new NP cant find a job

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Hello all,

I graduated from NP school a year ago this month, passed boards and received my license in Oct 2012. Unfortunately, I have not found a job in my new chosen profession as of yet. I have been on several interviews but, in the end the job always goes to the NP who has the experience. And the jobs that are advertised on the career sites (career builder, indeed etc...) want NP's with 1 or 2 years of experience. At first I didn't worry too much but, now I'm down right frustrated and depressed that I am still working as a RN. It seems like no one wants to invest the time and patience to hire a new grad NP these days. Any advice, or suggestions please.

Thanks

Specializes in Tele, Cardiac Post Op, ER.

Did all of you including Barnibass find jobs?

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Wow, these posts are exactly what I needed! Three months post-graduation, unemployed, and I'm still applying to job after job. I have interviewed for 2 positions and ultimately lose out to someone with more experience, (it also doesn't help that I'm young (27), and have a babyface making me look 18)... How exactly am I to attain this experience if no one is willing to take a chance on a new grad? I'm trying not to get discouraged by the process, so this message board is precisely what I needed. I'm hoping at some point and time, an employer will be willing to take a chance on me...

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This is a real problem, and I share your frustration. I volunteered for a while and can at least list it on my resume. I had heard of this company, and they got back in touch today. Although it is not exactly what you went to school to do, it will give you experience, and they seem to take new grads provided there is a location near you. Life Line Community Healthcare You also can do the annual physicals on Medicare physicals/visits as those are all over and they are not picky about experience. It took me a very long time, and I still have not found work letting me do what I was trained for, I am strongly considering leaving my state of NC as it is so Restricted and with no work, why stay here? I cannot wait longer as my saving are nearly gone. By the way, the same is happening with RNs here too. One went to New Hampshire to get experience. NC surely doesn't mind churning out RNs and NPs, but heaven help them if they will hire us. Docs seem to think we need to be trained, and an NP cannot breathe without an doc in NC? Give me a break! I am so ready to leave this state!

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YES!!!!!! I am with you 100%!! I've been to professional resume writers, applied online, registered with several career placement companies, looked hours around my location (Florida), in every primary care practice, specialty, anything. Every retail clinic. Ideal image. Tattoo removal. Everything whether it's I retesting or not. And nothing. No interviews. Nothing. I volunteered at the free clinic and homeless shelters. They even said no because I didn't have enough experience. That was the lowest point yet and I cried for days. I'm over a year out from school and take random health risk home assessments for Medicare as they c one up. I'm getting around 2 a week. I'm a single mother of 2 and have 90,000 I student loans getting this degree for what??? I don't have a ton of RN experience due to being a stay home mom for several years. That's part of the reason I went back to school at 44 years old. To get new and recent knowledge and experience so I could support my kids after my divorce!!! Maddening. Did you have any luck finding anything?

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I didn't have a chance to read the full thread......are any PMHNPs here also struggling to find work?

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I am writing this post in 5/2018, did you find a job yet?

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Specializes in CPR, Clinical, Health Care professional.

It honestly depends on where you work for this statement.

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Specializes in NICU.

Take a course in conversational language,done and done.

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