New RN looking for a job!! I am desperate!!

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Hello everyone: I am a new graduate. I just took my boards and have my license and everything, i just cannot fina a job!!! I have been applying everywhere and i still haven't heard from anybody. What is going on??!!! How long does it take? Helpppp I am getting very frustated and afraid i am going to forget the little you learn in nursing school!!:sniff::sniff:

Specializes in Clinical Nursing and OR Nursing.

hi cubangirl, warning! long post

i'm still hoping for the clinical manager's bargaining with hr for the position she is offering to me so atleast i could start earning money..

you know, i applied to one of the hospital near to our place for their perioperative internship. i waited for months for that position since i passed nclex that was april. so they posted the job last mid-july, i applied. i was interviewed by the phone by the hiring manager a week after..then 2 weeks later i gave her call to ask about the status, she called back and told me i'm not accepted..whew...

told me:

to get some experience at medical/surgical unit atleast a year, whew i think that would be hard for me to get because i couldn't even step my feet to the hospital and have an interview for this position, most of them requires with hospital experience which i only have 4 months experience as an o.r. nurse back in the philippines and 2 years plus a clinic nurse

she also told me:

to apply to some adult home care facilities so i could gain some professional reference locally so atleast somebody can say something about me and how i work as an employee,..what:angthts:? does it mean that they are not considering whatever my experience in the philippines sounds like ichiro's baseball experience in japan, not considered at all?..anyways, i might be like a new grad, that's why i applied for this internship position, but then not for me again..

very devastating on my part..my :twocents: for anyone who is still in the job hunting process like me, practice more with the words that you'll gonna say in your interview specially when you will have phone interview..

another suggestion don't put on your resume if it is only months of experience. i thought my few months experience in the operating room might be my "key" to get inside the o.r. once again. i was wrong it was used against me..:crying2:

so if the public health department will gonna open their door for me i will get in, work very hard as a public health nurse and give my dedication and passion to the community.

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Hello, if you are willing to relocate to Nothern Virginia, contact me, I guarantee you a full time job....hoaaah!!!

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Hello, if you are willing to relocate to Nothern Virginia, contact me, I guarantee you a full time job....hoaaah!!!

OH god, why does it have to be so far from me?! :(. Unfortunately relocation is not an option for me. We have a stable life here, and my husband a very god job. But thanks anyway:yeah:.

Nobody offering me a job in northern New Jersey???? LOL

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Specializes in Public Health.

I had such a hard time finding a job in NJ last summer when I graduated. I went to 2 job fairs in October of last year which netted two job offers.

I think getting face time is the most crucial aspect of getting a job.

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I had such a hard time finding a job in NJ last summer when I graduated. I went to 2 job fairs in October of last year which netted two job offers.

I think getting face time is the most crucial aspect of getting a job.

That is the reason I hate so mucho applying online. You are just a piece of paper more in a computer. Sometimes I even wonder if the take the time to look at the applications.

So, you work in northern NJ? :D

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hi cubangirl, warning! long post

i'm still hoping for the clinical manager's bargaining with hr for the position she is offering to me so atleast i could start earning money..

you know, i applied to one of the hospital near to our place for their perioperative internship. i waited for months for that position since i passed nclex that was april. so they posted the job last mid-july, i applied. i was interviewed by the phone by the hiring manager a week after..then 2 weeks later i gave her call to ask about the status, she called back and told me i'm not accepted..whew...

told me:

to get some experience at medical/surgical unit atleast a year, whew i think that would be hard for me to get because i couldn't even step my feet to the hospital and have an interview for this position, most of them requires with hospital experience which i only have 4 months experience as an o.r. nurse back in the philippines and 2 years plus a clinic nurse

she also told me:

to apply to some adult home care facilities so i could gain some professional reference locally so atleast somebody can say something about me and how i work as an employee,..what:angthts:? does it mean that they are not considering whatever my experience in the philippines sounds like ichiro's baseball experience in japan, not considered at all?..anyways, i might be like a new grad, that's why i applied for this internship position, but then not for me again..

very devastating on my part..my :twocents: for anyone who is still in the job hunting process like me, practice more with the words that you'll gonna say in your interview specially when you will have phone interview..

another suggestion don't put on your resume if it is only months of experience. i thought my few months experience in the operating room might be my "key" to get inside the o.r. once again. i was wrong it was used against me..:crying2:

so if the public health department will gonna open their door for me i will get in, work very hard as a public health nurse and give my dedication and passion to the community.

well, i wish you the best, and don't give up:d:d

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Hello again! thank you so much for your reply...anyway, I have a friend there in NJ, if you still looking for a job I can contact my friends in NJ for you, send me your email address ok...good luck!

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Specializes in Clinical Nursing and OR Nursing.

to cubangirl and to the rest of the members from this thread,

good news! i had an interview today in a rehab/ltc facility around 11 am and got hired immediately by the administrator as well as the director of nursing. i will be back there on friday for an orientation and immediate start.

i am so excited to this new job! what matters to me now is earn an income, with the economic situation right now, everybody needs to have a job.

thank you so much for the moral support!!!:flwrhrts:

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to cubangirl and to the rest of the members from this thread,

good news! i had an interview today in a rehab/ltc facility around 11 am and got hired immediately by the administrator as well as the director of nursing. i will be back there on friday for an orientation and immediate start.

i am so excited to this new job! what matters to me now is earn an income, with the economic situation right now, everybody needs to have a job.

thank you so much for the moral support!!!:flwrhrts:

:up:oh my god those are the best news i had today!!! it is so funny because i do not even know you and i am soo happy for you!!! it also gives me so much hope. good luck and keep in touch:d

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Congrats kitnaw! I am happy for you too.....:yeah:

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Congratulations Kitnaw...good luck and have fun with your new job!!!

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to cubangirl and to the rest of the members from this thread,

good news! i had an interview today in a rehab/ltc facility around 11 am and got hired immediately by the administrator as well as the director of nursing. i will be back there on friday for an orientation and immediate start.

i am so excited to this new job! what matters to me now is earn an income, with the economic situation right now, everybody needs to have a job.

thank you so much for the moral support!!!:flwrhrts:

hey kitnaw: how is the new job going?:up:. hope is fine and you are having a wonderful orientation. keep in touch:specs:

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