New Grad positions anyone/anywhere???

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My classmates and I are having a hard time finding any new grad positions in Northern California and the whole state in general. I passed the boards on July 13, 2009 and have been applying for jobs since April. I have received over 50 rejection emails/letters and am feeling very discouraged. This is my second time coming out of school in a bad economy. I have my BA in Community Studies, ADN in Nursing, and did internships in the ICU and PACU. How do I get these recruiters to call me over the 500 other applicants in the pond? Any advice or lead would be greatly appreciated. I have applied everywhere, even the prison system to no avail. I am willing to move anywhere to work as an RN (out of state). Nursing is my dream and I don't want to be a waitress in the meantime. Thanks for your help!

Melissa

I know I feel like this is a bad dream and I wish someone would wake me up.I feel like I'm forgeting all the knowledge that I learned in Nursing school.I hate to beg for jobs,going to interviews and career fairs.I hate it.Period.

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Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

It seems like career fairs are a waste of time. You wait in line with 100s of other new grads to be told to apply on-line. Thanks for nothing! I have seen some positions on hospital websites for months. Why can't they give a new grad a chance??? I have even looked into LTC and nothing. :(

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Specializes in Med/Surg and ANCC RN-BC.

I've been to a couple of career fairs and they all say that I need at least one year experience in a hospital. I'm so sick of people saying that. How are we supposed to get experience when we can't get any? it's just so frustrating out there.

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I am in NY and I can not find a job. We are a small graduating class of 22 and 6 people tops have jobs. We dont even get courtesy rejection letters emails or phone calls. It is my dream to be a nurse and I worked so hard to become a RN....I never would have thought there wouldn't be jobs for us when we got out. We are all so discouraged!

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Well, I just got to the end of my first year as a nurse. It took me 4 months to find a job in Boston and I had to settle for a long term care facility. It was an absolutely brutal experience but I also did get a lot of lessons and experience out of it. I happened to notice an opening in NY (where i went to school) on its CCU applied, and got the job and will be moving back to Syracuse, NY this week. You all just need to keep your heads up, keep applying, make connections and try not to get too discouraged. Take any job you can find and appreciate the experience that comes with it! I'll be sending good thoughts to all of you. Good luck!

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hey kk1017...do you mind sharing which long term care facility you worked for in boston? i'm a new grad (graduated may 09) and am still looking for a job.

congrats on the job in NY!

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Hi there , I worked at Wingate in Reading. There are a ton of Wingate facilities surrounding boston. Good luck!

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