Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

Simoney · Jul 27, 2011

Thanks so much for this resource. Its hard finding a job in georgia as a New Grad :)

joycie20 · Aug 7, 2011

I don't think that the hospitals here in AZ are hiring new grads. From what I'm seeing they always emphasize that they want someone with years of experience under their belt.

chicklet74 · Aug 18, 2011

Try the Delaware hospitals. I thought I saw advertisements a few weeks back.

Delaware hospitals are a joke as far as hiring new grads. If you don't know someone who can help you, Dont even bother. :crying2:

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Aug 27, 2011

Here's an article (not nursing focused) on why the availability of jobs in North Dakota. As they mention though, it's really difficult to find housing due to the booming economy.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-08-27/Unemployed-Go-to-North-Dakota/50136572/1

d33ng · Aug 30, 2011

OMG! is the hiring freeze over now? Does any one know if ORANGE COUNTY is hiring in experience nurses?! I'm freaking out here! Its been a year and my loans are outrageous. I'm sure a lot of us are in the same boat... but still!

time2study · Aug 31, 2011

Here's an article (not nursing focused) on why the availability of jobs in North Dakota. As they mention though, it's really difficult to find housing due to the booming economy.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-08-27/Unemployed-Go-to-North-Dakota/50136572/1

Tiffy, first let me say...... being a new grad sucks...haha.

read the article;pretty interesting stuff. I am going to look into the area because i need a job that bad. I'm currently in calif. but hey !

looks like theres nowhere to live and people are living in makeshift housing due to the population boom... Maybe they will let me sleep in the hospital basement...lol... if so. ill take it !

its sadens me however that I even have to mention this but i do have concerns about being a minority in that part of north dakota. I checked the demographics of the area and there is less than 1% of my race in the area. does anyone know the area fairly well? I sometimes forget that racism can still exist living my entire life in california but there have been a few times that i had to acknowledge it first hand when traveling out of state.. Sighhhh as if its not already hard enough to find a job.... Im gonna give it the old nursing try regardless but any info would be great !

:)

hotflashion, BSN, RN · Aug 31, 2011

its sadens me however that I even have to mention this but i do have concerns about being a minority in that part of north dakota. I checked the demographics of the area and there is less than 1% of my race in the area.

Look around Minot. There's an AF base there; it could be one source for diversity in the population of the area. But, if a lot of people from other places are moving into ND, then perhaps some of these newcomers are changing the complexion of the area, too.

time2study · Sep 1, 2011

Look around Minot. There's an AF base there; it could be one source for diversity in the population of the area. But, if a lot of people from other places are moving into ND, then perhaps some of these newcomers are changing the complexion of the area, too.

will do ! thx for the possibilities

:)

Lifeofanurse · Sep 20, 2011

they are hiring in Houston but nothing for new grad/no experience as far as I've heard. I'm thinking about nontraditional stuff. I'm going to take the first job I'm offered if nothing else then for the experience. Once we get our foot in everything will be okay. Pray. Pray hard.

manchmal · Sep 20, 2011

I'm a new grad, and I got my NCLEX RN results and a job offer the same day. I had been very worries about finding a job, and I feel extremely lucky. The job offer is actually my "dream job," in psychiatric/mental health, which I know isn't everyone's dream job. I am in a semi-rural area in Appalachia, college town, but it is saturated a bit with RNs. I have two bits of advice:

1. Look at state psych facilities, developmental disability facilities, or VA hospitals, and be willing to take a job that's not your dream job, just to get some experience.

2. Volunteer where you want to work, if at all possible, even if you can only do a little bit per week. I feel like volunteering throughout nursing school demonstrated to the facility that I am committed to this field, this area of the country, and this facility. And that's true; I am.

I applied and interviewed before I had my license. I feel so, so lucky, as I said, but I think what maybe made me stand out was that I had demonstrated over time that this is what I am committed to.

Other than that...my grampa always told me to do the job no one wants to do, or to think outside the box. So don't limit your search just to mainstream medical hospitals, because there are a lot of RN positions outside that box, in facilities that I never even would have thought of. Good luck everyone!!

kaytee924_RN · Oct 14, 2011

I've been reading some of these posts, and it looks like a lot of nurses are ahving the same problem as me. I passed the NCLEX-RN on September 13, 2011 and have been applying since the day I found out I passed. I have put in about 160 applications to all the hospitals in Pensacola, FL with not ONE interview!! It is so frustrating because you always hear "we need nurses, we need nurses," but then when I apply, I never get a response. When I follow up with human resourses, they tell me they need experienced nurses. I even tried to apply to doctor's offices, but they all tell me I need at least 2 years of floor experience in a hospital. I am just so lost as what to do. How do I get experience if nobody will hire me???

hotflashion, BSN, RN · Oct 15, 2011

Perhaps you can volunteer at one of the free clinics you'll see at this link here. I volunteer at one in my state. It hasn't resulted in any job leads for me, yet, but I am working as a flu shot nurse at the moment and not looking for other employment. I'm doing the flu shots till the end of the month, then I have a family event far away that I'm going to consider also a vacation for the first two weeks of November. After that I might still be doing flu shots; I'll keep doing them as long as I can. I did recently apply to a temp job doing medical records screening, so I may be busy doing that. Not nursing, but I want to work doing something!

As always, good luck!