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  1. Getting 1st Job in Nursing

    Guest296136 replied to secondcareergal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure what area you live in but I'm in South Jersey and it took months to find a job. Just keep following up with phone calls after to apply and if you can get email addresses do that also....

  2. How far did you travel?

    Guest296136 replied to Lylesmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did a 1 hour 15 min drive for a year and couldn't take it, it wasn't worth it. It's great that you have a place to stay to help out. Would your husband consider moving closer? 12 hour shifts and a...

  3. Question about CEUs

    Guest296136 replied to kburr80012's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just got my license last month and all the state sent me was the license, no letter nothing else. I just got hired and the hospital said I would get information during my orientation about my...

  4. dont rely on AdminRx

    Guest296136 replied to Surgical_RN08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks for the heads up, I'm just starting orientation and that is something I will keep in mind. that's a good way to double check

  5. New Grad & No one will hire me

    Guest296136 replied to cmh25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yandis: I live just outside Atlantic City. I got a job at Shore Memorial, but I was offered a job at Virtua and Saint Barnabas(they may have a hospital near you). I had to be on top of things, applied...

  6. How to answer interview questions???

    Guest296136 replied to smak60's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't give up, it took me 2 months to find a job. I wore a nice blue suit, gave a firm hand shake and made eye contact as soon as I met them. I also had a list of questions to ask that I kept out on...

  7. New Grad & No one will hire me

    Guest296136 replied to cmh25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just got hired, I passed my boards in the beginning of July. It was a frustrating process, I apply everywhere within 50miles and then followed up with many phone calls. I was getting depressed...

  8. Maybe I should be a greeter at Wal-Mart

    Guest296136 replied to ShiphrahPuah's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't be discouraged, but you should sit down with your preceptor and talk about your concerns. You should not have more than one preceptor, it will just confuse you. If you feel you are not getting...

  9. Job openings

    Guest296136 replied to aminv's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The best advice is apply everywhere and keep calling the recruiters and showing up with resume in hand is not a bad idea either, you may get lucky that way. Just dress for

  10. New Grad & No one will hire me

    Guest296136 replied to cmh25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I am in the same boat, I have been applying to every hospital up to 1 hour travel time and it looks like I'm gonna have to travel to get experience in the hospital. Keep trying, don't give up, I made...

  11. Starting Salary.

    Guest296136 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in south jersey(shore area) and starting sal is 26hr/ 3-12hr shifts for new grads. I've had a harder time then I thought finding work, alot of people I graduated with already have jobs and I had a...

  12. New grad cant even get an interview

    Guest296136 replied to Nurse K8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I passed my boards 3 weeks ago, and I am just starting to get interview, some recruiters told me they won't even talk to new grads until they pass their

  13. Why so hard to find a job?

    Guest296136 replied to Katchik99's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel your frustration, I passed my boards 3 weeks ago and have been applying for about 6 weeks, I am finally getting responses, but I have had to make my calls to follow up after appling online....

  14. what is "acute surgical" unit?

    Guest296136 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am interviewing for a new grad position and it's for acute surgical, I have not heard of a unit titled this way, I was afraid to ask over the phone when they called, I had applied for another unit...