nursing student looking for work

[khowel12]

Hi everyone, I am a currently in school for my BSN and just finishing up my second year in Alberta. I have been looking for undergrad nurse or health care aide jobs for some time and have been having no luck finding anything. I have given my resume out to a family friend who is a nurse educator and she said she gave it to some of her colleagues to have a look at... but I have not heard anything yet.

I have heard that going directly to the unit is not useful unless there is currently a job posting on AHS website and you have already applied online... is this true?

I am looking for any advice or tips on finding a job as I would really like to get my foot in the door with AHS and start working in this field of work ASAP! I am also open to working in long term care but have found most of their job postings are for internal employees only.

Any feedback is apperciated!

Thank you :)

[theRPN2b]

Do you work for AHS?

Trust me, my last two managers don't take cold calls. And our managers rarely last a year

I'm in Ontario actually, I didn't know that this strategy doesn't work in AHS

[Fiona59]

I'm in Ontario actually, I didn't know that this strategy doesn't work in AHS

The OP stated looking for an AHS opening.

[loriangel14, RN]

I'm in Ontario actually, I didn't know that this strategy doesn't work in AHS

I'm in Ontario and this wouldn't work at my hospital. You apply electronically only and our last manager would not deal with cold calls at all . Every hire went through HR. She told one gal that just showed to get out pronto.