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Thank you all for taking the time to reply. It is great to hear that it is POSSIBLE to find jobs once school is over... @Paco - Great advice. What about the other students in your class, did they find it as easy to find jobs?

Thank you for your responses - I think you all have some great tips! Networking seems to be a common thread... and to start with that, I've recently started volunteering in the maternity dept at a local hospital. Although I'm only answering the phone/call bells and letting in visitors I'm having a great time and really enjoying it. Since I volunteer at night there seems to be more time to get to know the nursing staff during the quieter times...and since they know I'm pursuing nursing they are happy to show me that little bit extra. I'm really happy I've done it! @ Capricorn - My program is just over a year long so I don't think it's too early to start building up a solid resume or gain contacts or whatever it will take to make me more desirable. That is my point really. I don't want to here next year and wondering why I'm not being hired when all it took was a little more effort in the beginning to give me that little bit extra. I can be over the top at times, I get that though too, lol. Thank you for your post! @rs - I like what you said about not getting intimidated by others negativity. I was really worried about getting into nursing school because of how "hard" I had heard getting into a program was. And well, I was accepted into all the programs I applied to (and with not the most competitive GPA (although in Engineering))...I'm not trying to make it sound like a cake walk, but it was definitely not as impossible as I had heard. Which is also why I'm questioning if it really is as hard to get a job as what I hear. Thank you for your post! @not.done.yet - Your Maya Angelou quote hits close to home - "and when you know better, you do better." My neighbor had told me this once after I had my son. It changed my whole perspective. Thank you for your advice! @PrayToTheUnicorn - Good luck in your ABSN journey and thank you for your great post!

A lot of the recent posts I've been reading are from new grads who can't seem to find a j-o-b or even get an interview. Is it really as bad as posters make it out to be? I usually find this site to be helpful and inspiring, but it seems that lately the more I read it the more scared I become of my future! I'll be starting an ABSN program in the Fall, and want to be proactive to make myself an easy first choice to be hired in a sea of new grads in the metro NY area. What makes a new grad stand out from the crowd?