. I am a foreign nurse (my 1st language is French), i passed my nclex last year and worked for about 9months in a convalescent home (i have experience :), ). Since december of last year i have been looking for a job and it is really frustrating and sad because i know people who have no qualifications therefore have an excuse for not finding a job what is mine (excuse)? I have a degree and am willing to work hard (my butt off to be explicit) unfortunately for me i do not personnally know any D.O.N who could hire me (that is how it works i have been told). I do not know what to do anymore if anyone knows a hospital, nursing home... looking for an R.N please let me know. i have a degree, i am young (my mom always told me work as much as you can while you are young)and the only thing that i want to do is to work (I still have hope, at least i passed my nclex). I am ready to relocate anywhere in California (i am in southern California). thanks.

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Try the various job websites and look in different areas of the state on your searches if you are willing to relocate. A good employment website is http://www.indeed.com. This site compiles job listings from the other major employment websites like careerbuilder and monster. Good luck.

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Also don't forget http://www.caljobs.ca.gov. I found a job one time using the EDD website.

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Thank you caliotter3 for your answer, i will check caljobs and hope to find somethimg.

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Since you're French, would you mind working in Canada?

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Hello.

When you say foreign nurse, do you mean you're in the US with a working visa?

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i do not mind working anywhere. how do i do to work in Canada and how long is the process?

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i do not mind working anywhere. how long is the process for Canada?

i am a foreign trained nurse and i have a green card.

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Sault Calypso1! Comment ça va? Je suis bien pour toi vraiment.

I'm still in nursing school here in Bakersfield, California. My nursing instructors told us that there is a current 67% unemployment rate for Northen California, so most of the jobs for RNs are in Southern or Central Valley California. I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area, but I go to nursing school here in CSUB. My instructors said that the employment rate for the Central Valley in California is great because there is a huge demand from Fresno to Bakersfield and into the LA area. I want to go back to the Bay Area after I graduate from CSUB but I'm afraid that there might not be a job spot for me, so what ever offer I've been given in this area I will take, even if it has to make me relocate to Southen California. My advice for you is to check out the Central Valley or Southern California areas. I would love to work in the San Francisco area for how it resembles a "Europe in California feeling," but in this case, I am not sure anymore. I would stay in California if I were you because it's such a great state with high standards and a great life. Besides, you've passed the NCLEX too for the USA, you might as well make that effort of passing the NCLEX worth it, d'accord?

Bon chance!

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Salut Solidus_Snake

i am still hanging in there.

merci pour les encouragements.

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Specializes in ICU.
i do not mind working anywhere. how long is the process for Canada?

i am a foreign trained nurse and i have a green card.

come to southwest florida. you'll find a job in a heartbeat.

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Specializes in medsurg/tele, mbu, LTC.

try hanford community hospital in the central valley. one of their nurses said they are hiring...they are opening up a new area soon. good luck! :yeah:

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