NH market for new nurses

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Hello, I was wondering how they job market is in NH right now for new nurses. I will be graduating in Dec with a BSN in nursing from NYU.

Also wondering if anyone knows if there is any flexibility with being liscenses in MA, do they all you to practice in any other New England States?

Pretty much the people I know who have gotten jobs at hospitals are people that already worked there as an LNA, or they knew someone. There are 2 others that got jobs there, too, but they were top of the class and very involved with the nursing school politics.

I've applied to so many positions, but got one call back. It happened to be at a place that I really didn't want to work for. Their starting pay was $19. Um...no thanks!! I've had one other interview and one tomorrow. Monday I will find out if I get hired and tomorrow I will see what happens with my other interview. They are both per diem, and I am fine with that. The first one starts off at $27 an hour, but the hours aren't always guaranteed. :( I pretty much accept the fact that I will have to start at the bottom and work my way up. SNF and long-term really don't sound that bad to me. Of course, getting med-surg experience makes you more marketable, but I can't even get that without some other experience. Oh well...gotta start somewhere. This is what I get for not working while going to nursing school and getting more involved with the NSNA!! haha

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The market SUCKS.

I've applied to hundreds of jobs. Just this morning I made 26 calls. Every single response is "keep applying." Somehow, St Joes in Nashua just hired 12 new grads but I never heard from them, and I've been calling them weekly. Odd.

I have an interview Monday at an adult day care but I have a feeling it wont work out. The lady I talked to seemed unsure about if they could hire a new grad who hasnt passed nclex yet. Crossing my fingers.

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