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I recently moved to Calgary from Edmonton with 2 years of charge nurse experience on a subacute unit. Unfortunately I am external to AHS. I have applied to over 15 jobs and have had no job interviews.

What is the job market like? I am currently applying for any medicine, surgery, admin nursing, subacute/rehabilitation units I can find. If anyone knows of any units that are short of casual staff, please let me know,

Thanks.

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AHS is known to be slow in the hiring process. From interview to start date can be anywhere from three weeks to two months.

All jobs are offered to internal applicants before they look at outside candidates. I have a coworker that moved from Edmonton to Calgary. It took nearly a year of applications before she got an interview.

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That's strange because many of the new grads from the U of C (external to AHS) who graduated in December had no problem getting hired. I know the success rate is low for the online applications, but many had success going onto units and submitting resumes. I would learn the name of the managers (call the unit), write specific cover letters for the unit, and tailor your resume to them too.

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Let us know how the job hunt goes.

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Any updates on your job hunt? I am about to start my process as well and wondering how its going since I will be in the same position as you are. I'm also looking to get into the surgery & sub-acute/rehabilitation units.

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Update for the job hunt: I really lucked out, when I was in Edmonton, I emailed a few managers running units similar to mine. My manager in Edmonton also knew one of those managers so he hired me as a casual on the unit. From there I just asked people if they knew of any other units like this, and found similar units at other hospitals. I now work on 3 different units all casual, Subacute, Acute Geriatric, Vascular outpatient clinic. With this, I am not internal so I have slowly started applying for temporary and permanent positions. Its difficult, and I have heard from other staff that they applied to dozens up to hundreds of jobs before they got the one they are in. It all takes time, but take what you can get at first, then branch out.

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On 12/20/2018 at 1:38 PM, Kenobi said:

That's strange because many of the new grads from the U of C (external to AHS) who graduated in December had no problem getting hired. I know the success rate is low for the online applications, but many had success going onto units and submitting resumes. I would learn the name of the managers (call the unit), write specific cover letters for the unit, and tailor your resume to them too.

Part of that reason is that when they do their final practicum, lots end up getting hired casual on that unit.

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