Is it true that male new grads are not struggling

lifelearningrn, BSN, RN · Dec 30, 2010

That would be interesting indeed if it is true. Not surprising, but interesting.

joanna73, BSN, RN · Dec 30, 2010

I doubt that to be true. Where is your information coming from? Or the question?

Belle Epoque · Dec 30, 2010

I have not seen any indication of discrimination with hiring practices, why would you ask such a question?

GLB_68 · Dec 30, 2010

Male and female new grad RNs from my class are having equal trouble finding jobs.

noahsmama · Dec 30, 2010

Male nurses are still a small enough minority that I think it would be hard to do the statistics. However, I can tell you that in November '09 the hospital I was working at hired 6 new grads, including one male nurse. All of them were May '09 grads who had been looking for jobs for 5 months before being hired. While still in nursing school, the male nurse had been chosen for a loan forgiveness program for another hospital (not ours), but, like many others chosen for that program, was not able to get a job as a new grad at that hospital because they weren't hiring by the time he graduated.

Of my fellow nursing school grads in May of '08, most of us had jobs by fall of '08, but one of the male grads was still looking (did eventually find a job). Another who got a job right away ending up not passing his probationary period and was let go.

So, anecdotally based on the above it doesn't appear to me that male new grads are having an easier time finding jobs or keeping them compared to female new grads, but as I said, the sample size is small.

Edited to add: I just remembered that another male student in my graduating class had some trouble finding a job, so that's at least 2 out of 7 (our class pretty much all found jobs within 6-8 months of graduation, but only about 1/3 had jobs at or shortly after graduation)

iNurseUK, RN · Dec 30, 2010

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Men although a minority in nursing do tend to get to the top.

I often have wondered why this might be. Perhaps they spend less time having a go at their colleagues and do not indulge in the endless gossip and backbiting so endemic with female nurses.

Just saying.

MzTayTay · Dec 30, 2010

@ Nurse uk,men may fair better in the Nursing profession because of the discriminatory and unfair labor practices that plague nearly every other profession there is. In addtion, men take little or no time away from work for child bearing or rearing.

gtshin30303 · Dec 30, 2010

I doubt that to be true. Where is your information coming from? Or the question?

I heard it from a fellow student nurse.

gtshin30303 · Dec 30, 2010

Male nurses are still a small enough minority that I think it would be hard to do the statistics. However, I can tell you that in November '09 the hospital I was working at hired 6 new grads, including one male nurse. All of them were May '09 grads who had been looking for jobs for 5 months before being hired. While still in nursing school, the male nurse had been chosen for a loan forgiveness program for another hospital (not ours), but, like many others chosen for that program, was not able to get a job as a new grad at that hospital because they weren't hiring by the time he graduated.
Of my fellow nursing school grads in May of '08, most of us had jobs by fall of '08, but one of the male grads was still looking (did eventually find a job). Another who got a job right away ending up not passing his probationary period and was let go.
So, anecdotally based on the above it doesn't appear to me that male new grads are having an easier time finding jobs or keeping them compared to female new grads, but as I said, the sample size is small.
Edited to add: I just remembered that another male student in my graduating class had some trouble finding a job, so that's at least 2 out of 7 (our class pretty much all found jobs within 6-8 months of graduation, but only about 1/3 had jobs at or shortly after graduation)

Thanks for the info.

sweetrvr · Dec 30, 2010

BS, BS, BS....

mmm333, LVN · Dec 30, 2010

Not true. A while back, few men were applying to nursing school. That picked up significantly. It has gotten to the point where the scale may have tipped to the point where it makes their job search harder. OB, a popular practice area for new grads, is generally off-limits to males.

Class of 2010 finds that nearly all new grads are struggling to find work anywhere and everywhere in the US. Some have gone on to other careers already.

Yet monster.com articles like this one are still telling people to go to nursing school:

Ace Your Nursing Interview with a Healthcare Recruiter's Help

By Thad Peterson

Monster Staff Writer

With the nation's acute shortage of nurses, those in the profession aren't having any difficulty finding work. This tilt in the supply-demand equation in favor of the job seeker puts healthcare recruiters in a less-than-enviable position. For Mandy Jacobs, regional recruiting manager for Gambro Healthcare, the job is more difficult, because she needs to hire nurses to work in Gambro's dialysis clinics throughout the US and most nurses have no dialysis training.

Jacobs won't settle for just any candidate. During the interview process, she watches for certain telltale signs that suggest a potential employee won't fit well in Gambro's system. So, while it's not unheard of for an employer to offer a job to a nursing candidate during an interview and have the person start work the next day, nursing candidates would be well-served by following some simple interviewing rules, even if they feel like they're the ones with the upper hand in the job search process." ...

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