Is it me...or is it impossible to get an interview and a job in NJ! :(

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Ive passed my boards, graduated in may from a well known school in NJ. Got a 3.5 gpa. with 3 years of big pharma experience. IS it just me or is it really this impossible to find a job? How are people with 0 years of work exp who graduated getting jobs and someone who has some work exp and a decent gpa from a good school not getting any luck?

I am at the point of giving up and actually gonna start looking on the west coast or even in georgia or s carolinia. Im loosing hope here :uhoh3: any advice helpful hints this is making me sad and depressed

thanks!

I just moved to NJ with only a year of acute rehab experience under my belt. I did apply to do the same, plus other things, but with no BSN, no one is calling. I was a teacher in my previous career so have a BA in Psych and MS Ed. I feel like a major failure right now.:notworthy: Honestly I would love to look into clinics as mentioned above but am not sure how to go about this...Clinics meaning places like Concentra or something else?

Thanks

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Ive passed my boards, graduated in may from a well known school in NJ. Got a 3.5 gpa. with 3 years of big pharma experience. IS it just me or is it really this impossible to find a job? How are people with 0 years of work exp who graduated getting jobs and someone who has some work exp and a decent gpa from a good school not getting any luck?

I am at the point of giving up and actually gonna start looking on the west coast or even in georgia or s carolinia. Im loosing hope here :uhoh3: any advice helpful hints this is making me sad and depressed

thanks![/quote Hey Gang.....

I happen to know there is an acute care hospital in Vineland, HealthSouth Rehab....and they hire new grad nurses. I used to work there, and we had new nurses all the time to orient. Give them a try

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Specializes in Public Health.

The job market was awful back in 2007 when I was looking for my first nursing job. I eventually gave up and went to NYC to career fairs at some hospitals, and ended up with a job. It seems like it's so much worse now. :(

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Specializes in ER.

Listen, I have been an ER nurse for 10 years with a CEN, great references and tons of travel experience and I can't get a job. I just do agency at this point . I have been told that I " job-hop" . Hello? That's what a travel nurse is SUPPOSED to do:(:no:

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I finally got a job on a Med-Surg floor.Hooray! It took 2 and a half year but I'm finally in.Don't give up people.

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Specializes in Emergency.

If you are still looking and really willing to move, check out northern Virginia/Maryland. I lived in North NJ and got nothing after graduation from 2009-2011. My husband's job moved us to northern VA and I had a job (as a new grad) right over the boarder in MD within a month of moving. Also VA and MD are compact states so its a good license to have. My hospital there hired new grads all the time. Much better market there and much more open to new grads. If moving is really an option, this may work. Good Luck!

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Where did you find a job? I am looking now.

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I eventually did move out of NJ and got wonderful experience at a trauma 1 hospital . Now NJ hospitals are calling me almost daily LOL funny how things work out. I definitely suggest doing something out of state. A few of my classmates have stayed in NJ and ended up in smaller hospitals or bigger hospitals with stressful jobs on a med surge floor taking6-8 pts which is unsafe. Stay positive, apply apply and apply :)

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