Is moving out the country a solution to job finding difficulties?

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Just wondering if moving to another country would make it easier to find employment. Any country, even less desirable ones.

Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

I just responded to a question from a nurse in the UK....he said that the situation in England is so dire that the nurses are working as shop assistants and he was asking about jobs in the USA...

So I am thinking that the UK won't be an option for you

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

Wow, that's incredible. I am right next door to the UK and all I see are advertisements from recruiting agencies seeking new nursing graduates to come and work there.

Explore all your options, keep an open mind, and lead yourself. If I let hearsay influence my path and determine my limitations, I'd be sitting on my parent's couch watching the Maury right now and trying to figure out how I could be his next guest :-).

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Specializes in Home Care.

I'm one of the lucky few with options of where to live and work. English by birth, Canadian citizen and US permanent residency. Jealous? LOL

I was working part-time without benefits in FL. I'd lived in FL for close to 15 yrs and finally got to the point where I gave up this year because I couldn't find a decent paying job with benefits. So I returned to Canada in March. I'm now working in a union position with much better pay and benefits :)

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
I'm one of the lucky few with options of where to live and work. English by birth, Canadian citizen and US permanent residency. Jealous? LOL

I was working part-time without benefits in FL. I'd lived in FL for close to 15 yrs and finally got to the point where I gave up this year because I couldn't find a decent paying job with benefits. So I returned to Canada in March. I'm now working in a union position with much better pay and benefits :)

I hear you, you are so right! I live in Florida. The market here is extremely tight!!! I do have a job that I have had for some time, but I have friends that are having a very hard time finding anything decent. And for the poor new grads it's almost impossible.

I am chomping at the bit to move to Seattle--my grandkids are there...but market very tight there too..I cant' go yet, (my mom is elderly and can't leave her) but I am counting the days. I hope it opens up soon. The one thing that Seattle has is a number of large insurance companies, and that is what I do now. So I am hopeful for the future.

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.
been there, done that....DON'T DO IT!

Just curiouse why this was so bad? I keep seeing ads for it and wondered what it would be like.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

Yes, I'm curious about Saudi Arabia....I think one of the reasons it may be undesirable is because you have to abide by strict rules.

If you have 2 years of experience, you could try Australia. I have nurse friends there now who are Canadian born and educated.

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Yes, I'm curious about Saudi Arabia....I think one of the reasons it may be undesirable is because you have to abide by strict rules.

I also assumed this and I was wondering what the other drawbacks are. And who are you taking care of?

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@resilientnurse, Where did you work in Africa? How did you do it?

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I am a duel citizen so it may be a little easier for me. As another poster put it I'm just romanticizing a bit. But I wouldn't mind returning to my birth country to try and work.

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Specializes in ICU.

I agree with one of the previous posters, I think anyone having that hard of a time finding a job needs to look into relocating to another state. I am a new RN grad. Last year when I graduated as a new LPN I had several job choices. I ended up taking a position at a LTC facility. When I graduated as an RN earlier this month I had several choices and took a position at a hospital in their ICU. My hospital chain has dozens of nursing jobs open, and will accept new grads into most of them. I think this tight job market is a regional thing.

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I am a paramedic about to start nursing school in Florida...it seems to me that in FL there is no shortage for nursing jobs. I see job openings at all the main hospitals all the time. I have worked at a few hospitals as an ED Tech and have moved around FL quite a bit. I have had no problem getting jobs in the ED's no matter where I go!

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Specializes in Home Care.
I am a paramedic about to start nursing school in Florida...it seems to me that in FL there is no shortage for nursing jobs. I see job openings at all the main hospitals all the time. I have worked at a few hospitals as an ED Tech and have moved around FL quite a bit. I have had no problem getting jobs in the ED's no matter where I go!

But the issue is that those job openings aren't necessarily taking new grads. There are far more new grad RNs than there are available positions. Hopefully your previous experience and connections will help you get a job when you graduate.

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