No jobs...Seriously reconsider nursing school

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Before applying to nursing school, take a step back and think about whether there will be a job waiting for you by the time you graduate. Here in Houston, you're looking at an average of 300 applicants for one new grad job. So if you're doing this expecting a handful of jobs awaiting you by graduation, think again. Please check out the new grad residence postings in 'Texas Nurses.'

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Everyone I talk to around here that is not a nurse thinks there is a huge shortage and that you could be comatose and get a great job with high pay handed to you on a silver platter while your feet are massaged and they beg you to accept the offer....:smokin::smokin::smokin::smokin:

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Well, I won't deny that everyone (not just nurses) is having a hard time getting a job in this economy, but I think that the tone of these messages is what gets people down. It is not IMPOSSIBLE to find a job. I know several people (more than 20) who have graduated in the Spring of 2010 and Fall 2011 who have gotten jobs in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like when these threads pop up they are meant more to discourage people than anything else--i don't know, they're just really negative, and that's just my opinion. I just want to let those reading know that there ARE jobs out there, though probably not as many as before.

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Well, I am not a new grad so I can only report what I see happening here in North Texas.

Soooo, are you thinking the OP is trying to whittle down the competition? :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

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Well, I won't deny that everyone (not just nurses) is having a hard time getting a job in this economy, but I think that the tone of these messages is what gets people down. It is not IMPOSSIBLE to find a job. I know several people (more than 20) who have graduated in the Spring of 2010 and Fall 2011 who have gotten jobs in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like when these threads pop up they are meant more to discourage people than anything else--i don't know, they're just really negative, and that's just my opinion. I just want to let those reading know that there ARE jobs out there, though probably not as many as before.

I won't apologize for giving you a realistic view of the job market. If they come across as too negative for you, then maybe you should blissfully ignore these threads. Your friends that all found jobs---were they BSN holders?

And sorry, but it's not all job sectors that are doing poorly. Gas pipeline companies are doing great. It's wonderful for engineers here in Houston. Accountants are doing well. P.A.'s are still doing great. So are M.Ds.

Another concern is that all of the states that are doing worse than ours, well guess where their graduate nurses are headed??? Texas.

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Well, I am not a new grad so I can only report what I see happening here in North Texas.

Soooo, are you thinking the OP is trying to whittle down the competition? :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

I'm sooo busted! LOL!!!

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Seriously though, I think the main issue is that if you cannot get a job as a new grad in a timely manner than your chance of ever getting one becomes very difficult.

In a lot of occupations you could translate your skills across many fields to have a greater chance of getting that crucial 1st job. Nursing is not that way very much. Especially now with the glut.

What I would really like to see our non-biased stats about how many nurses passed NCLEX in the last 2 years and how many have obtained positions and why or why not. It would be very interesting.

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Seriously though, I think the main issue is that if you cannot get a job as a new grad in a timely manner than your chance of ever getting one becomes very difficult.

In a lot of occupations you could translate your skills across many fields to have a greater chance of getting that crucial 1st job. Nursing is not that way very much. Especially now with the glut.

What I would really like to see our non-biased stats about how many nurses passed NCLEX in the last 2 years and how many have obtained positions and why or why not. It would be very interesting.

Wow I'd love to see done too! I wonder how we could initiate this sort of study.

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I won't apologize for giving you a realistic view of the job market. If they come across as too negative for you, then maybe you should blissfully ignore these threads. Your friends that all found jobs---were they BSN holders?

And sorry, but it's not all job sectors that are doing poorly. Gas pipeline companies are doing great. It's wonderful for engineers here in Houston. Accountants are doing well. P.A.'s are still doing great. So are M.Ds.

Another concern is that all of the states that are doing worse than ours, well guess where their graduate nurses are headed??? Texas.

...I didn't ask you to apologize for anything? In any case, I think most people know what the job situation is like, and I was just trying to offer a little bit of optimism for those who have decided to go ahead and pursue nursing. And yes, my friends that found jobs were BSN holders (and yes, I know that there aren't very many places (if any) hiring ADN nurses right now).

I also know that not all job sectors are doing poorly. Maybe I shouldn't have said "everyone" - that was more of a slip in semantics than anything else.

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Well, I am not a new grad so I can only report what I see happening here in North Texas.

Soooo, are you thinking the OP is trying to whittle down the competition? :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

No, and I don't remember saying that?

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I disagree. You didn't create this thread to warn people out of genuine concern for their futures. You created this thread because you're having a hard time finding a job and want someone to commiserate with. I find your attitude off-putting. You're not the only one who knows the jobs are going to be hard to get. Just because some of us disagree with your approach doesn't mean we're "blissfully ignoring" anything.

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I disagree. You didn't create this thread to warn people out of genuine concern for their futures. You created this thread because you're having a hard time finding a job and want someone to commiserate with. I find your attitude off-putting. You're not the only one who knows the jobs are going to be hard to get. Just because some of us disagree with your approach doesn't mean we're "blissfully ignoring" anything.

Your assumptions are quite wrong. I definitely did create this thread to warn people. I still have two semesters left. I have not started to look--- I'm sharing with you what recent BSN graduates are dealing with at my school.

I think you dislike my "approach" because it makes you feel lowly about yourself. You put in all of this hard work, only to hear that the result of your hard work may come to nothing. I know this sucks, which is why I want to warn others before getting in way over their heads.

What approach would you suggest, while still getting the message across? My guess is that you would prefer not to hear it all.

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...I didn't ask you to apologize for anything? In any case, I think most people know what the job situation is like, and I was just trying to offer a little bit of optimism for those who have decided to go ahead and pursue nursing.

I realize you didn't ask me to apologize. You did however make me feel that what I wrote was "negative" to future nursing students, which in itself is a wrong. I usually apologize for wrongs I commit, but here, I don't feel like I've wronged anyone.

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