Jobs after graduation

[Tua15395]

I know there have been alot of posts of this subject already. I graduate in two years and was wondering if anyone is having any luck finding jobs after graduation. I see all of the post of people who are having no luck. There has to be graduates who were able to land jobs after graduation.

[LifelongDream]

I'm one of the very grateful and happy few who found a job right after school. I graduated last Friday with a BSN from an accelerated program. I received a call on Monday of this week from the secretary for the director of the postpartum unit. She set up a phone interview on Tuesday, face to face interview on Wednesday, and she offered me the job on Thursday.

When she offered me the job, I told her that I was grateful for the interview however I really wanted to work in NICU or pedi. It just so happened that she is also the director for pedi and she had one position that just came open that day. Amazing! She offered it to me and I accepted. I start around September 1st!!!

Most of the students from our program have had no trouble finding jobs. Maybe it's our local hospitals!?! I'm in Odessa, Texas.

[tdrynelle]

Tua15395,

I wouldn't worry about jobs yet. A lot can change in 2 years.

When I started school 2 years ago, the job market was pretty open for new grads. Of course, all that changed during my last semester of school. So when I graduated in May, there was not much out there.

My only advice would be to start applying for jobs (especially graduate nurse type jobs) during your last semester of school and apply to a lot of them.

I had done an internship with a hospital the summer before graduation and was pretty much guaranteed an "in" with them for a graduate nurse position when I graduated. Thus, I didn't look too hard for anything else. Then in March, I got word that they were basically canceling their graduate nurse program due to lack of jobs (I lived in Minnesota, and they were laying off massive amounts of experienced nurses, so if there were any openings, that's who they were hiring). Luckily, I quickly rallied and widened my net of where I would work and what I would do. I ended up getting a fabulous job at a Magnet hospital in Wisconsin. Yes, it required that my husband and I move to take it, but we were lucky in that we could do that.

Out of my class of 26, I think there are a total of about 9 of us that have jobs so far. I and another gal are the only ones that are working in a hospitals, and we both tooks jobs out of state to do that.

But like I said, I really wouldn't worry about jobs at this point. Just focus on your schooling for right now. I'm sure the economy will turn around while you're in school, so hopefully jobs will be yours for the taking when you graduate.

Best of luck in nursing school!