Hello everyone. I've been reading allnurses.com for a while but this is my first post because I feel like I'm going to lose my mind.
I'm a December 08 nursing school graduate and just took the NCLEX exam today (Feb 17th) . I've been applying for jobs in California since October 07. Mainly I've applied to southern California and considered northern California too.
From October to now, I've applied to about 15 hospitals (UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, USC, Good Samaritan, several Kaiser hospitals, several hospitals in CHW network [California Hospital Medical Center, St. Mary's LB, Glendale Memorial Hospital, St Mary's Medical Center], Saddleback, and White Memorial). In northern California, I have applied to Good Samaritan in San Jose and Stanford University Medical Center.
I interviewed at UCLA in Nov and after 4 weeks of waiting, heard back from the manager that I was not selected for a position. Then in late Jan, I interviewed at Stanford and am still waiting if an offer is going to be made or not.
Hours of work has been put in refining my resume and cover letter. I even asked previous preceptors and instructors for letters of recommendations to put in my portfolio. I dress in a suit and spend a few days practicing interview questions.
Granted I know that since I'm out of state, it makes things harder but when I read the posts here, I see that it is doable for many new graduates.
I know I should be relaxing and feel relieved to have the NCLEX done but this is very unsettling and it's getting harder to sit in front of the computer for hours night after night researching hospitals and completing the online applications.
Young, male and bilingual are the top qualities they are looking for. Experience of course is #1.I don't think hair color matters but hey you could always dye your hair blonde. UCSF does not even hire its own MSN grads. Yet it's your fault for being out of school and not being hired. Now they are feeling their oats and want 2 years experience just for CNA.
I agree its not the fault of the young for being favored. They cannot undo the discrimination that exists or become old. well not right away. the nurses who openly gave me a hard time (in clinicals and at job fairs) about my age were usually the ones even older than myself. they were reflecting a culture of age discrimination and/or expressing their own burned out-ness.
So anyway lets shut up now about Detroit! A far as i can tell by these postings it will soon be flooded. Also remember that will be shortlived if the haters about the bailout loans for the auto industry make the union retirees give up their medical coverage. Or did that already happen? Funny how those contracts are not sacrosanct like the AIG execs'.
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Young, male and bilingual are the top qualities they are looking for. Experience of course is #1.I don't think hair color matters but hey you could always dye your hair blonde. UCSF does not even hire its own MSN grads. Yet it's your fault for being out of school and not being hired. Now they are feeling their oats and want 2 years experience just for CNA.
I agree its not the fault of the young for being favored. They cannot undo the discrimination that exists or become old. well not right away. the nurses who openly gave me a hard time (in clinicals and at job fairs) about my age were usually the ones even older than myself. they were reflecting a culture of age discrimination and/or expressing their own burned out-ness.
So anyway lets shut up now about Detroit! A far as i can tell by these postings it will soon be flooded. Also remember that will be shortlived if the haters about the bailout loans for the auto industry make the union retirees give up their medical coverage. Or did that already happen? Funny how those contracts are not sacrosanct like the AIG execs'.