Job Seeking for New Grad

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Anyone have any tips in looking for jobs? Writing resumes, interviewing, looking for positions.... I'll be graduating in June 2009. I've been told that I better start looking right now. Some people from the group graduated last year (June 2008) haven't gotten a job yet. Scared me.... Not sure about what they did to not get a job....

I really don't have any nursing background/job experience. Only had some part-time jobs unrelated to health care. So I'm really worried.

Is the nursing market filling up pretty fast? I'm in bayarea California. There are rumors out there.

Thank you in advance!:bowingpur

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i dont know how flexible you are with moving, trihealth in ohio owns two hospitals and they are desperate for nurses from what i hear.

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I can completely relate to your situation. I graduated in May and have applied to every hospital within a 30 mile radius of Philadelphia. I have had no luck. Relocating is not an option. New classes will be graduating soon and I'll just have more competition. I don't know what to do at this point, but I am very discouraged. :banghead:

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Took me many months, too, before I got my first job (just one month ago).

For me - I had another job in retail so working there kept me sane while I was interviewing and searching for nursing stuff.

also, tell everyone you know you are looking for work. All your clinical instructors and every hospital and site you went to during school.

it might be to your benefit to continue going to school and getting different certs that will make you more appealing - ACLS, PALS, EKG cert, even IV therapy. also make sure your BLS is up to date.

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Specializes in Tele.

I feel your pain, I graduated in Mai 2008 it took me while to find a job (almost a month) i thought once i get the license =, jobs will be lined up. Any way try to post your resume on career builders, also go to the job fair the hospitals organize, I get hired in one of them because you can see the nurse recuiter and the floor managers. Hope it helps and good luck

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.

Try getting a tech job in a hospital first. Try CNA or even things like transporter or unit secretary. That way when you graduate you will already be working in a hospital and your department head can point you the way to who's hiring.

That's just what I did. During school, I was working as a CNA at a long term acute care when I decided I really didn't want to work there. I took an EMT course and got a job as an ER tech at another hospital I would never have considered previously because of the drive, but they hired and trained new EMT's. When I got my nursing license I was told they were hiring upstairs in medical/surgical and it was not advertised. Because my ER supervisors had spoken so positively about me first, I had the job when I walked in the door ;)

I too didn't want the anxiety of looking for a job and not finding one once I had license in hand and was ready to take on my first nursing job. So this route was perfect for me. :)

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