having trouble getting an lpn job

[LPN4hire]

I just got licensed as an lpn and finding it difficult to find a Job. I've been to three ltc facilities and they all tell me they want one years experience. I posted my resume on a couple of job sites and all I get are requests to do flu shots or the military. Currently im working as a recreation aide and applied where I work and Im getting the run around, and now I'm not sure now that I want to work there. I just feel Im not wanted there.

I don't see many ads in the paper for lpns and I'm real worried now. I'm older and in my 40s and wonder if there is age discrimination, plus being male. I'm starting to feel depressed cause all I hear about is the nursing shortage but no one is hiring.

need some advice

[Durable]

Hi Guys, Well I'm in the same boat. Just got my license, it's been a long rough road. I'm a registered nurse with a BSN - I'm broke and in debt and I can't find a job. I'm in New York City and you have to be perfect and made out of gold to get into a residency program to get the first year's experience. The hospitals are packed with new nurse grads it seems. I'm 50 years old and fit - I'm mature but not an old lady - but the hiring managers barely acknowledge that I'm there. The candidates who get in are young and cute and I am so worried I feel sick. I've only been looking for 2 weeks but it just looks bad out there. So far I've been to a few open houses - have an interview at a home care agency - not much going on out there at all - I'm shocked - this is not what they told us to expect while I was in school. If I have to I'll move out of state but I am really annoyed after struggling to get through school and putting up with a lot for 5 years (part of that spent working full time while in school) I did not expect to feel so out in the cold. If anyone is hanging around give a shout out. Thanks for listening to me babble. - Durable.

[cincinnaticj7]

Well I hope that 'new grad' cases will not be as bad as I have heard when I graduate. But I wish good luck to you all and I hope you will find your career soon, and I wish you all luck in your future endeavors.

[CollieProud]

I am a male LPN in Flint, MI. There is not alot of LPN jobs really. Strickly in the long term care setting only. I do find however that being male is a huge advantage. Residents tell me they prefer males. Directors of nursing will jump at male LPN's I find.

[Medsport, LPN]

I've got 3 part-time jobs, 32 hrs in corrections, every other weekend in a nursing home and a day at a factory. The jail job is ok, but still have'nt got FT after 8 months. I would rather have a job in a hospital, but they rarely hire LPN's around here and actually just laid off 24 LPN's in a hospital in a small town near me. I'm in a pickle. I may have to go back and get my RN. My one job will reimburse me I believe, but I don't know where I'm gonna get the money to pay for it up front rather than cc, but don't want to do that or borrow any more from the gov. I really don't think I'd do very good working all the time now either. Barely paying the bills now, not sure what to do...