Just wondering if anyone has encountered a situation where s/he is searching for work and just can't find any? I graduated with a BSN last year. Good grades, solid work history in a different industry. I've had no interviews, just a stack of "you don't meet our qualifications" letters which seem to be based on having no prior healthcare experience.
I'm curious at what point you say 'It was an expensive experiment, and a nursing job is not going to happen... hang it up." ?
I'm very near that point. I've been expanding my job searches outside of nursing in the last month. In May, another crop of grads will come out and I'll have been out since September. HR people will look at me as being "rusty" in comparison with those grads. I've looked for refresher courses in my area, but found none.
It seems as though the longer I'm out and not employed as a nurse, the slimmer my chances of ever being employed as a nurse.
I'm in Houston, there are plenty of jobs here, even for new grads. I don't recommend moving to East Texas though,, as they might have jobs for you, the pay is so crappy that I had to up and move to Houston a few years ago. I'm making more than twice as much here as I was there.
Specializes in ICU, Home Health Care, End of Life, LTC.
I'll be graduating in August and some of you guys have me nervous others hopeful . I know the hospital associated with my school is likely to hire me. Also at that hospital the connections :anbd:matter alot so I think the volunteer work you are doing is spot on. Try doing some job website searches and looking into options out of the hospitals. ACLS is important from what I have heard.
Check out Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
They were willing to give even me a chance.
They dont have any openings for RN I's right now listed. But they do have a kickbutt internship program and they have encouraged me to fill out an ap but there are no jobs I am qualified for, but I dont graduate till May.
The nursing situation here in Jacksonville Florida is bad. I am not surprised that the OP can not even get an Interview. I have 5 years experience and had to beg crawling on my knees for a crummy job in Telemetry. It really is bad here.
I was raised in rural Alaska and I can tell you that there is a *severe* nursing shortage almost everywhere throughout the state. I have several friends who graduated from nursing school and moved back to my hometown as new grads and were very employable, even as new grads. And their starting pay is phenomenal! My hunch is that you may have to move to a more rural location, where they really do have a need for nurses- even inexperienced ones.
Alaska is not for everyone, though. You either love it or hate it.
Don't give up- be persistent, vigilant, and if you really want to be a nurse, nothing in the world can stop you.
Good luck!
Okay Chinook you are everywhere .. Do they have new grad training programs in more rural areas?
i live in Worcester, MA and as far as i know, they only take internal candidates at hospitals that have new grad programs. I am looking for a job in other states.
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others hopeful 
. I know the hospital associated with my school is likely to hire me. Also at that hospital the connections :anbd:matter alot so I think the volunteer work 
you are doing is spot on. Try doing some job website searches and looking into options out of the hospitals. ACLS is important from what I have heard. 
joyce294
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Same here, I'm willing to move anywhere in the United States. I'm currently living in San Francisco, California. How about you?