Need some advice - Looking for first job!

How did your interviews go?

How did your interviews go?

Interviews all went well - left off with "we will let you know". I have followed up with apropriate thank you letters to all involved. Other than the one "we will keep your resume on file for up to 2 years" the other 3 positins are still being advertised in the local newspaper as looking for graduate nurses - with sign on bonus - education incentives, ect.

I started the job search 6 weeks prior to graduation - Back in March 2007. Last interview was August 7th. Have kept in touch with each contact on a bi-weekly basis. Many classmates have been hired - I have been told positins have been filled by "more qualified" candidates. All my clinical teachers wrote flattering reviews of my nursing skills - never made any errors in 2 years of clinicals. I just don't understand why I have been passed over. Now my student loan payments are comming due - and my student health insurance has run out. I NEED a job to support my wife and daughter.

Are you sending out a lot of resumes? When I looked for jobs, I usually sent out a lot of resumes everyday..I looked in the internet..I usually got calls for an interview..

Even for a new grad like yourself, you should be getting calls for interviews..I would keep on sending resumes out, at least 2 everday...That is what I did when I was looking for a job..

Are you sending out a lot of resumes? When I looked for jobs, I usually sent out a lot of resumes everyday..I looked in the internet..I usually got calls for an interview..

Even for a new grad like yourself, you should be getting calls for interviews..I would keep on sending resumes out, at least 2 everday...That is what I did when I was looking for a job..

I will put it this way - the good folks at the local post office know my daughter and I by our first names - that is how often we are in to buy stamps and mail resumes. Never cultivated a "mentor" relationship with any of my teachers. Most were interested in the female students less than half my age - and either ignored me - or questioned why I was in the traditional student's program in the first place. The "are you lost - sir - this is a NURSING class?" got rather tiring after 2 years. Because of this I learned to be impeccable in my technique and politically correct in all my exchanges - written or verbal.

I would be happy to relocate - but in the present housing market - it will probably take several years to sell our home in order to free up the funds to buy another. The buyer trafic is just not here at present. In the mean time I need to work to provide for my family. Any ideas?

Do you think you can send out more than three resumes a day, everyday? Since the need for RNs are great, they will call you for an interview..More interviews means more chances..Your last interview was last month, that is very slow in terms of getting a job..

You will eventually find a nursing job..Mose people who are unemployed feel like you..I know I did when I was unemployed..

If things get very bad and there is no job, you can expand your search because you have a MBA degree...

Do you think you can send out more than three resumes a day, everyday? Since the need for RNs are great, they will call you for an interview..More interviews means more chances..Your last interview was last month, that is very slow in terms of getting a job..

You will eventually find a nursing job..Mose people who are unemployed feel like you..I know I did when I was unemployed..

If things get very bad and there is no job, you can expand your search because you have a MBA degree...

All I ever made with my MBA degree as a CEO of a international computer company was MONEY. I came out of my retirement to make a difference in peoples lives who are suffering. If I wanted to work like I was working - I would probably have more job offers than I could respond to - simply based on past success and business contacts. I want to do something different - I want to be the RN Nurse I am very well trained to be. All I ask is a chance - I am not afraid to get my hands dirty. Just tired of hearing about how everyone else is "better qualified" to be a nurse than I am. Funny - we all took the same classes - why do they have jobs and I don't? I have my licence already - and most of my class has yet to take the NCLEX. This seems to make NO DIFFERENCE! My wife is really getting upset about the whole situation - I had convinced her to sell our beach house over 2 years ago - and move to a place that does not have a shore in driving distance so I could persue my dream - Becoming a professional nurse and making a difference in the lives of my patients. Now I am in an area that does not need my nursing skills - and a housing market that makes selling problematic. I am concerned that if I can't get this new career rolling soon - it will cause marital issues - or worse.