It's not what you know it's Who you know......

[wife&mommyRN]

..... so many times I have heard this, but until the job market hit rock bottom, I am truly starting to believe this. Because of the terrible job market I can't even get my foot in the door so when I graduate I could land a job after graduation. Impossible almost, I am going to begin strengthening my networks, I have contacted my previous clinical instructors just to keep them updated on my progress, this way hopefully I can get a job after graduation. When I return to school I am going to speak to some of my professor to see what connections they may have, they have years of experience. I see many hospitals have an employee referral program, I saw online @ a hospital in my area that an employee could get $3,000 for referring an RN. In a nutshell how many new grads got their jobs because of someone they know and how did that process work?

[wife&mommyRN]

wow whispera, the information u gave me is priceless i can honestly see why you've landed every job you've gone after! i never even considered contacting nurse managers until now. i looked online & all of the manager/ unit information is available to me. i feel confident in contacting them, too bad it's a holiday weekend. i recently contacted my clinical instructor, she is a manager on her unit so she is a very good source and it's @ the hospital i have been dying to work at. i told her of my interests, but i honestly don;t believe i was agressive enough that's something i am going to need to begin doing. i am gonna give it a try, keep your fingers crossed

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Just remember the three P's...patience, persistence, and NOT pest-y!

[nursern1966]

I lost my job after the agency i worked for closed very small vna, since then it has been a disater trying to find gainful employment, i seem to only land part time jobs would love to do some job seeking strategies with some nurses out there thanks

[sunspotmia]

I can't believe that this is what the world is like. if you work for something you should get it and if you are just born with freinds in the bizz you should "know" something and work hard too.

[sunspotmia]

Are new doctors having this problem? Why aren't there any decent nurses unions. Electricians, carpenters, plumbers ALL have unions that fight this type of BS.

[anotherone, BSN, RN]

Are new doctors having this problem? Why aren't there any decent nurses unions. Electricians, carpenters, plumbers ALL have unions that fight this type of BS.

new doctors as in residents? they use the match system and some don't match. new attendings? i have no idea.