Is Charleston area hireing new grads?

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Hi. I currently live in Michigan and was planning on moving to Charleston area in a year or 2 when I have experience. However like other states (and probably more then most states) Michigan has a bad economy. My question is, are Charleston hospitals hiring new grads without experience. I worked for about 6 months as a medical assistant at a doctors office before nursing school. But during nursing school I was a waitress and unfortunately doesn't count for much...experience wise. I graduated a few months ago and passed the NCLEX-RN 2 weeks ago but I am not even getting calls for interviews in Michigan. So I may have to move sooner than expected. I have yet to start applying in that area...kind of wanted to get a feel for if there were any jobs in general on these boards. Any information about if they are and what hospitals are would be great. You can either reply here or pm me with the information. Thanks to all who reply!

I also don't mind Columbia area if you don't know anything about Charleston (I have family in Columbia at least)

Thanks again!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Anyone?

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Hi!

While I don't have any direct info for you, as I'm a nursing student myself [in Columbia], what I would do is google Charleston, SC hospitals. A whole list will pop up and would go to the hospital's sites and look at what they have open, then go from there. I would do the same for the hospitals here in Columbia. While I am a long way from employment [i just got accepted] I still browse their open positions to see what's out there. The hospitals here are Palmetto Health (there are several...Richland, Children's [right next to Richland], and Baptist), Providence, and Lexington Medical Center.

Good luck in your search!!!

Kathy

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Thanks for the Columbia help!

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There's MUSC, Roper St Francis and Trident here in Charleston...

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Oh thanks!

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Specializes in med-surg, telemetry.

I'm a new grad. It is a very competitive market down here with 3 nursing schools: Trident Tech, MUSC, and Charleston Southern, the latter 2 offering BSNs. There simply are not enough positions for the number of new grads generated by these 3 programs! MUSC lists specific positions for new grads. Trident Hospital and Roper St. Francis allow new grads to apply to any full time floor position.

I am finally starting in a nursing home next week, but it took a long time for me to find a spot. My classmates who moved up to Columbia had much easier times finding new grad positions. I strongly recommend any current nursing student to find a tech position. I did not have this experience, and it negatively affected my application process, even though I was one of the top performers grade-wise.

I hope this is helpful!

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