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.
