Jobless in California

[BABO]

I graduated in May 2008, passed my boards in November and have been on the job hunt since January and nothing has happened. I've sent so many resumes out, introduced my self to Nurse managers/units and nothing not even a call back. Most of my nursing friends have found jobs, but me it's starting to take a toll on me emotionally. It hurts even more when my nursing classmate and I both applied for jobs at the same hospital and she got hired, but I didn't. Can't help but to feel that maybe there's something about me. When will things start to turn around for me?

thanks for listening

[PetuniaRN]

It took me soooo long to get a job, and I applied to every hospital in my area (OC). I applied for every single job opening in which they would consider new grads. I applied places I had no desire working and for positions with crazy hours. Funny thing was after months of nothing, I finally got called for an interview, and while I was sitting in my car about to go to my one and only interview, another hospital called me to interview me. It was weird to have those two hits suddenly after months of NOTHING. I got offered the job at my interview, and accepted. I told the second place to call someone else and make their day!

This may seem odd, but one thing you can do is volunteer at hospitals near you and "get in good" with the staff. We love our volunteers! Networking works wonders, even in nursing. Another thing you can try is calling the nurse recruiter directly and asking him/her what they think will help you meet their needs (making yourself stand out may be as simple as going ahead and getting your ACLS or PALS or whatever so the hospital won't have to pay for it). Just call the main number and ask for the recruiter (although some places have eliminated them in this economy:down:) Good luck guys!

[muffin7]

Be sure and keep your receipts from any classes,etc that you take to further your marketability. You can write them off on your taxes.

[BABO]

It took me soooo long to get a job, and I applied to every hospital in my area (OC). I applied for every single job opening in which they would consider new grads. I applied places I had no desire working and for positions with crazy hours. Funny thing was after months of nothing, I finally got called for an interview, and while I was sitting in my car about to go to my one and only interview, another hospital called me to interview me. It was weird to have those two hits suddenly after months of NOTHING. I got offered the job at my interview, and accepted. I told the second place to call someone else and make their day!

This may seem odd, but one thing you can do is volunteer at hospitals near you and "get in good" with the staff. We love our volunteers! Networking works wonders, even in nursing. Another thing you can try is calling the nurse recruiter directly and asking him/her what they think will help you meet their needs (making yourself stand out may be as simple as going ahead and getting your ACLS or PALS or whatever so the hospital won't have to pay for it). Just call the main number and ask for the recruiter (although some places have eliminated them in this economy:down:) Good luck guys!

That's great that you got a job! So people do call back, I've been checking my phone thinking it's broken or something, because I've not received any call backs. Still crossing fingers and toes at this point that someone somewhere will call me.